Pasir Raja (state constituency)

Pasir Raja

Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Rashidah Ismail BN
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	40,041
Electors (2022)	28,045
Area (km²)	350

Pasir Raja is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Pasir Raja's electorate as of 2022

1. Malay (68.13%)
2. Chinese (19.04%)
3. Indian (8.68%)
4. Sarawak Bumiputera (2.03%)
5. Other ethnicities (1.36%)
6. Sabah Bumiputera (0.76%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 24 March 2018, the Pasir Raja constituency has a total of 13 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Pasir Raja (N35)	FELDA Sungai Sayong	155/35/01	SK LKTP Sungai Sayong
	FELDA Bukit Besar	155/35/02	SK LKTP Bukit Besar
	FELDA Pasir Raja	155/35/03	SK LKTP Pasir Raja
	FELDA Bukit Ramun	155/35/04	SK LKTP Bukit Ramun
	Sungai Telor	155/35/05	Pusat Pengembangan Kechil Kg. Baru Sg. Telor
	Sungai Johor	155/35/06	SK Sungai Telor
	Sungai Kemang Selatan	155/35/07	SA Taman Kota Jaya
	Jalan Besar	155/35/08	SK Bandar
	Jalan Johor	155/35/09	SJK (T) Jalan Tajul
	Kota Tinggi Selatan	155/35/10	SMK Laksamana
	Ladang R.E.M.	155/35/11	SJK (T) Ladang Rem
	Jalan Kota Tinggi	155/35/12	SA Taman Seri Saujana 1
	Kampung Baru Sungai Redan	155/35/13	Balai Aktiviti Komuniti Kg. Baru Sg. Redan

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Pasir Raja
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Gunung Lambak
11th	2004–2008	Halimah Mohamed Sadique	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013	Adham Baba
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2022	Rashidah Ismail
15th	2022–present

Election results

Johor state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rashidah Ismail	9,381	58.21
	PN	Intan Jawahir	4,493	27.88	27.88
	PKR	Fakhruddin Moslim	1,976	12.26	12.26
	PEJUANG	Mohd Yusri Yusof	265	1.64	1.64
Total valid votes			16,115	100.00
Total rejected ballots			289
Unreturned ballots			88
Turnout			16,492	58.81
Registered electors			28,045
Majority			4,888	30.33
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [3][4]

References

1. "Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)". The Star. Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019. (Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)
2. "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. "Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR". prn.bernama.com. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
4. "Dashboard SPR".