# Jerai (federal constituency)

Jerai is a federal constituency in Yan District and Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since from 1959 to 1995, from 2004 to present.
The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

## Demographics

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* Malay (80.8%)
* Chinese (13%)
* Indian (5.9%)
* Other ethnicities (0.2%)
* 18-20 (6.11%)
* 21-29 (21.39%)
* 30-39 (20.93%)
* 40-49 (17.6%)
* 50-59 (15.08%)
* 60-69 (10.83%)
* 70-79 (5.49%)
* 80-89 (1.93%)
* above 90 (0.38%)
* Male (49.22%)
* Female (50.78%)

## History

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2003.

### Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Jerai constituency is divided into 53 polling districts.
| State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Matang Buloh | 012/20/01 | SK Permatang Buloh |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Sungai Dedap | 012/20/02 | SK Sungai Dedap |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Gelam Tiga | 012/20/03 | SMA Nahdzah |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Bukit Choras | 012/20/04 | SMA Nahdzah |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Bukit Besar | 012/20/05 | SK Bukit Besar |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Simpang Tiga Luar | 012/20/06 | SK Simpang Tiga Sungai Daun |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Simpang Tiga | 012/20/07 | SJK (C) Aik Min |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Selengkoh | 012/20/08 | SK Haji Kassim Jasin |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Sungai Daun | 012/20/09 | SK Sungai Daun Tengah |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Sungai Limau | 012/20/10 | SK Sungai Limau |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Kabu Sepuloh | 012/20/11 | SMK Sungai Limau |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Sungai Kering | 012/20/12 | SK Sungai Kering |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Sedaka | 012/20/13 | SK Ulu Sedaka |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Ulu Sedaka | 012/20/14 | SK Ulu Sedaka |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Padang Lumat | 012/20/15 | SMK Batu 17 |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Batu Enam Belas | 012/20/16 | SK Padang Lumat |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Kampung Titi Batu | 012/20/17 | SJK (C) Pei Hwa |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Dulang Kechil | 012/20/18 | SK Dulang |
| Sungai Limau (N20） | Dulang Besar | 012/20/19 | SMK Dulang |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Pondok Haji Majid | 012/21/01 | SK Haji Hussin Dol |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Taman Sri Wangsa | 012/21/02 | SMK Guar Chempedak |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Pondok Haji Hussein | 012/21/03 | SK Guar Chempedak |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Titi Teras | 012/21/04 | SJK (C) Pei Eng |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Teroi | 012/21/05 | SK Teroi |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Titi Serong | 012/21/06 | SJK (C) Chung Hwa |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Kuala Yan Kechil | 012/21/07 | SMA Fauzi |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Pekan Sungai Yan | 012/21/08 | SK Yan Kechil |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Sungai Udang | 012/21/09 | SK Kampung Pauh |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Singkir Darat | 012/21/10 | SK Singkir |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Kampung Acheh | 012/21/11 | Maktab Mahmud Yan |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Lubok Buoy | 012/21/12 | SK Haji Nyak Gam |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Pekan Yan | 012/21/13 | SK Langkasuka |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Sungai Raga | 012/21/14 | SJK (C) York Khoon |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Ruat | 012/21/15 | SK Tok Mat Salleh |
| Guar Chempedak (N21） | Singkir Laut | 012/21/16 | SK Singkir |
| Gurun（N22） | Pekan Jeniang | 012/22/01 | SMK Tunku Sulong |
| Gurun（N22） | Kampung Jeniang | 012/22/02 | SK Jeniang (Pusat) |
| Gurun（N22） | Batu Sepuloh | 012/22/03 | SJK (C) Jeniang |
| Gurun（N22） | Batu 9 | 012/22/04 | SK Jeniang (Pusat) |
| Gurun（N22） | Padang Lembu | 012/22/05 | SJK (C) Mah Wah Padang Lembu |
| Gurun（N22） | Sungai Rotan | 012/22/06 | SJK (C) Yang Kao |
| Gurun（N22） | Gurun | 012/22/07 | SK Gurun (Pusat) |
| Gurun（N22） | Pulau Chengai | 012/22/08 | SK Gurun (Pusat) |
| Gurun（N22） | Bongkok Gurun | 012/22/09 | SK Batu Empat |
| Gurun（N22） | Pekan Gurun | 012/22/10 | SJK (C) Choong Hwa |
| Gurun（N22） | Pekan Baru Gurun | 012/22/11 | SK Sri Jerai |
| Gurun（N22） | Kampung Gurun | 012/22/12 | SMA Pekan Gurun |
| Gurun（N22） | Taman Seri Jerai | 012/22/13 | SMK Gurun |
| Gurun（N22） | Ladang Jerai | 012/22/14 | SJK (T) Ladang Harvard Bahagian I |
| Gurun（N22） | Sungai Puntar | 012/22/15 | SJK (T) Ladang Sungai Puntar |
| Gurun（N22） | Sungai Tok Pawang | 012/22/16 | SK Sungai Tok Pawang |
| Gurun（N22） | Kampung Mesjid | 012/22/17 | SK Bedong SK Seri Aman |
| Gurun（N22） | Pekan Bahru Bedong | 012/22/18 | SMK Bedong |

