Mata Ayer (state constituency)

Mata Ayer is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1974 and from 1995 to present.

Mata Ayer

Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Wan Badariah Wan Saad PN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	9,662

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2022, the State Assemblywoman for Mata Ayer is Wan Badariah Wan Saad from Perikatan Nasional (PN).

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Maya Ayer constituency is divided into 3 polling districts.

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Mata Ayer（N04）	Tok Kaya Man	001/04/01	SK Dato Kayaman
	Hutan Temin	001/04/02	SK Oran
	Kampung Gial	001/04/03	SJK (C) Kong Aik

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Mata Ayer's electorate as of 2022

  Malay (90.96%)

  Other ethnicities (5.74%)

  Chinese (2.44%)

  Indian (0.86%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016

Polling district	Electors
Tok Kaya Man	3,209
Hutan Temin	1,728
Kampung Gial	1,542
Total	6,479
Source: Malaysian Election Commission

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Mata Ayer
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959–1964	Mahayuddin Habib	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964–1969	Abdullah Hassan
	1969–1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971–1973	Abdullah Hassan	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973–1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Paya
Constituency re-created from Padang Pauh
9th	1995–1999	Ishak Arshad	BN (UMNO)
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008	Khairi Hasan
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2022	Siti Berenee Yahaya
15th	2022–present	Wan Badariah Wan Saad	PN (PAS)

Election results

Perlis state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Wan Badariah Wan Saad	4,419	58.06	58.06
	BN	Siti Berenee Yahaya	2,398	31.51	12.03
	PH	Amran Kamarudin	794	10.43	21.38
Total valid votes			7,611	100.00
Total rejected ballots			121
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			7,750	80.20	3.02
Registered electors			9,662
Majority			2,021
	PN gain from BN		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Siti Berenee Yahaya	2,684	43.54	24.58
	Pakatan Harapan (2018)	Azhar Omar	1,964	31.87	31.87
	PAS	Mohammad Yahya	1,516	24.59	24.59
Total valid votes			6,164	100.00
Total rejected ballots			146
Unreturned ballots			29
Turnout			6,339	83.22	4.64
Registered electors			7,617
Majority			720
	Mata Ayer hold		Swing		BN
Source(s)

Perlis state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khairi Hasan	3,739	68.12	0.08
	PKR	Ammar Gazali	1,750	31.88	31.88
Total valid votes			5,489	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			5,592	87.86	3.81
Registered electors			6,365
Majority			1,989
	Mata Ayer hold		Swing		BN
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. "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.

Perlis state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khairi Hasan	3,059	68.04	0.15
	PAS	Wan Kharizal Wan Khazim	1,437	31.96	0.15
Total valid votes			4,496	100.00
Total rejected ballots			98
Unreturned ballots			68
Turnout			4,662	84.05	1.94
Registered electors			5,547
Majority			1,622
	Mata Ayer hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khairi Hasan	3,041	67.89	9.09
	PAS	Suwardi Yaacob	1,438	32.11	9.09
Total valid votes			4,479	100.00
Total rejected ballots			56
Unreturned ballots			28
Turnout			4,563	82.11	1.76
Registered electors			5,557
Majority			1,603
	Mata Ayer hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ishak Arshad	2,218	58.80	12.14
	PAS	Suwardi Yaacob	1,554	41.20	12.14
Total valid votes			3,772	100.00
Total rejected ballots			71
Unreturned ballots			250
Turnout			4,093	83.87	0.89
Registered electors			4,880
Majority			664
	Mata Ayer hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ishak Arshad	2,886	70.94	23.46
	PAS	Saleh Itam	1,182	29.06	16.93
Total valid votes			4,068	100.00
Total rejected ballots			323
Unreturned ballots			588
Turnout			4,979	82.98	0.77
Registered electors			6,000
Majority			1,704
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdullah Hassan	1,623	47.48	11.18
	PMIP	Amin Ishak	1,572	45.99	4.65
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Wan Khazim @ Wan Hussin Wan Din	223	6.52	6.52
Total valid votes			3,418	100.00
Total rejected ballots			220
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,638	82.21	1.07
Registered electors			4,425
Majority			51
	Alliance hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdullah Hassan	1,738	58.66	3.13
	PMIP	Ismail Mohamad	1,225	41.34	41.34
Total valid votes			2,963	100.00
Total rejected ballots			229
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,192	83.28	3.35
Registered electors			3,833
Majority			513
	Alliance hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Mahayuddin Habib	1,509	61.79
	Independent	Shaik Ali Bajunid	711	29.12
	Socialist Front	Wan Khazim @ Wan Hussin Wan Din	222	9.09
Total valid votes			2,442	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,572	79.93
Registered electors			3,218
Majority			879
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.