It has been represented by State Leader of the Opposition Gan Ay Ling of Pakatan Harapan (PH) since 2018.

She is also the only Opposition and PH Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) after the 2022 Perlis state election.

It was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Indera Kayangan constituency is divided into 7 polling districts.

[2] Ethnic breakdown of Indera Kayangan's electorate as of 2022[3]