Jeneri

Jeneri is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.

Jeneri

Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor PN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	35,097

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Jeneri's electorate as of 2023

  Malay (92.16%)

  Other ethnicities (6.45%)

  Chinese (1.28%)

  Indian (0.11%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Jeneri constituency has a total of 14 polling districts.

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Jeneri (N24)	Padang Chichak	023/24/01	SK Padang Chicak
	Kampung Betong	023/24/02	SK Kampung Betong
	Kota Bukit	013/24/03	SK Kg Kota Bukit
	Kuala Jeneri	013/24/04	SK Jeneri
	Kampung Kalai	013/24/05	SK Kalai
	Kampung Kuala Bigia	013/24/06	Klinik Kesihatan Jeniang
	Kampung Chemara	013/24/07	SK Chemara
	Kampung Bigia	013/24/08	Dewan Orang Ramai Watt Siam Kampung Begia
	Kampung Telui	013/24/09	SK Teloi Tua
	Batu Lima	013/24/10	SK Batu Lima
	Charok Padang	013/24/11	SMK Seri Enggang
	Hujong Bandar	013/24/12	SK Hujung Bandar
	Kampung Bandar	013/24/13	SK Teloi Tua
	Tupai	013/24/14	SK Haji Hussain
	FELDA Telui Timor	013/24/15	SK Teloi Timor
	Beris Jaya	013/24/16	SK Bandar Baru Beris Jaya

Representation history

Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Jeneri
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sik
7th	1986–1990	Wan Azmi Ariffin	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999	Mohd. Hadzir Jaafar
10th	1999–2004	Yahya Abdullah	BA (PAS)
11th	2004–2008	Ismail Harun	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013	Yahya Abdullah	PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018	Mahadzir Abdul Hamid	BN (UMNO)
14th	2018–2020	Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor	GS (PAS)
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Kedah state election, 2023: Jeneri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor	21,823	79.08	79.08
	BN	Muhamad Khizri Abu Kassim	5,773	20.92	14.69
Total valid votes			27,596	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			27,754	79.08	5.62
Registered electors			35,097
Majority			16,050	58.16	47.46
	PN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2018: Jeneri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor	10,626	46.31	0.87
	BN	Mahadzir Abdul Hamid	8,171	35.61	18.95
	PH	Mohd Nazri Abu Hassan	4,146	18.08	18.08
Total valid votes			22,943	100.00
Total rejected ballots			391
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,399	84.70	5.10
Registered electors			27,641
Majority			2,455	10.70	1.58
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2013: Jeneri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mahadzir Abdul Hamid	12,318	54.56	5.05
	PAS	Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman	10,258	45.44	5.05
Total valid votes			22,576	100.00
Total rejected ballots			351
Unreturned ballots			41
Turnout			22,968	89.80	4.35
Registered electors			25,586
Majority			2,060	9.12	8.14
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2008: Jeneri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Yahya Abdullah	8,608	50.49	2.42
	BN	Hasbullah Isa	8,441	49.51	2.42
Total valid votes			17,049	100.00
Total rejected ballots			251
Unreturned ballots			920
Turnout			18,220	85.45	0.31
Registered electors			21,323
Majority			167	0.98	2.88
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2004: Jeneri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail Harun	8,631	51.93	3.27
	PAS	Yahya Abdullah	7,991	48.07	3.27
Total valid votes			19,722	100.00
Total rejected ballots			280
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			16,913	85.76	3.22
Registered electors			17,384
Majority			640	3.86	1.18
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 1999: Jeneri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Yahya Abdullah	7,193	51.34	5.60
	BN	Mohd. Hadzir Jaafar	6,814	48.66	5.60
Total valid votes			14,007	100.00
Total rejected ballots			342
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,349	82.54	3.24
Registered electors			17,384
Majority			379	2.68	5.84
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 1995: Jeneri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd. Hadzir Jaafar	6,751	54.26	2.76
	PAS	Harum Jusoh	5,690	45.74	4.66
Total valid votes			12,441	100.00
Total rejected ballots			268
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			12,719	79.30	0.98
Registered electors			16,040
Majority			1,061	8.52	7.42
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1990: Jeneri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Azmi Ariffin	12,069	57.02	0.92
	PAS	Hj. Mohd Muslim	8,695	41.08	2.82
	Independent	Abu Hassan Abdul	401	1.90	1.90
Total valid votes			21,165	100.00
Total rejected ballots			719
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,884	80.28	1.61
Registered electors			27,259
Majority			3,374	15.94	3.74
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1986: Jeneri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Azmi Ariffin	9,973	56.10
	PAS	Hamzah Abdul Latif	7,805	43.90
Total valid votes			17,778	100.00
Total rejected ballots			618
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			18,396	78.67
Registered electors			23,385
Majority			2,168	12.20
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.