### Representation history

Members of Parliament for Jerai :
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Kedah Tengah |||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya |||||
| 1st | P010 | 1959–1963 | Mohamed Ismail Mohd Yusof (محمد اسماعيل محمد يوسف) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| Parliament of Malaysia |||||
| 1st | P010 | 1963–1964 | Mohamed Ismail Mohd Yusof (محمد اسماعيل محمد يوسف) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 2nd | P010 | 1964–1969 | Hanafiah Hussain (حنفيه هوسساءين) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| | | 1969–1971 | Parliament was suspended | Parliament was suspended |
| 3rd | P010 | 1971–1973 | Hanafiah Hussain (حنفيه هوسساءين) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 3rd | P010 | 1973–1974 | Hanafiah Hussain (حنفيه هوسساءين) | BN (UMNO) |
| 4th | P011 | 1974–1978 | Sanusi Junid (سنسي جنيد) | BN (UMNO) |
| 5th | P011 | 1978–1982 | Ismail Arshad (اسماعيل ارشد) | BN (UMNO) |
| 6th | P011 | 1982–1986 | Ismail Arshad (اسماعيل ارشد) | BN (UMNO) |
| 7th | P010 | 1986–1990 | Ghazali Ahmad (غزالي احمد) | BN (UMNO) |
| 8th | P010 | 1990–1992 | Ghazali Ahmad (غزالي احمد) | BN (UMNO) |
| 8th | P010 | 1992–1995 | Badruddin Amiruldin (بدرالدين أميرالدين) | BN (UMNO) |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Yan |||||
| Constituency re-created from Merbok and Yan |||||
| 11th | P012 | 2004–2008 | Badruddin Amiruldin (بدرالدين أميرالدين) | BN (UMNO) |
| 12th | P012 | 2008–2013 | Mohd Firdaus Jaafar (محمد فردوس جعفر) | PR (PAS) |
| 13th | P012 | 2013–2018 | Jamil Khir Baharom (جميل خير بن بهرام) | BN (UMNO) |
| 14th | P012 | 2018–2020 | Sabri Azit (صبري ازيت) | GS (PAS) |
| 14th | P012 | 2020–2022 | Sabri Azit (صبري ازيت) | PN (PAS) |
| 15th | P012 | 2022–present | Sabri Azit (صبري ازيت) | PN (PAS) |

### State constituency

| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency |
| Parliamentary constituency | 1955–1959* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present |
| Jerai | | | | | | Guar Chempedak | Guar Chempedak |
| Jerai | | | | | | Gurun | Gurun |
| Jerai | | Sala | Sala | Sala | | | |
| Jerai | | | | | | Sungai Limau | Sungai Limau |
| Jerai | | | Yan | Yan | | | |
| Jerai | | Yan-Merbok | | | | | |

### Current state assembly members

| No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
| N20 | Sungai Limau | Mohd Azam Abd Samat | PN (PAS) |
| N21 | Guar Chempedak | Abdul Ghafar Saad | PN (BERSATU) |
| N22 | Gurun | Baddrol Bakhtiar | PN (PAS) |

### Local governments & postcodes

| No. | State Constituency | Local Government | Postcode |
| N20 | Sungai Limau | Yan District Council | 06800 Kota Sarang Semut 06900, 06910 Yan 08000 Sungai Petani 08100, 08110 Bedong 08300, 08880 Gurun |
| N21 | Guar Chempedak | Yan District Council | 06800 Kota Sarang Semut 06900, 06910 Yan 08000 Sungai Petani 08100, 08110 Bedong 08300, 08880 Gurun |
| N22 | Gurun | Sungai Petani Municipal Council | 06800 Kota Sarang Semut 06900, 06910 Yan 08000 Sungai Petani 08100, 08110 Bedong 08300, 08880 Gurun |