Gadek_(state_constituency)

Gadek
Malacca constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Malacca State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Shanmugam Ptcyhay; BN
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Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Electors (2021)	12,641

Gadek (state constituency)

State constituency in Malacca, Malaysia

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

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The state constituency was first contested in 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Malacca State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2021^[update], the State Assemblyman for Gadek is Shanmugam Pitchay from the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN).

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State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Gadek (N07)	Bukit Sebang	135/07/01	SMK Pulau Sebang
	Pekan Pulau Sebang	135/07/02	SMK Sultan Mansor Shah
	Kuala Ina	135/07/03	SJK (T) Pulau Sebang
	Arongan	135/07/04	SK Pulau Sebang
	Tanjung Rimau	135/07/05	SRA (JAIM) Padang Sebang
	Padang Sebang	135/07/06	SK Padang Sebang
	Paya Datuk	135/07/07	SRA (JAIM) Paya Datok
	Pegoh	135/07/08	SK Pegoh
	Ganun	135/07/09	SK Ganun
	Pekan Gadek	135/07/10	SJK (C) Peng Min

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Gadek
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Pulau Sebang
11th	2004 – 2008	Abdul Ghafar Atan	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008 – 2013	Abdul Ghafar Atan	BN (UMNO)
13th	2013 – 2018	MS Mahadevan Sanacy	BN (MIC)
14th	2018 – 2021	Saminathan Ganesan	PH (DAP)
15th	2021 – present	Shanmugam Ptcyhay	BN (MIC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shanmugam Ptcyhay	3,022	39.26	0.24
	PH	Saminathan Ganesan	2,463	32.00	10.47
	PN	Mohd. Amir Fitri Muharram	2,041	26.52	26.52
	PUTRA	Laila Norinda Maun	68	0.88	0.88
	Independent	Azafen Amin	60	0.78	0.78
	Independent	Mohan Singh Booda Singh	23	0.30	0.30
Total valid votes			7,697
Total rejected ballots			175
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			7,867	62.23	19.63
Registered electors			12,641
Majority			559	7.26	4.29
	BN gain from PH		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1715764/PUB%20583.pdf

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pakatan Harapan (2018)	Saminathan Ganesan	4,392	42.47	42.47
	BN	Panirchelvam Pichamuthu	4,085	39.50	20.18
	PAS	Emransyah Ismail	1,865	18.03	18.03
Total valid votes			10,342	100.00
Total rejected ballots			200
Unreturned ballots			36
Turnout			10,578	81.86	1.89
Registered electors			12,922
Majority			307	2.97	23.30
	Pakatan Harapan (2018) gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) ^[3]^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	MS Mahadevan Sanacy	5,975	59.68	10.07
	PKR	Rajandran Govindasamy	3,345	33.41	3.16
	Independent	Abdullah Sani Rejab	692	6.91	6.91
Total valid votes			10,012	100.00
Total rejected ballots			244
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,256	83.75	10.46
Registered electors			12,246
Majority			2,630	26.27	13.20
	BN hold		Swing
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 2019-12-29. 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 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Gadek_(state_constituency)

Gadek (state constituency)

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Demographics

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Ghafar Atan	5,326	69.75	8.24
	PKR	S Kanageswari	2,310	30.25	23.98
Total valid votes			7,636	100.00
Total rejected ballots			228
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			7,878	73.29	1.45
Registered electors			10,749
Majority			3,016	39.47	22.78
	BN hold		Swing
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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abdul Ghafar Atan	5,871	77.99
	PAS	Yahaya Ja'alam	1,185	15.74
	PKR	Sibapatham Sionavar	472	6.27
Total valid votes			7,528	100.00
Total rejected ballots			227
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,755	71.84
Registered electors			10,795
Majority			4,686	62.25
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) ^[5]