Perak constituency | |||
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State constituency | |||
Legislature | Perak State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
PH | ||
Constituency created | 1986 | ||
First contested | 1986 | ||
Last contested | 2022 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2022) | 23,375 |
Sungkai is a state constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perak State Legislative Assembly. The constituency is mandated to return a single member to the Perak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics
Ethnic breakdown of Sungkai's electorate as of 2022
Chinese (54.10%) Malay (20.82%) Indian (17.66%) Other ethnicities (7.42%)History
Polling districts
According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Tanjong Malim constituency is divided into 49 polling districts.
State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
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Sungkai (N57) | Pos Gedong | 077/57/01 | SK Pos Gedong |
Jalan Bruseh | 077/57/02 |
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Bidor Tengah | 077/57/03 | SJK (C) Choong Hua (1) | |
Bidor Baharu | 077/57/04 | SK Seri Bidor | |
Pekan Bidor | 077/57/05 | SMK Syeikh Abdul Ghani | |
Bidor Barat | 077/57/06 | SMK Choong Hua | |
Bidor Station Utara | 077/57/07 | SJK (C) Pin Min | |
Kampong Bahru Jalan Sungkai | 077/57/08 | SMK Syeikh Abdul Gahni | |
Pekan Pasir | 077/57/09 | SJK (C) Pekan Pasir | |
Bikam | 077/57/10 | SK Bikam | |
Kampong Baharu Bikam | 077/57/11 | SJK (C) Kuala Bikam | |
Sungkai | 077/57/12 | SMK Sungkai | |
Pekan Sungkai | 077/57/13 | SMK Sungkai | |
Buloh Telor | 077/57/14 | SMK Sungkai |
Representation history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungkai | |||
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Assembly | Years | Name | Party |
Constituency created from Bidor | |||
7th | 1986-1990 | Kumaran Karunagaran | BN (MIC) |
8th | 1990-1995 | Veerasingam Suppiah | |
9th | 1995-1999 | ||
10th | 1999-2004 | Ganesan Retanam | |
11th | 2004-2008 | ||
12th | 2008-2013 | Sivanesan Achalingam | PR (DAP) |
13th | 2013-2018 | ||
14th | 2018-2022 | PH (DAP) | |
15th | 2022–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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PH | Sivanesan Achalingam | 9,549 | 58.97 | 13.59 | |
BN | V. Elango | 4,311 | 26.62 | 2.98 | |
PN | Thilak Raj Gunasekaran | 1,744 | 10.77 | 10.77 | |
Independent | Mahhadee | 588 | 3.63 | 3.63 | |
Total valid votes | 16,192 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 274 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 36 | ||||
Turnout | 16,502 | 70.60 | 21.68 | ||
Registered electors | 23,375 | ||||
Majority | 5,238 | 32.35 | 16.57 | ||
PH hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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PH | Sivanesan Achalingam | 9,631 | 72.56 | 72.56 | ||
BN | V. Elango | 3,138 | 23.64 | 14.75 | ||
PAS | Appalasamy Jetakiah | 505 | 3.80 | 3.80 | ||
Total valid votes | 13,274 | 97.52 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 286 | 2.10 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 52 | 0.38 | ||||
Turnout | 13,612 | 79.28 | 0.92 | |||
Registered electors | 17,128 | |||||
Majority | 6,493 | 48.92 | 25.70 | |||
PH hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES". |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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DAP | Sivanesan Achalingam | 9,314 | 61.61 | 5.11 | ||
BN | Goh Kim Swee | 5,803 | 38.39 | 5.11 | ||
Total valid votes | 15,117 | 97.78 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 276 | 1.79 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 67 | 0.43 | ||||
Turnout | 15,460 | 80.20 | 12.42 | |||
Registered electors | 19,285 | |||||
Majority | 3,511 | 23.22 | 10.22 | |||
DAP hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI". |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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DAP | Sivanesan Achalingam | 6,323 | 56.50 | 15.57 | ||
BN | Veerasingam Suppiah | 4,869 | 43.50 | 15.57 | ||
Total valid votes | 11,192 | 95.50 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 485 | 4.14 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 42 | 0.36 | ||||
Turnout | 11,719 | 67.78 | 3.55 | |||
Registered electors | 17,290 | |||||
Majority | 1,454 | 13.00 | 5.14 | |||
DAP gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 2008". |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Ganesan Retanam | 6,334 | 59.07 | 0.64 | ||
DAP | Sivanesan Achalingam | 4,389 | 40.93 | 0.64 | ||
Total valid votes | 10,723 | 94.76 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 548 | 4.84 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 45 | 0.40 | ||||
Turnout | 11,316 | 64.23 | 4.89 | |||
Registered electors | 17,618 | |||||
Majority | 1,945 | 18.14 | 1.28 | |||
BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 2004". |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Ganesan Retanam | 7,545 | 59.71 | 13.02 | ||
DAP | Bathamanathan Rajoo | 5,091 | 40.29 | 13.02 | ||
Total valid votes | 12,636 | 95.96 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 470 | 3.57 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 62 | 0.47 | ||||
Turnout | 13,168 | 59.34 | 3.61 | |||
Registered electors | 22,190 | |||||
Majority | 2,454 | 19.42 | 25.12 | |||
BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1999". |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Veerasingam Suppiah | 9,337 | 72.27 | 11.51 | ||
DAP | Kalimuthu Ranggayah | 3,583 | 27.73 | 11.51 | ||
Total valid votes | 12,920 | 95.13 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 626 | 4.61 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 36 | 0.27 | ||||
Turnout | 13,582 | 62.95 | 4.45 | |||
Registered electors | 21,577 | |||||
Majority | 5,754 | 44.54 | 23.02 | |||
BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1995". |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Veerasingam Suppiah | 7,757 | 60.76 | 6.93 | ||
DAP | John Richard Woodworth | 5,010 | 39.24 | 3.34 | ||
Total valid votes | 12,767 | 96.22 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 502 | 3.78 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
Turnout | 13,269 | 67.10 | 3.10 | |||
Registered electors | 19,774 | |||||
Majority | 2,747 | 21.52 | 10.27 | |||
BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1995". |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Kumaran Karunagaran | 6,771 | 53.83 | |||
DAP | Loh Jee Mee | 5,356 | 42.58 | |||
PAS | Ho Shing Chong @ Ghazali Ho | 451 | 3.59 | |||
Total valid votes | 12,578 | 97.74 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 291 | 2.26 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
Turnout | 12,869 | 70.50 | ||||
Registered electors | 18,254 | |||||
Majority | 1,415 | 11.25 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1986". |
References
- "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.