Ayer Keroh (state constituency)

Ayer Keroh is a state constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Malacca State Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1986, from 1995 to present.

Ayer Keroh

Malacca constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Malacca State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Kerk Chee Yee PH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Electors (2021)[1]	25,945

The state constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Malacca State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system. Since 2018^[update], the State Assemblyman for Ayer Keroh is Kerk Chee Yee from the Democratic Action Party (DAP) which is part of the state's opposition coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).^[2]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Ayer Keroh's electorate as of 2021^[3]

  Chinese (49.16%)

  Malays (41.72%)

  Indians (8.12%)

  Other Ethnicities (1.01%)

History

It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 1994.

The Ayer Keroh constituency contains the polling districts of Taman Melaka Baru, Sungai Putat, Taman Bukit Melaka, Ayer Keroh Heights, Kampung Ayer Keroh, Kampung Tun Razak, Batu Berendam, Taman Merdeka, Taman Bunga Raya, Taman Kerjasama and Taman Muzaffar Shah.^[4]

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Ayer Keroh constituency is divided into 8 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Ayer Keroh（N16）	Sungai Putat	137/16/01	SMK Tun Mutahir SMK Munshi Abdullah
	Kampung Ayer Keroh	137/16/02	SK Tun Syed Ahmad Shahabudin
	Ayer Keroh Heights	137/16/03	SRA (JAIM) Ayer Keroh
	Taman Kerjasama	137/16/04	Pusat Rujukan Sosial (KRT) Taman Kerjasama
	Taman Bukit Melaka	137/16/05	Dewan MPHTJ Bukit Beruang
	Taman Bunga Raya	137/16/06	SJK (C) Bukit Beruang
	Taman Muzaffar Shah	137/16/07	SK Ayer Keroh
	Kampung Tun Razak	137/16/08	SR Arab (JAIM) Kampung Tun Razak

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Ayer Keroh
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Batu Berendam
4th	1974-1978	Hashim Pit	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982	Samad Kassim
6th	1982-1986
Constituency abolished, merged into Ayer Molek
Constituency re-created from Ayer Molek
9th	1995-1999	Seah Kwi Tong	BN (MCA)
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Khoo Poay Tiong (邱培栋)	PR (DAP)
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-2021	Kerk Chee Yee (郭子毅)	PH (DAP)
15th	2021–present

Election results

Malacca state election, 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Kerk Chee Yee	9,459	59.97	5.34
	BN	Yong Fun Juan	3,835	24.31	1.36
	PN	Michael Gan Peng Lam	2,479	15.71	15.71
Total valid votes			15,773
Total rejected ballots			201
Unreturned ballots			75
Turnout			16,049	61.86	25.17
Registered electors			25,945
Majority			5,624	35.66	6.70
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1715764/PUB%20583.pdf

Malacca state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Kerk Chee Yee	14,279	65.31	2.04
	BN	Chua Kheng Hwa	5,018	22.95	13.78
	PAS	Sepri Rahman	2,567	11.74	11.74
Total valid votes			21,864	100.00
Total rejected ballots			178
Unreturned ballots			70
Turnout			22,112	87.03	1.80
Registered electors			25,407
Majority			9,261	42.36	15.82
	Pakatan Harapan (2018) hold		Swing
Source(s) [6][7]

Malacca state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Khoo Poay Tiong	18,934	63.27	5.02
	BN	Yong Fun Juan	10,991	36.73	5.02
Total valid votes			29,925	100.00
Total rejected ballots			401
Unreturned ballots			76
Turnout			30,402	88.83	7.40
Registered electors			34,225
Majority			7,943	26.54	10.04
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Malacca [P.U. (B) 194/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. 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 Malacca [P.U. (B) 235/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Malacca state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Khoo Poay Tiong	11,309	58.25	17.52
	BN	Chiew Hong Lan	8,104	41.75	17.52
Total valid votes			19,413	100.00
Total rejected ballots			477
Unreturned ballots			63
Turnout			19,953	81.43	1.31
Registered electors			24,504
Majority			3,205	16.50	2.04
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) [7]

Malacca state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Seah Kwi Tong	9,549	59.27	3.00
	DAP	Sim Tong Him	6,562	40.73	3.00
Total valid votes			16,111	100.00
Total rejected ballots			476
Unreturned ballots			62
Turnout			16,649	80.12	0.14
Registered electors			20,779
Majority			2,987	18.54	6.00
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [7]

Malacca state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Seah Kwi Tong	7,656	56.27	5.55
	DAP	Joseph Sta Maria	5,949	43.73	14.62
Total valid votes			13,605	100.00
Total rejected ballots			370
Unreturned ballots			44
Turnout			14,019	79.98	2.59
Registered electors			17,528
Majority			1,707	12.54	20.17
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Seah Kwi Tong	7,349	61.82	12.84
	DAP	Tan Tong Chiew	3,461	29.11	3.77
	PAS	Hassan Mohamed	1,078	9.07	9.07
Total valid votes			11,888	100.00
Total rejected ballots			237
Unreturned ballots			68
Turnout			12,193	82.57	4.54
Registered electors			14,766
Majority			3,888	32.71	16.61
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Samad Kassim	7,291	74.66	74.66
	DAP	Robert Ang	2,474	25.34	25.34
Total valid votes			9,765	100.00
Total rejected ballots			199
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,964	78.03
Registered electors			12,769
Majority			4,817	49.32
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Samad Kassim won uncontested.
	BN	Samad Kassim
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hashim Pit	3,441
	PEKEMAS	Mohamed Said Yaman
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Hasnul Abdul Hadi
	Independent	Clement Eusta Britto
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			7,289
Majority
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 2016-05-21.

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2. "Kerk Chee Yee of Melaka is the nation's youngest state exco". thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
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4. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
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6. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Melaka". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
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