Guar Chempedak (state constituency)

Guar Chempedak (N21)
Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Abdul Ghafar Saad; PN
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Constituency created	1994
First contested	1994
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2020)	37,338
Electors (2023)	30,085

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

Demographics

As of 2020, Guar Chempedak has a population of 37,338 people.^[1]

Ethnic breakdown of Guar Chempedak's electorate as of 2023^[2]

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Guar Chempedak constituency has a total of 16 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Guar Chempedak (N21）	Pondok Haji Majid	012/21/01	SK Haji Hussin Dol
	Taman Sri Wangsa	012/21/02	SMK Guar Chempedak
	Pondok Haji Hussein	012/21/03	SK Guar Chempedak
	Titi Teras	012/21/04	SJK (C) Pei Eng
	Teroi	012/21/05	SK Teroi
	Titi Serong	012/21/06	SJK (C) Chung Hwa
	Kuala Yan Kechil	012/21/07	SMA Fauzi
	Pekan Sungai Yan	012/21/08	SK Yan Kechil
	Sungai Udang	012/21/09	SK Kampung Pauh
	Singkir Darat	012/21/10	SK Singkir
	Kampung Acheh	012/21/11	Maktab Mahmud Yan
	Lubok Buoy	012/21/12	SK Haji Nyak Gam
	Pekan Yan	012/21/13	SK Langkasuka
	Sungai Raga	012/21/14	SJK (C) York Khoon
	Ruat	012/21/15	SK Tok Mat Salleh
	Singkir Laut	012/21/16	SK Singkir

Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Guar Chempedak
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Yan
9th	N21	1995–1999	Abd Razak Hashim	BN (UMNO)
10th		1999–2004
11th		2004–2008
12th		2008–2013	Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail
13th		2013–2018
14th		2018
		2018–2019		Independent
		2019–2020		PH (BERSATU)
		2020–2023		PN (BERSATU)
15th		2023–present	Abdul Ghafar Saad	PN (BERSATU)

Kedah state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail	6,518	35.30	18.85
	PAS	Musoddak Ahmad	6,259	33.90	11.95
	PKR	Mohd Safuan Sabari	5,686	30.80	30.80
Total valid votes			18,463	100.00
Total rejected ballots			292
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			18,819	83.10	3.70
Registered electors			22,646
Majority			259	1.40	6.90
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail	10,158	54.15	2.12
	PAS	Musoddak Ahmad	7,860	45.85	2.12
Total valid votes			18,018	100.00
Total rejected ballots			226
Unreturned ballots			51
Turnout			18,295	86.80	8.40
Registered electors			21,086
Majority			2,298	8.30	4.24
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail	7,898	56.27	7.96
	PAS	Mohamand Ismail	6,139	43.73	7.96
Total valid votes			14,037	100.00
Total rejected ballots			205
Unreturned ballots			36
Turnout			14,278	78.40	0.29
Registered electors			18,211
Majority			1,759	12.54	15.92
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abd Razak Hashim	8,949	64.23	5.97
	PAS	Muhammad Afif Abdullah	4,983	35.77	5.97
Total valid votes			13,932	100.00
Total rejected ballots			221
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,153	78.69	5.33
Registered electors			17,985
Majority			3,966	28.46	11.94
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abd Razak Hashim	8,025	58.26	8.29
	PAS	Che'pi @ Nasir Othman	5,750	41.74	8.29
Total valid votes			13,775	100.00
Total rejected ballots			343
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,133	73.36	2.33
Registered electors			19,265
Majority			2,275	16.52	16.58
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abd Razak Hashim	8,685	66.55
	PAS	Baharom Hanafi	4,365	33.45
Total valid votes			13,050	100.00
Total rejected ballots			250
Unreturned ballots			67
Turnout			13,367	71.03
Registered electors			18,818
Majority			4,320	33.10
This was a new constituency created.