Larut (federal constituency)
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 Perak constituency | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| MP | |
| Constituency created | 1974 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 2022 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2020)[1] | 66,020 |
| Electors (2022)[2] | 65,719 |
| Area (km²)[3] | 1,129 |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 58.5 |
Larut is a federal constituency in Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.
The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics
[edit]Age breakdown of Larut's electorate as of 2022
18-20 (5.95%)
21-29 (21.62%)
30-39 (22.92%)
40-49 (17.35%)
50-59 (13.6%)
60-69 (10.58%)
70-79 (5.63%)
80-89 (1.98%)
above 90 (0.36%)
Gender breakdown of Larut's electorate as of 2022
Male (49.12%)
Female (50.88%)
History
[edit]Polling districts
[edit]According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Larut constituency is divided into 46 polling districts.[5]
| State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selama (N05） | Ulu Selama | 056/05/01 | SK Sungai Siputeh |
| Ulu Selama Barat | 056/05/02 | SK Bukit Bertam | |
| Banggol Jas | 056/05/03 | SMK Sungai Bayor | |
| Sungai Rambutan | 056/05/04 | SK Toh Rakna Sakti | |
| Sungai Bedarah | 056/05/05 | SK Toh Rahna Sakti | |
| Kampong Sungai Siputeh | 056/05/06 | SK Sungai Siputeh | |
| Kampong Gorok | 056/05/07 | SK Sungai Bayor | |
| Sungai Bayor | 056/05/08 | SK Sungai Bayor | |
| Ulu Mengkuang | 056/05/09 | SK Ulu Mengkuang | |
| Rantau Panjang | 056/05/10 | SK Rantau Panjang | |
| Rantau Panjang Utara | 056/05/11 | SJK (C) Chi Sheng (2) | |
| Pekan Selama | 056/05/12 | SK Selama | |
| Selama Utara | 056/06/13 | SK Sri Selama | |
| Sungai Terap | 056/05/14 | SJK (C) Sungai Terap | |
| Bukit Kelian | 056/05/15 | SMK Dato' Hj Hussein | |
| Kubu Gajah (N06） | Sungai Dendang | 056/06/01 | SK Sungai Dendang |
| Kubu Gajah | 056/06/02 | SMK Kubu Gajah | |
| Tebing Tinggi | 056/06/03 | SK Tebing Tinggi | |
| Sungai Malau | 056/06/04 | SK Tebing Tinggi | |
| Ladang Holyrood | 056/06/05 | SK (RTBK) Pondok Tanjong | |
| Bagan Baharu | 056/06/06 | SK Bagan Baharu | |
| FELDA Ijok | 056/06/07 | SK Sultan Idris II | |
| Ulu Ijok Timor | 056/06/08 | SK Sungai Jernih | |
| Kampong Bendang Luas | 056/06/09 | SK Haji Wan Jaafar | |
| Rendang Panjang | 056/06/10 | SMK Rendang Panjang | |
| Pantai Besar | 056/06/11 | SK Pantai Besar | |
| Sungai Ara | 056/06/12 | SK Sungai Ara | |
| Kampong Gudang | 056/06/13 | SK Kampung Gudang | |
| Batu Dua Puluh | 056/06/14 | SK Kampung Yaman | |
| Jelai | 056/06/15 | SK Jelai | |
| Relang | 056/06/16 | SK Kampung Relang | |
| Kampong Ayer Hitam | 056/06/17 | SK Jelai | |
| Batu Kurau（N07） | Ulu Sepetang | 056/07/01 | SK Ulu Sepetang |
| Sungai Pulau | 056/07/02 | SK Toh Sajak | |
| Batu Kurau | 056/07/03 | SMK Dato Kamaruddin | |
| Changkat Perah | 056/07/04 | SMK Dato Kamaruddin | |
| Kampong Repoh | 056/07/05 | SK Kampung Repoh | |
| Sungai Akar | 056/07/06 | SK Batu Kurau | |
| Kampong Titi Kasai | 056/07/07 | SMK Kampong Perak | |
| Changkat Lobak | 056/07/08 | Madrasah Diniah SA Rakyat Nurul Khairiah | |
| Bukit Bertan | 056/07/09 | SMK Kampong Perak | |
| Kampong Perak Tengah | 056/07/10 | SK Kampong Perak | |
| Kampong Sempeneh | 056/07/11 | SK Kampong Perak | |
| Kampong Anak Kurau | 056/07/12 | SK Sri Kurau | |
| Changkat Larah | 056/07/13 | SK Ulu Sepetang | |
| Taman Rakyat | 056/07/14 |
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Representation history
[edit]| Members of Parliament for Larut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created, renamed from Larut Utara | ||||
| 4th | P045 | 1974–1978 | Kamaruddin Mohamed Isa (قمرالدين محمد عيسى) |
BN (UMNO) |
| 5th | 1978–1982 | |||
| 6th | 1982–1986 | |||
| 7th | P050 | 1986–1990 | Mohd. Zihin Mohd. Hassan (محمد ذهن محمد حسّان) | |
| 8th | 1990–1995 | |||
| 9th | P053 | 1995–1999 | ||
| 10th | 1999–2004 | Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar (راج أحمد زين الدين راج عمر) | ||
| 11th | P056 | 2004–2008 | ||
| 12th | 2008–2013 | Hamzah Zainudin (حمزة زين الدين) | ||
| 13th | 2013–2018 | |||
| 14th | 2018 | |||
| 2018–2019 | Independent | |||
| 2019–2020 | PH (BERSATU) | |||
| 2020–2022 | PN (BERSATU) | |||
| 15th | 2022–present | |||
State constituency
[edit]| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Larut | Batu Kurau | ||||||
| Kubu Gajah | |||||||
| Selama | |||||||
Current state assembly members
[edit]| No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
|---|---|---|---|
| N5 | Selama | Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin | PN (PAS) |
| N6 | Kubu Gajah | Khalil Yahaya | |
| N7 | Batu Kurau | Mohd Najmuddin Elias Al-Hafiz | PN (BERSATU) |
Local governments & postcodes
[edit]| No. | State Constituency | Local Government | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| N5 | Selama | Selama District Council |
|
| N6 | Kubu Gajah |
| |
| N7 | Batu Kurau | Taiping Municipal Council |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PN | Hamzah Zainudin | 28,350 | 54.65 |  54.65
| ||
| BN | Mohd Shafiq Fhadly Mahmud | 16,752 | 32.29 |  13.61
| ||
| PH | Zolkarnain Abidin | 6,207 | 11.97 | 7.56
| ||
| GTA | Awzey Fazlan Sahidi | 566 | 1.09 | 1.09
| ||
