Kota Melaka (federal constituency)

Kota Melaka (P138)

Malacca constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Khoo Poay Tiong PH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	215,409
Electors (2022)[2]	164,140
Area (km²)[3]	66
Pop. density (per km²)	3,263.8

Kota Melaka is a federal constituency in Melaka Tengah District, Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kota Melaka's electorate as of 2022^[4]

  Chinese (54.2%)

  Malay (40%)

  Indian (4.6%)

  Other ethnicities (1.2%)

Age breakdown of Kota Melaka's electorate as of 2022

  18-20 (5.43%)

  21-29 (18.77%)

  30-39 (19.92%)

  40-49 (17.14%)

  50-59 (15.12%)

  60-69 (13.27%)

  70-79 (7.29%)

  80-89 (2.54%)

  above 90 (0.52%)

Gender breakdown of Kota Melaka's electorate as of 2022

  Male (48.65%)

  Female (51.35%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kota Melaka constituency has a total of 46 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Kesidang (N19)	Taman Merdeka	138/19/01	SK Taman Merdeka SRA (JAIM) Taman Datuk Thamby Chik Karim
	Batu Berendam	138/19/02	SK Batu Berendam
	Taman Melaka Baru	138/19/03	SK Batu Berendam 2
	Malim Jaya	138/19/04	SMK Malim
	Bertam	138/19/05	SK Malim
	Taman Asean	138/19/06	SJK (C) Malim
	Kampung Padang	138/19/07	SRA (JAIM) Kampung Padang
	Bakar Batu	138/19/08	SK Bachang
	Limbongan	138/19/09	SK Tengkera 1
Kota Laksamana (N20)	Kesidang Indah	138/20/01	SMK Tun Tuah
	Tun Perak	138/20/02	SMK Tinggi Cina Melaka
	Kampung Enam	138/20/03	SMK Notre Dame Convent
	Pengkalan Rama Pantai	138/20/04	SJK (C) Ping Ming
	Kenanga Seksyen 1	138/20/05	SRA (JAIM) Tengkera
	Kenanga Seksyen 2	138/20/06	SMJK Katholik
	Kenanga Seksyen 3	138/20/07	SJK (C) Notre Dome
	Tengkera Pantai	138/20/08	SMK (P) Methodist
	Tengkera	138/20/09	SMK Gajah Berang
	Kubu	138/20/10	Sekolah Tinggi Pay Fong Melaka
	Kampung Morten	138/20/11	SRA (JAIM) Kg. Morten
	Pengkalan Rama	138/20/12	SJK (C) Ping Ming
	Kampung Hulu	138/20/13	SJK (C) Pay Teck
	Kampung Belanda	138/20/14	SJK (T) Kubu
	Taman Kota Laksamana	138/20/15	SK Kubu
Duyong (N21)	Pengkalan Rama Tengah	138/21/01	SMK Tun Tijah
	Durian Daun	138/21/02	SK (P) Durian Daun
	Kg Padang Semabok	138/21/03	SK Pendidikan Khas Melaka
	Semabok	138/21/04	SK Semabok
	Perigi Hang Tuah	138/21/05	SK Duyong
	Seri Duyong	138/21/06	SK Seri Duyong SRA (JAIM) Seri Duyong
Bandar Hilir (N22)	Bunga Raya	138/22/01	SMK Tinggi Perempuan Melaka
	Bukit China	138/22/02	SK Bukit China
	Bukit Gedong	138/22/03	SK Seri Bandar
	Bandar Kaba	138/22/04	SMK St. Francis
	Bandar Hilir Tengah	138/22/05	SMK Infant Jesus Convent
	Lorong Panjang	138/22/06	SJK (C) Pay Fong 2
	Kg Bandar Hilir	138/22/07	SK Convent Infant Jesus 1
	Melaka Raya	138/22/08	SK Convent Infant Jesus 2
	Perkampungan Portugis	138/22/09	SMK Canossa Convent
	Ujong Pasir Pantai	138/22/10	SMK Canossa Convent
Telok Mas (N23)	Ujong Pasir Darat	138/23/01	SK Ujong Pasir
	Kampung Ujong Pasir	138/23/02	SRA (JAIM) Ujung Pasir
	Padang Temu	138/23/03	SK Padang Temu
	Alai	138/23/04	SK Alai
	Kg Telok Mas	138/23/05	SMK Telok Mas
	Pernu	138/23/06	SK Pernu

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kota Melaka
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Bandar Malacca
4th	P098	1974–1978	Lim Kit Siang (林吉祥)	DAP
5th		1978–1982	Chan Teck Chan (陈德泉)
6th		1982–1986	Lim Kit Siang (林吉祥)
7th	P113	1986–1990	Lim Guan Eng (林冠英)
8th		1990–1995		GR (DAP)
9th	P123	1995–1999
		1999	Vacant
10th		1999–2004	Kerk Kim Hock (郭金福)	BA (DAP)
11th	P138	2004–2008	Wong Nai Chee (王乃志)	BN (MCA)
12th		2008–2013	Sim Tong Him (沈同钦)	PR (DAP)
13th		2013–2018
		2018		Independent
14th		2018–2022	Khoo Poay Tiong (邱培栋)	PH (DAP)
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kota Melaka					Alai
			Bandar Hilir
			Durian Daun
					Duyong
						Kesidang
						Kota Laksamana
			Kubu
			Peringgit
						Telok Mas
					Tengkera
			Tranquerah

