Bukit Selambau (state constituency)
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State constituency | |||
Legislature | Kedah State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
PN | ||
Constituency created | 1984 | ||
First contested | 1986 | ||
Last contested | 2023 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2023) | 79,518 |
Bukit Selambau is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly since 1986.
The state constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Kedah State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system. This constituency has recorded 15 candidates to contest by-election in 2009, the most candidates ever in Malaysia election history.[1]
Demographics
[edit]History
[edit]Polling districts
[edit]According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bukit Selambau constituency has a total of 21 polling districts.[3]
State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
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Bukit Selambau (N25) | Kuala Sin | 014/25/01 | SK Kuala Sin |
Kampung Sungkap | 014/25/02 | SK Bukit Selambau | |
Bukit Lembu | 014/25/03 | SK Aman Jaya | |
Taman Bandar Baru | 014/25/04 | SK Bandar Baru Sungai Lalang | |
Sungai Lalang | 014/25/05 | SJK (C) Chung Hwa | |
Taman Desa Aman | 014/25/06 | SK Sungai Lalang | |
Bandar Laguna Merbok | 014/25/07 | Kolej Vokesional Sungai Petani 2 | |
Tasek Apong | 014/25/08 | SK Tasek Apong | |
Air Menideh | 014/25/09 | SJK (T) Saraswathy | |
Jalan Badlishah | 014/25/10 | SMK Bandar Sungai Petani | |
Taman Peruda | 014/25/11 | Institut Kemahiran MARA Sungai Petani | |
Taman Ria Utara | 014/25/12 | SK Taman Ria | |
United Petani | 014/25/13 | SJK (T) Arumugam Pillai | |
Petani Rara | 014/25/14 | SK Patani Rara | |
Bukit Rusa | 014/35/15 | SJK (T) Palanisamy Kumaran | |
Pekan Bukit Selambau | 014/25/16 | SJK (C) Fuh Sun | |
Kampung Pokok Machang | 014/25/17 | SMK Bukit Selambau | |
Bati Belachan | 014/25/18 | SMK Seri Wangsa | |
Titi Panjang | 014/25/19 | SK Dataran Muda | |
Ambangan Height | 014/25/20 | SMK Aman Jaya | |
Taman Ria Selatan | 014/25/21 | SM Sains Sultan Mohamad Jiwa |
Representation history
[edit]Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Selambau | |||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Merbok | |||
7th | 1986–1990 | Badri Yunus | BN (UMNO) |
8th | 1990–1995 | ||
9th | 1995–1999 | Saravanan Velia Udayar | BN (MIC) |
10th | 1999–2004 | ||
11th | 2004–2008 | ||
12th | 2008 | Arumugam Vengatarakoo | IND |
2008–2009 | PR (PKR) | ||
2009–2013 | Manikumar Subramanian | ||
13th | 2013–2018 | Krishnamoorthy Rajannaidu | |
14th | 2018–2023 | Summugam Rengasamy | PH (PKR) |
15th | 2023–present | Azizan Hamzah | PN (PAS) |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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PN | Azizan Hamzah | 33,508 | 60.13 | ![]() | ||
PH | Summugam Rengasamy | 21,843 | 39.20 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Dinesh Muniandy | 375 | 0.67 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 55,726 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 313 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 61 | |||||
Turnout | 56,100 | 70.55 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 79,518 | |||||
Majority | 11,665 | 20.93 | ![]() | |||
PN gain from PH | Swing | ? | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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PH | Summugam Rengasamy | 17,573 | 45.11 | ![]() | |
PAS | Mohd Ali Sulaiman | 11,938 | 30.64 | ![]() | |
BN | Jaspal Singh Gurbakhes Singh | 9,449 | 24.25 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 38,960 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 488 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 141 | ||||
Turnout | 39,589 | 81.85 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 48,367 | ||||
Majority | 5,635 | 14.46 | ![]() | ||
PH hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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PKR | Krishnamoorthy Rajannaidu | 20,091 | 48.93 | ![]() | ||
BN | Maran Mutaya | 19,561 | 47.64 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Syed Omar Syed Mahamud | 936 | 2.28 | ![]() | ||
KITA | Kamal Nasser Thow Beek | 388 | 0.94 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Thivagaran Supramany | 83 | 0.20 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 41,059 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 839 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 125 | |||||
Turnout | 42,023 | 85.61 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 49,087 | |||||
Majority | 530 | 1.29 | ![]() | |||
