Kota Lama (state constituency)

Kota Lama

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Anuar Tan Abdullah PAS
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

Kota Lama is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly since 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kubang Pasu, Kelochor, Kebun Sultan, Merbau, Atas Banggol, Jalan Pejabat Pos Lama, Bandar, Padang Garong, Islah Lama, Kampung Dusun, Kubor Kuda, Kota Lama.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kota Lama
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Leong Su Siang	BN
10th	1999-2004	Anuar Tan Abdullah	PAS
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	14,269	64.65
	BN	Tan Ken Ten	7,651	34.66
	Independent	Mohd Zakiman Abu Bakar	152	0.69
Total valid votes			22,072	100.00
Total rejected ballots			275
Unreturned ballots			52
Turnout			22,399	79.29
Registered electors			28,248
Majority			6,618
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s)

Kelantan state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	12,867	62.68
	BN	Tan Ken Ten	7,661	37.32
Total valid votes			20,528	100.00
Total rejected ballots			276
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,804	76.94
Registered electors			27,038
Majority			5,206
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	9,154	50.09
	BN	Leong Su Siang	9,120	49.91
Total valid votes			18,274	100.00
Total rejected ballots			269
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,543	74.81
Registered electors			24,787
Majority			34
	PAS hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	8,470	51.35
	BN	Leong Su Siang	8,025	48.65
Total valid votes			16,495	100.00
Total rejected ballots			298
Unreturned ballots			72
Turnout			16,865	68.85
Registered electors			24,495
Majority			445
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Leong Su Siang	8,837	54.16
	Berjasa	Mohd Yusoff @ Yusof Mohd. Nor	7,161	43.89
	Independent	Foo Chee Lian @ Foo Chee Tow	214	1.31
	AKIM	Mohd Din Nizamdin	104	0.64
Total valid votes			16,316	100.00
Total rejected ballots			336
Unreturned ballots			124
Turnout			16,776	69.74
Registered electors			24,054
Majority			1,676
This was a new constituency created.