| Total valid votes | 51,875 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 735 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 154 | |||||
| Turnout | 52,764 | 78.93 | 2.91
| |||
| Registered electors | 65,719 | |||||
| Majority | 11,598 | 22.36 | 11.04
| |||
| PN gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Hamzah Zainudin | 18,184 | 45.90 | 10.48
| ||
| PAS | Abu Husin Mohmmad | 13,698 | 34.57 | 8.35
| ||
| PH | Khairil Anuar Akhiruddin | 7,738 | 19.53 | 19.53
| ||
| Total valid votes | 39,620 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 722 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 128 | |||||
| Turnout | 40,470 | 81.84 | 4.25
| |||
| Registered electors | 49,453 | |||||
| Majority | 4,486 | 11.32 | 2.14
| |||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 237/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 311/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link] | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Hamzah Zainudin | 22,184 | 56.38 | 3.18
| ||
| PAS | Mohd Fauzi Sa'ari | 16,888 | 42.92 | 3.88
| ||
| Independent | Raveendran M. Vallikana | 278 | 0.70 | 0.70
| ||
| Total valid votes | 39,350 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 579 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 171 | |||||
| Turnout | 40,100 | 86.09 | 9.03
| |||
| Registered electors | 46,577 | |||||
| Majority | 5,296 | 13.46 | 7.06
| |||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 174/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2016-05-14. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 215/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-14. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Hamzah Zainudin | 15,878 | 53.20 | 9.26
| |
| PAS | Mohd. Dhari Othman | 13,967 | 46.80 | 9.26
| |
| Total valid votes | 29,845 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 687 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 57 | ||||
| Turnout | 30,589 | 77.06 | 0.94
| ||
| Registered electors | 39,697 | ||||
| Majority | 1,911 | 6.40 | 18.52
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar | 19,064 | 62.46 | 4.33
| |
| PAS | Kamarudin Awang Basir | 11,456 | 37.54 | 37.54
| |
| Total valid votes | 30,520 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 795 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 31,315 | 78.00 | 6.24
| ||
| Registered electors | 40,147 | ||||
| Majority | 7,608 | 24.92 | 8.66
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar | 14,334 | 58.13 | 58.13
| |
| PKR | Mohd Nor R. M. Monutty | 10,325 | 41.87 | 41.87
| |
| Total valid votes | 24,659 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 834 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 7 | ||||
| Turnout | 25,500 | 71.76 | |||
| Registered electors | 35,535 | ||||
| Majority | 4,009 | 16.26 | |||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Mohd. Zihin Mohd. Hassan won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Mohd. Zihin Mohd. Hassan | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | ||||||
| BN hold | Swing |
| ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Mohd. Zihin Mohd. Hassan | 17,162 | 73.55 | 0.20
| |
| S46 | Ahmad Nawi | 6,172 | 26.45 | 26.45
| |
| Total valid votes | 23,334 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 805 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 24,139 | 72.12 | 3.61
| ||
| Registered electors | 33,469 | ||||
| Majority | 10,990 | 47.10 | 0.40
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Mohd. Zihin Mohd. Hassan | 15,897 | 73.35 | 0.18
| |
| PAS | Zawawi Kamaruddin | 5,775 | 26.65 | 0.18
| |
| Total valid votes | 21,672 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 656 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 22,328 | 68.51 | 6.83
| ||
| Registered electors | 32,593 | ||||
| Majority | 10,122 | 46.70 | 0.36
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Kamaruddin Mohamed Isa | 13,580 | 73.53 | 2.54
| |
| PAS | Ahmad Yusof | 4,888 | 26.47 | 2.53
| |
| Total valid votes | 18,468 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 558 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 19,026 | 75.34 | 3.40
| ||
| Registered electors | 25,253 | ||||
| Majority | 8,692 | 47.06 | 5.06
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Kamaruddin Mohamed Isa | 12,009 | 71.00 | 12.99
| |
| PAS | Abdul Wahab Mohd Noor | 4,904 | 29.00 | 29.00
| |
| Total valid votes | 16,913 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 408 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 17,321 | 78.74 | 1.68
| ||
| Registered electors | 21,997 | ||||
| Majority | 7,105 | 42.00 | 25.98
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Kamaruddin Mohamed Isa | 12,575 | 83.99 | |||
| Homeland Consciousness Union | Mohamed Nawawi Mohamed Hassan | 2,397 | 16.01 | |||
| Total valid votes | 14,972 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 767 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 15,739 | 77.06 | ||||
| Registered electors | 20,424 | |||||
| Majority | 10,178 | 67.98 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
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- ^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- ^ Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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