Machap Jaya (state constituency)
| Malacca constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Malacca State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
BN | ||
| Constituency created | 2018 | ||
| First contested | 2018 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2021) | 12,487 | ||
| Area (km²) | 161 | ||
Machap Jaya is a state constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Melaka State Legislative Assembly.
The state constituency was first contested in 2018 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2021, the State Assemblyman for Machap Jaya is Ngwe Hee Sem from the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN).
The state constituency was first contested under the name of Machap but was renamed to Machap Jaya for the 2018 election.