Utan Aji (state constituency)

Utan Aji

Perlis constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1959
Last contested	1990

Utan Aji was a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that was represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Utan Aji
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Taharim Ariffin	PMIP
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978
5th	1978-1982	Idrus Kassim
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Fadzil Mahmood
8th	1990-1995
Constituency abolished

Election results

Perlis state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fadzil Mahmood	2,708	64.49
	S46	Idrus Kassim	1,491	35.51
Total valid votes			4,199	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,348	79.26
Registered electors			5,486
Majority			1,217
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fadzil Mahmood	2,270	64.31
	PAS	Ahmad Tajuddin Salleh	1,260	35.69
Total valid votes			3,530	100.00
Total rejected ballots			113
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,643	75.39
Registered electors			4,832
Majority			1,010
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Idrus Kassim
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Idrus Kassim
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Perlis state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Darus Syed Hashim
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Syed Darus Syed Hashim
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance gain from PMIP		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Taharim Ariffin
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PMIP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Syed Darus Syed Hashim
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.