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N19	Kesidang	Seah Shoo Chin	PH (DAP)
N20	Kota Laksamana	Low Chee Leong
N21	Duyong	Mohd Noor Helmy Abdul Halem	BN (UMNO)
N22	Bandar Hilir	Leng Chau Yen	PH (DAP)
N23	Telok Mas	Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman	BN (UMNO)

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N19	Kesidang	Malacca City Council Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (Batu Berendam area)	75000, 75050, 75100, 75200, 75250, 75260, 75300, 75350, 75400, 75460, 75500, 75502, 75503, 75520 Melaka
N20	Kota Laksamana	Malacca City Council
N21	Duyong
N22	Bandar Hilir
N23	Telok Mas

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Khoo Poay Tiong	73,995	60.07	12.62
	PN	Suhaime Borhan	27,575	22.39	22.39
	BN	Kon Qi Yao	20,686	16.79	8.18
	Independent	Norazlanshah Hazali	925	0.75	0.75
Total valid votes			123,181	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,338
Unreturned ballots			297
Turnout			124,816	76.04	8.38
Registered electors			164,140
Majority			46,420	37.68	9.04
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753258/PUB%20616%20PARLIMEN%20MELAKA.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Khoo Poay Tiong	76,518	72.69	72.69
	BN	Choo Wei Sern	27,343	25.97	10.78
	Independent	Goh Leong San	1,415	1.34	1.34
Total valid votes			105,276	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,432
Unreturned ballots			377
Turnout			107,085	84.42	1.86
Registered electors			126,848
Majority			49,175	46.72	20.22
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Malacca [P.U. (B) 243/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.^[permanent dead link‍] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Malacca [P.U. (B) 317/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Sim Tong Him	49,521	63.25	4.61
	BN	Yee Kok Wah	28,775	36.75	4.61
Total valid votes			78,296	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,168
Unreturned ballots			187
Turnout			79,651	86.28	6.71
Registered electors			92,322
Majority			20,746	26.50	9.22
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Malacca [P.U. (B) 180/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12.^[permanent dead link‍] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Malacca [P.U. (B) 221/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12.^[permanent dead link‍]

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Sim Tong Him	38,640	58.64	8.82
	BN	Wong Nai Chee	27,250	41.36	8.82
Total valid votes			65,890	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,448
Unreturned ballots			141
Turnout			67,479	79.57	1.79
Registered electors			84,805
Majority			11,390	17.28	16.92
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Nai Chee	31,217	50.18	8.34
	DAP	Kerk Kim Hock	30,998	49.82	8.34
Total valid votes			62,215	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,959
Unreturned ballots			217
Turnout			64,391	77.78	0.63
Registered electors
Majority			219	0.36	15.96
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Kerk Kim Hock	33,472	58.16	3.59
	BN	Lim Swee Kiang	24,083	41.84	3.59
Total valid votes			57,555	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,277
Unreturned ballots			89
Turnout			58,921	77.15
Registered electors
Majority			9,389	16.32	7.18
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Guan Eng	29,647	54.57	8.95
	BN	Soon Tian Szu	24,683	45.43	8.95
Total valid votes			54,330	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,231
Unreturned ballots			191
Turnout			56,752
Registered electors
Majority			4,964	9.14	17.90
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Guan Eng	33,993	63.52	3.56
	BN	Soon Tian Szu	19,525	36.48	3.56
Total valid votes			53,518	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,227
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			54,745	76.45	0.09
Registered electors			71,608
Majority			14,468	27.04	7.12
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Guan Eng	34,573	67.08	12.57
	BN	Soh Chin Aun	16,967	32.92	12.57
Total valid votes			51,540	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,300
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			52,840	76.54	2.02
Registered electors			69,034
Majority			17,606	34.16	25.14
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Kit Siang	29,310	54.51	6.60
	BN	Chan Teck Chan	24,459	45.49	6.60
Total valid votes			53,769	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,145
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			54,914	78.56	0.28
Registered electors			69,900
Majority			4,851	9.02	13.20
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chan Teck Chan	28,044	61.11	9.18
	BN	Chew Hock Thye	17,844	38.89	0.68
Total valid votes			45,888	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,486
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			47,374	78.84	0.55
Registered electors			60,086
Majority			10,200	22.22	9.86
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DAP	Lim Kit Siang	17,664	51.93
	BN	Loh Kee Peng	13,460	39.57
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Thum Kim Kui	2,165	6.36
	PEKEMAS	Lee Kou Ming	726	2.13
Total valid votes			34,015	100.00
Total rejected ballots			723
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			34,738	78.29
Registered electors			44,370
Majority			4,204	12.36
This was a new constituency created.

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