Tambun Tulang (Perlis state constituency)

Tambun Tulang
Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Wan Zikri Afthar Ishak; PN
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Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	13,451

Tambun Tulang is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly. It has been represented by Member of the State Executive Council (EXCO) Wan Zikri Afthar Ishak since 2022.

The state constituency was created in 1994. It was first contested in 1995 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Definition

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Tambun Tulang constituency is divided into 6 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Tambun Tulang (N12)	Kubang Gajah	003/12/01	SK Kubang Gajah
	Jejawi	003/12/02	SMK Syed Sirajuddin
	Kampong Banat	003/12/03	SMK Arau
	Kampong Surau	003/12/04	SK Utan Aji
	Mengkuang Layar	003/12/05	SK Long Boh
	Tambun Tulang	003/12/06	SK Tambun Tulang

Ethnic breakdown of Tambun Tulang's electorate as of 2022^[3]

Malays (82.74%)

Other Ethnicities (11.35%)

Chinese (5.22%)

Indians (0.69%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district	Electors
Kubang Gajah	1,692
Jejawi	1,493
Kampung Banat	1,024
Kampong Surau	2,160
Mengkuang Layar	1,038
Tambun Tulang	2,344
Total	9,751
Source: Malaysian Election Commission^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tambun Tulang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Utan Aji
9th	1995–1999	Shahidan Kassim	BN (UMNO)
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–2018	Ismail Kassim
14th	2018–2019
	2019–2020		PH (BERSATU)
	2020–2022		BN (UMNO)^[5]
15th	2022–present	Wan Zikri Afthar Ishak	PN (BERSATU)

Perlis state election, 2022: Tambun Tulang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Wan Zikri Afthar Ishak	5,456	53.68	53.68
	BN	Ismail Kasim	2,971	29.23	8.77
	PH	Syahmi Suhaimi	1,554	15.29	11.51
	GTA	Maton Din	182	1.79	1.79
Total valid votes			10,163	100.00
Total rejected ballots			225
Unreturned ballots			122
Turnout			10,510	78.10	6.52
Registered electors			13,451
Majority			2,485	24.45	13.25
	PN gain from BN		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 2013: Tambun Tulang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail Kassim	5,286	65.33	0.40
	PKR	Azhar Ameir	2,805	34.67	34.67
Total valid votes			8,091	100.00
Total rejected ballots			153
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			8,260	87.65	8.51
Registered electors			9,424
Majority			2,481	30.66	0.80
	Tambun Tulang hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 185/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 226/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10.

Perlis state election, 1999: Tambun Tulang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shahidan Kassim	3,464	57.25	12.21
	PAS	Ismail Ahmad	2,587	42.75	42.75
Total valid votes			6,051	100.00
Total rejected ballots			124
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			6,177	82.72	5.32
Registered electors			7,467
Majority			877	14.50	24.42
	Tambun Tulang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1995: Tambun Tulang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Shahidan Kassim	3,777	69.46
	S46	Alias Othman	1,661	30.54
Total valid votes			5,438	100.00
Total rejected ballots			139
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			5,579	77.40
Registered electors			7,208
Majority			2,116	38.92
This was a new constituency created.