Indera Kayangan (state constituency)

Indera Kayangan
Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Gan Ay Ling; PH
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Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	14,465

Indera Kayangan is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly since 1986. It has been represented by State Leader of the Opposition Gan Ay Ling of Pakatan Harapan (PH) since 2018. She is also the only Opposition and PH Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) after the 2022 Perlis state election.

The state constituency was created in 1984. It was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Definition

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Indera Kayangan constituency is divided into 7 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Indera Kayangan (N08)	Padang Katong	002/08/01	SK Putra
	Derma	002/08/02	SMK Syed Hassan
	Pekan Lama Kangar	002/08/03	SMK Derma
	Pengkalan Assam	002/08/04	SMK Putra
	Pekan Baru Kangar	002/08/05	SK Seri Perlis
	Seberang Bakau	002/08/06	SJK (C) Khoon Aik
	Behor Gandin	002/08/07	SK Jalan Raja Syed Alwi

Ethnic breakdown of Indera Kayangan's electorate as of 2022^[3]

Malays (53.75%)

Chinese (39.89%)

Indians (3.42%)

Other Ethnicities (2.94%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district	Electors
Padang Katong	1,058
Derma	876
Pekan Lama Kangar	1,101
Pengkalan Assam	1,000
Pekan Baru Kangar	1,656
Seberang Bakau	2,469
Behor Gandin	1,869
Total	10,029
Source: Malaysian Election Commission^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Indera Kayangan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bandar Kangar
7th	1986–1990	Lee Kim Cheng	BN (MCA)
8th	1990–1995	Khor Liang Tee
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2002
10th	2002–2004	Oui Ah Lan
11th	2004–2008	Oui Ah Lan
12th	2008–2013	Por Choo Chor
13th	2013–2018	Chan Ming Kai	PR (PKR)
14th	2018–2022	Gan Ay Ling	PH (PKR)
15th	2022–present	Gan Ay Ling	PH (PKR)

Perlis state election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Gan Ay Ling	4,830	46.42	11.29
	PN	Pramoot Puan	2,957	28.42	28.42
	BN	Lim Weng Kee	1,882	18.09	3.12
	Sabah Heritage Party	Atan Jasin	736	7.07	7.07
Total valid votes			10,405	100.00
Total rejected ballots			129
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			10,550	72.9	7.49
Registered electors			14,465
Majority			1,873
	PH hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Chan Ming Kai	4,263	54.39	14.63
	BN	Por Choo Chor @ Por Choo Chuan	3,171	40.46	19.78
	Independent	Ameir Hassan	404	5.15	5.15
Total valid votes			7,838	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144
Unreturned ballots			25
Turnout			8,007	81.90	7.67
Registered electors			9,776
Majority			1,092
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 185/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27.^{[permanent dead link‍]} "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 226/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Perlis state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Por Choo Chor @ Por Choo Chuan	3,714	60.24	15.50
	PKR	Poziyah Hamzah	2,451	39.76	15.50
Total valid votes			6,165	100.00
Total rejected ballots			129
Unreturned ballots			28
Turnout			6,322	74.23	3.73
Registered electors			8,517
Majority			1,263
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Oui Ah Lan @ Ng Ah Lan	5,243	75.74	4.02
	PKR	Khoo Yang Chong	1,679	24.26	4.02
Total valid votes			6,922	100.00
Total rejected ballots			304
Unreturned ballots			35
Turnout			7,261	77.96	2.15
Registered electors			9,314
Majority			3,564
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khor Liang Tee @ Khor Lian Tee	3,825	67.39	13.04
	PKR	Ko Chu Liang	1,851	32.61	32.61
Total valid votes			5,676	100.00
Total rejected ballots			154
Unreturned ballots			196
Turnout			6,026	75.54	4.02
Registered electors			7,977
Majority			1,974
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khor Liang Tee @ Khor Lian Tee	4,405	80.43	11.33
	S46	Tengku Yaakob Tengku Mohamad	1,072	19.57	19.57
Total valid votes			5,477	100.00
Total rejected ballots			118
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			5,596	71.52	0.57
Registered electors			7,824
Majority			3,333
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khor Liang Tee @ Khor Lian Tee	4,016	69.10	5.25
	Independent	Rodzi Ramli	1,660	28.56	28.56
	Independent	Lim Teng Hock	136	2.34	2.34
Total valid votes			5,812	100.00
Total rejected ballots			201
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,013	72.09	2.18
Registered electors			8,341
Majority			2,356
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Lee Kim Cheng	4,018	74.35
	PAS	Hamid Mohamood @ Abd. Razak Mohamood	1,386	25.65
Total valid votes			5,404	100.00
Total rejected ballots			141
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,545	69.91
Registered electors			7,932
Majority			2,632
This was a new constituency created.