Chennah

Chennah (N01)
Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Anthony Loke Siew Fook; PH
;
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	14,554

Chennah is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.^[2]

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

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Chennah's electorate as of 2023^[3]

Malay (46.28%)

Chinese (44.26%)

Other ethnicities (7.41%)

Indian (2.05%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 17 July 2023, the Chennah constituency has a total of 9 polling districts.^[4]

State Constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Chennah (N01)	Kampong Sungai Buloh	126/01/01	SK Sungai Buloh
	Durian Tipus	126/01/02	SK Durian Tipus
	Simpang Durian	126/01/03	SMK Teriang Hilir
	Kampong Chennah	126/01/04	SK Datuk Udang Abdullah
	Pekan Titi	126/01/05	SJK (C) Chun Yin
	Sungai Muntoh	126/01/06	SJK (C) Kg. Baru Sungai Muntoh
	Kampong Seperi	126/01/07	SK Seperi Tengah
	Petaling	126/01/08	SJK (C) Kg. Baru Petaling
	Kampong Gagu	126/01/09	Dewan Orang Ramai Kampung Gagu

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Chennah
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Peradong
9th	1995-1999	Lim Yong @ Lim Chen	BN (MCA)
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Siow Chen Pin
13th	2013-2018	Anthony Loke Siew Fook (陆兆福)	PR (DAP)
14th	2018-2023		PH (DAP)
15th	2023–present		PH (DAP)

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023: Chennah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Anthony Loke Siew Fook	5,888	61.49	10.58
	PN	Rosmadi Arif	3,688	38.51	38.51
Total valid votes			9,576	100.00
Total rejected ballots			115
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			9,705	66.68	16.26
Registered electors			14,554
Majority			2,200	22.98	11.29
	PH hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018: Chennah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Anthony Loke Siew Fook	5,031	50.91	50.91
	BN	Seet Tee Gee	3,876	39.22	4.79
	PAS	Jamalus Mansor	975	9.87	9.87
Total valid votes			9,882	100.00
Total rejected ballots			166
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			10,051	82.94	0.81
Registered electors			12,119
Majority			1,155	11.69	0.29
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) ^[5]

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013: Chennah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Anthony Loke Siew Fook	5,128	55.99	15.42
	BN	Siow Foo Wen	4,030	44.01	15.42
Total valid votes			9,158	100.00
Total rejected ballots			189
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,347	83.75	10.98
Registered electors			11,160
Majority			1,098	11.98	6.88
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 193/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.^{[permanent dead link‍]} "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 234/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2008: Chennah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Siow Chen Pin	4,091	59.43	2.03
	DAP	How Wee Shiong	2,793	40.57	2.03
Total valid votes			6,884	100.00
Total rejected ballots			231
Unreturned ballots			88
Turnout			7,203	72.77	2.61
Registered electors			9,898
Majority			1,298	18.86	4.06
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) ^[6]

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2004: Chennah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Yong @ Lim Chen	4,104	61.46	3.57
	DAP	Ean Yong Tin Kin	2,573	38.54	3.57
Total valid votes			6,677	100.00
Total rejected ballots			293
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,970	70.16	2.31
Registered electors			9,935
Majority			1,531	22.92	7.14
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) ^[6]

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1999: Chennah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Yong	3,942	57.89	2.54
	DAP	Siow Yoke Kim	2,868	42.11	2.54
Total valid votes			6,810	100.00
Total rejected ballots			253
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			7,070	72.47	2.17
Registered electors			9,756
Majority			1,074	15.78	5.08
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1995: Chennah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Lim Yong @ Lim Chen	3,818	55.35
	DAP	Siow Chee Chin	3,080	44.65
Total valid votes			6,898	100.00
Total rejected ballots			230
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			7,145	74.64
Registered electors			9,573
Majority			738	10.70
Constitutency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negri Sembilan". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
^ "15th Negeri Sembilan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
^ Federal Gazette gov.my 17 July 2023 Retrieved 18 August 2023
^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negeri Sembilan". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
^ ^a ^b "Undi.info - Chennah (P126-N1)". Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2018-05-15.

[1] "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[2] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negri Sembilan". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2023-06-07.

[3] "15th Negeri Sembilan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.

[4] Federal Gazette gov.my 17 July 2023 Retrieved 18 August 2023

[star-5] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negeri Sembilan". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.

[undi-6] "Undi.info - Chennah (P126-N1)". Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2018-05-15.

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