PKR hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette – Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 186/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette – Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 227/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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PKR | Manikumar Subramanian | 12,632 | 52.23 | ![]() | ||
BN | Ganesan Subramaniam | 10,229 | 42.31 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Anuar Abdul Hamid | 528 | 2.18 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Husaini Yaacob | 257 | 1.06 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Mohd Fazil Abdul Wahab | 83 | 0.34 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Tan Hock Huat | 78 | 0.32 | ![]() | ||
Independent | T Chandrarajan Thanasagaran | 73 | 0.30 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Abdul Rahim Abu | 60 | 0.25 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Sarala Loganathan | 49 | 0.20 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Moganakumar Subramaniam | 46 | 0.19 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Jayagopal Adaikkalam | 35 | 0.14 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Venason Micheal | 32 | 0.13 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Loganathan Ramachandran | 31 | 0.13 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Khamis Awang | 29 | 0.12 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Radzi Md Lazim | 25 | 0.10 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 24,187 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 415 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 9 | |||||
Turnout | 24,611 | 70.04 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 35,140 | |||||
Majority | 2,403 | 10.02 | ![]() | |||
PKR gain from Independent | Swing | ? | ||||
Source(s) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Independent | Arumugam Vengatarakoo | 13,225 | 54.90 | ![]() | |
BN | Krishnan Subramaniam | 10,863 | 45.10 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 24,088 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,694 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 16 | ||||
Turnout | 25,798 | 73.76 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 34,977 | ||||
Majority | 2,362 | 9.80 | ![]() | ||
Independent gain from BN | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Saravanan Velia Udayar | 14,196 | 62.22 | ![]() | |
PKR | Mustafa Khalid Hanafi | 6,501 | 28.49 | ![]() | |
DAP | Gnanaguru Ganisan | 2,120 | 9.29 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 22,817 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 496 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 70 | ||||
Turnout | 23,383 | 77.12 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 30,322 | ||||
Majority | 7,695 | 33.73 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Saravanan Velia Udayar | 11,416 | 66.37 | ![]() | |
PAS | Hamdan Mohamed Khalib | 5,522 | 32.10 | ![]() | |
Independent | Kalaichelvan | 264 | 1.53 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 17,202 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 498 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 10 | ||||
Turnout | 17,710 | 73.72 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 24,023 | ||||
Majority | 5,894 | 34.27 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Saravanan Velia Udayar | 10,165 | 69.35 | ![]() | |
PAS | Harun Mat Isa | 2,800 | 19.11 | ![]() | |
DAP | Karuppaiah Ramasamy | 1,692 | 11.54 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 14,657 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 374 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 15,031 | 71.00 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 21,169 | ||||
Majority | 7,365 | 50.24 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Badri Yunus | 8,819 | 66.41 | ![]() | |
S46 | Zainol Abidin Johari | 4,460 | 33.59 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 13,279 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 472 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 13,751 | 74.68 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 18,412 | ||||
Majority | 4,359 | 32.82 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Badri Yunus | 8,575 | 71.72 | |||
PAS | Ahmad Awang | 3,381 | 28.28 | |||
Total valid votes | 11,956 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 533 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 12,489 | 71.69 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,421 | |||||
Majority | 5,194 | 43.44 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Record 15 candidates in Bukit Selambau". 29 March 2009.
- ^ "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.[permanent dead link]