Johol (state constituency)

Johol (N19)

Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Saiful Yazan Sulaiman BN
Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	12,313

Johol is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Johol's electorate as of 2023

  Malay (72.78%)

  Chinese (16.28%)

  Other ethnicities (5.73%)

  Indian (5.21%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Johol constituency has a total of 10 polling districts.

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Johol（N19）	Kampong Kepis	129/19/01	SK Kepis
	Malan Baru	129/19/02	SJK (C) Kg Baru Kepis
	Dangi	129/19/03	SJK (C) Pei Chun Dangi
	Kampung Selaru	129/19/04	SK Dangi
	Inas	129/19/05	SK Inas
	Kampong Padang Jual	129/19/06	Balai Raya Kampung Padang Jual Johol
	Pekan Johol	129/19/07	SJK (C) Yuk Chai Johol
	Kuala Johol	129/19/08	SK Undang Johol
	Kampung Nuri	129/19/09	SMK Datuk Undang Abdul Manap
	Ayer Mawang	129/19/10	SK Nuri

Representation History

Members of Assembly for Johol
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Abu Kassim Saad	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969	Sapiah Talib
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Sapiah Talib	Alliance (UMNO)
4th	1974-1978	Hamzah Yatim	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Ishak Mohamed Yusof
7th	1986-1990	Darus Salim Bulin
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Roslan Mohd Yusof
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018	Abu Samah Mahat
14th	2018-2023	Saiful Yazan Sulaiman
15th	2023–present

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saiful Yazan Sulaiman	5,228	62.69	13.35
	PN	Kamaruddin Mat Tahir	3,111	37.31	37.31
Total valid votes			8,339	100.00
Total rejected ballots			66
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			8,412	68.32	14.08
Registered electors			12,313
Majority			2,117	25.38	13.20
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saiful Yazan Sulaiman	3,907	49.34	9.08
	PH	Zulkefly Mohamad Omar	2,942	37.16	37.16
	PAS	Kamaruddin Md Tahir	1,069	13.50	28.08
Total valid votes			7,918	100.00
Total rejected ballots			230
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			8,150	82.40	2.22
Registered electors			9,891
Majority			965	12.18	4.66
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abu Samah Mahat	4,662	58.42	1.75
	PAS	Nor Azman Mohamad	3,318	41.58	1.75
Total valid votes			7,980	100.00
Total rejected ballots			190
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			8,192	84.62	10.23
Registered electors			9,681
Majority			1,334	16.84	3.50
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Roslan Mohd Yusof	3,737	60.17
	PAS	Kamarudin Md Tahir	2,474	39.83
Total valid votes			6,211	100.00
Total rejected ballots			226
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,437	74.39
Registered electors			8,653
Majority			1,263	20.34
	BN hold		Swing