Pekan Nanas (state constituency)

Pekan Nanas (J55)
Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Tan Eng Meng; BN
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Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	51,711
Electors (2022)	35,865
Area (km²)	212

Pekan Nanas is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.^[2]

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 Pekan Nanas's electorate as of 2022

Malay (54.62%)

Chinese (42.47%)

Other ethnicities (1.5%)

Indian (1.09%)

Sarawak Bumiputera (0.18%)

Sabah Bumiputera (0.13%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 24 March 2018, the Pekan Nanas constituency has a total of 11 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Poling Districts	Code	Location
Pekan Nanas（N55）	Parit Kudus	165/55/01	SK Parit Kudus
	Tanjong Ayer Hitam	165/55/02	SK Tanjong Ayer Hitam
	Ladang South Malaya	165/55/03	SK Parit Haji Adnan
	Melayu Raya	165/55/04	SK Melayu Raya
	Kampong Lubok Sawah	165/55/05	SK Kampung Sawah
	Tenggayon	165/55/06	SK Seri Bunian
	Pengkalan Raja Pontian	165/55/07	SK Pengkalan Raja
	Bandar Pekan Nenas Barat	165/55/08	SMK Dato' Mohd. Yunos Sulaiman
	Bandar Pekan Nenas Timor	165/55/09	SMK Pekan Nanas
	Bandar Pekan Nenas Tengah	165/55/10	SK Pekan Nanas
	Bandar Pekan Nenas Selatan	165/55/11	SJK (C) Yu Ming (1)

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Pekan Nanas
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency split from Pulai Sebatang and Kukup
Pekan Nenas
11th	2004–2008	Wee Jeck Seng	BN (MCA)
12th	2008–2013	Tang Nai Soon	BN (MCA)
13th	2013–2018	Yeo Tung Siong	PR (DAP)
Pekan Nanas
14th	2018–2022	Yeo Tung Siong	PH (DAP)
15th	2022–present	Tan Eng Meng	BN (MCA)

Election results

Johor state election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Eng Meng	11,024	51.53	4.45
	PH	Yeo Tung Siong	6,189	28.93	23.99
	PN	Tan Chin Hok	2,741	12.81	12.81
	Sabah Heritage Party	Hishamuddin Busri	1,438	6.72	6.72
Total valid votes			21,392	97.97
Total rejected ballots			335	1.53
Unreturned ballots			108	0.49
Turnout			21,835	60.88	25.55
Registered electors			35,865
Majority			4,835	22.60	16.76
	BN gain from PH		Swing		+14.42
Source(s) ^[4]^[5]

Johor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Yeo Tung Siong	11,856	52.92	52.92
	BN	Tan Eng Meng	10,548	47.08	1.81
Total valid votes			22,404	97.42
Total rejected ballots			554	2.41
Unreturned ballots			39	0.17
Turnout			22,997	86.43	1.94
Registered electors			26,608
Majority			1,308	5.84	3.62
	PH hold		Swing		-1.31
Source(s) ^[6]^[7]

Johor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Yeo Tung Siong	15,436	54.73	12.54
	BN	Wong You Fong	12,767	45.27	12.54
Total valid votes			28,203	98.24
Total rejected ballots			505	1.76
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			28,708	88.37	10.74
Registered electors			32,486
Majority			2,669	9.46	6.16
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		+12.30
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette – Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette – Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Johor state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tang Nai Soon	12,297	57.81	20.62
	DAP	Ahmad Ton	8,973	42.19	20.62
Total valid votes			21,270	97.81
Total rejected ballots			476	2.19
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			21,746	77.63	1.30
Registered electors			28,012
Majority			3,324	15.62	41.24
	BN hold		Swing		-19.84
Source(s) ^[7]

Johor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Wee Jeck Seng	15,395	78.43
	DAP	Tan Haw Meng	4,233	21.57
Total valid votes			19,628	96.65
Total rejected ballots			681	3.35
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			20,309	76.33
Registered electors			26,607
Majority			11,162	56.86
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) ^[7]

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