Machap (Malacca state constituency)

Machap

Malacca constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Malacca State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	2018
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Machap was a state constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Melaka State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was first contested in 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Machap
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sungai Bahru
4th	1974-1988	Yeow Kay	BN (MCA)
5th	1978-1982	Ng Kim Fong
6th	1982-1986
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Sedanan
Constituency re-created from Bukit Sedanan
11th	2004 – 2007	Poh Ah Tiam	BN (MCA)
	2007 - 2008	Lai Meng Chong
12th	2008 – 2013
13th	2013 – 2018
Constituency renamed to Machap Jaya

Election results

The electoral results for the Machap Jaya state constituency in 2008 are 2013 are as follows.

Malacca state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Lai Meng Chong	5,003	50.46
	PKR	Ginie Lim Siew Lin	4,851	48.93
	KITA	Ravinther Sekaran	61	0.61
Total valid votes			9,915	100.00
Total rejected ballots			208
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,123	86.65
Registered electors			11,682
Majority			152
	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. 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. Retrieved 2016-05-21."undi.info N07 Machap".

Malacca state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Lai Meng Chong	4,707	60.54
	PKR	Ginie Lim Siew Lin	3,068	39.46
Total valid votes			7,775	100.00
Total rejected ballots			201
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			7,986	77.10
Registered electors			10,358
Majority			1,639
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "undi.info N07 Machap".

Malacca state by-election, 12 April 2007: Machap
Upon the death of incumbent, Poh Ah Tiam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lai Meng Chong	5,533	79.21
	DAP	Liou Chen Kuang	1,452	20.79
Total valid votes			6,985	100.00
Total rejected ballots			166
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			7,151	74.31
Registered electors			9,623
Majority			4,081
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "undi.info N07 Machap".