Sekijang

Federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia

Malaysian electoral constituency

Sekijang (P141)
Johor constituency

Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Zaliha Mustafa PH
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)^[1]	79,347
Electors (2022)^[2]	63,981
Area (km²)^[3]	550
Pop. density (per km²)	144.3

Sekijang is a federal constituency in Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 2003 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 Sekijang's electorate as of 2022^[4]

Malay (59%)

Chinese (36.7%)

Indian (4.00%)

Other ethnicities (0.3%)

Age breakdown of Sekijang's electorate as of 2022

18-20 (5.97%)

21-29 (21.03%)

30-39 (23.2%)

40-49 (17.68%)

50-59 (15.97%)

60-69 (12.57%)

70-79 (7.01%)

80-89 (2.63%)

above 90 (0.55%)

Gender breakdown of Sekijang's electorate as of 2022

Male (50.26%)

Female (49.74%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Sekijang constituency has a total of 26 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Pemanis（N03）	Pemanis 1	141/03/01	SK LKTP Pemanis 1
	Pemanis 2	141/03/02	SK (FELDA) Pemanis 2
	Bumbun	141/03/03	SA Mukim Jabi Kampung Bumbun
	Sulir	141/03/04	SK Dato Seri Maharaja Lela
	Pekan Jabi	141/03/05	SJK (C) Jabi
	Tahang Rimau	141/03/06	SK Datuk Wan Idris
	Jalan Buloh Kasap	141/03/07	SMJK Seg Hwa
	Kampong Mengkudu	141/03/08	Balai Raya Jalan Pemuda
	Kampong Tengah	141/03/09	SJK (C) Kampung Tengah
	FELDA Medoi	141/03/10	SK LKTP Medoi
	Kampong Jawa	141/03/11	SK Kampong Jawa SA Kampong Jawa
	Gubah	141/03/12	SK Kampong Tengah
	Kampong Abdullah Selatan	141/03/13	SK Canossian Convent
Kemelah（N04）	Segamat Baru	141/04/01	SK Segamat Baru SK Bandar Putra
	Ladang Segamat	141/04/02	SJK (T) Ladang Segamat
	FELDA Kemelah	141/04/03	SK (FELDA) Kemelah
	Redong	141/04/04	SK (FELDA) Redong
	Sekijang	141/04/05	Balai Raya Ladang RISDA Kg. Sekijang
	Chuan Moh San	141/04/06	SJK (C) Tua Ooh
	Kampong Melayu Raya	141/04/07	SK Melayu Raya
	Bukit Siput	141/04/08	SK Kampung Paya Besar
	Pekan Bukit Siput Utara	141/04/09	SJK (C) Bukit Siput
	Paya Pulai	141/04/10	SA Taman Pelangi
	Pogoh	141/04/11	SK Pagoh
	Pekan Bukit Siput Selatan	141/04/12	SRA Bersepadu Segamat SA Bukit Siput
	Bandar Putra Segamat	141/04/13	SMK Bandar Putra

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Sekijang
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Segamat and Labis
11th	P141	2004–2008	Baharum Mohamed (بحرهاروم محمد‎)	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008–2013	Baharum Mohamed (بحرهاروم محمد‎)
13th		2013–2018	Anuar Abdul Manap (أنور عبدالمناف)
14th		2018–2022	Natrah Ismail (نترح اسماعيل)	PH (PKR)
15th		2022–present	Zaliha Mustafa (زاليحة مصطفى‎)	PH (PKR)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Sekijang						Kemelah
Sekijang						Pemanis

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N3	Pemanis	Anuar Abdul Manap	BN (UMNO)
N4	Kemelah	Saraswathy Nallathanby	BN (MIC)

Local governments


No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N3	Pemanis	Segamat Municipal Council
N4	Kemelah	Segamat Municipal Council Labis District Council (FELDA Redong area)

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022: Sekijang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Zaliha Mustafa	18,941	39.27	12.42
	BN	Md Salleheen Mohamad	17,207	35.67	12.64
	PN	Uzzair Ismail	11,612	24.07	24.07
	Heritage	Mohd Zohar Ahmad	339	0.70	0.70
	GTA	Mohd Saiful Faizul Abd Halim	138	0.29	0.29
Total valid votes			48,237	100.00
Total rejected ballots			475
Unreturned ballots			142
Turnout			45,854	75.39	9.58
Registered electors			63,981
Majority			1,734	3.60	0.22
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753254/PUB%20617%20PARLIMEN%20JOHOR.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018: Sekijang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Natrah Ismail	19,559	51.69	51.69
	BN	Ayub Rahmat	18,278	48.31	5.77
Total valid votes			37,837	100.00
Total rejected ballots			558
Unreturned ballots			132
Turnout			38,527	84.97	2.15
Registered electors			45,596
Majority			1,281	3.38	4.78
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 244/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 318/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013: Sekijang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Anuar Abdul Manap	19,934	54.08	14.83
	PKR	Julailey Jemadi	16,927	45.92	14.83
Total valid votes			36,861	100.00
Total rejected ballots			587
Unreturned ballots			71
Turnout			37,519	87.12	11.09
Registered electors			43,066
Majority			3,007	8.16	29.66
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 181/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 222/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

Malaysian general election, 2008: Sekijang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Baharum Mohamed	17,979	68.91	11.49
	PKR	Zulkaply Salleh	8,112	31.09	11.49
Total valid votes			26,091	100.00
Total rejected ballots			622
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			26,716	76.03	3.36
Registered electors			35,138
Majority			9,867	37.82	22.98
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004: Sekijang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Baharum Mohamed	19,628	80.40
	PKR	Zulkaply Salleh	4,786	19.60
Total valid votes			24,414	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,414	72.67
Registered electors
Majority			14,842	60.80
This was a new constituency created.

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