Anak Bukit (state constituency)

Anak Bukit

Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Rashidi Razak PN
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
Constituency re-created	1994
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	36,491

Anak Bukit is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Anak Bukit's electorate as of 2023 ^[1]

   Malay (88.83%)

   Chinese (9.43%)

   Indian (1.29%)

  Other ethnicities (0.56%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Anak Bukit constituency has a total of 18 polling districts. ^[2]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Anak Bukit (N15）	Titi Gajah	010/15/01	SK Titi Gajah
	Alor Ganu	010/15/02	SK Titi Gajah
	Alor Madi	010/15/03	SJK (T) Thiruvalluvar
	Kota Rentang	010/15/04	SK Kota Rentang
	Permatang Kong	010/15/05	GIATMARA Jerlun
	Kubang Raja	010/15/06	SK Simpang Tiga
	Padang Hang	010/05/07	SK Simpang Tiga
	Padang Lalang	010/05/08	SMK Alor Janggus
	Gunong	010/05/09	SMK Seri Gunong
	Kubang Tedoh	010/05/10	SJK (C) Yih Choon
	Taman Aman	010/05/11	SK Taman Aman
	Pekan Anak Bukit	010/15/12	SJK (C) Soon Jian
	Kampung Anak Bukit	010/16/13	SJK (C) Soon Jian
	Pantai Johor	010/16/14	SMK Tuanku Abdul Malik
	Chegar	010/16/15	SK Gunong
	Alor Melintang	010/16/16	SK Sri Gunong
	Sungai Baru	010/16/17	SK Sungai Baru
	Mergong	010/16/18	SMA Kedah

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Anak Bukit
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kota Star Barat
4th	1974–1978	Wahab Sulaiman	BN (PAS)
5th	1978–1982		PAS
6th	1982–1986	Karia @ Zakaria Said	BN (UMNO)
Constituency renamed to Alor Janggus
Constituency created from Alor Janggus
9th	1995–1999	Abdullah Hasnan Kamaruddin	BN (UMNO)
10th	1999–2002	Fadzil Noor	BA (PAS)
	2002–2004	Amiruddin Hamzah
11th	2004–2008		PAS
12th	2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2017
	2017–2018		BERSATU
14th	2018–2020		PH (BERSATU)
	2020–2023		PEJUANG
15th	2023–present	Rashidi Razak	PN (PAS)

Election results

Kedah state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Rashidi Razak	21,738	78.63	78.63
	BN	Nor Hasita Md. Isa	5,907	21.37	1.00
Total valid votes			27,645	100.00
Total rejected ballots			140
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			27,822	76.24	6.06
Registered electors			36,491
Majority			15,831	57.26	50.47
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Amiruddin Hamzah	9,810	42.21	42.21
	PAS	Hamdi Ishak	8,231	35.42	20.04
	BN	Johari Aziz	5,200	22.37	21.83
Total valid votes			23,241	100.00
Total rejected ballots			297
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,241	82.30	5.00
Registered electors			28,223
Majority			1,579	6.79	4.47
	PH gain from PAS		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Amiruddin Hamzah	13,822	55.46	3.52
	BN	Hashim Jahaya	11,016	44.20	3.18
	Independent	Abd Samat Che Noh	85	0.34	0.34
Total valid votes			24,923	100.00
Total rejected ballots			291
Unreturned ballots			72
Turnout			25,286	87.30	3.74
Registered electors			28,981
Majority			2,806	11.26	6.70
	PAS hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Amiruddin Hamzah	12,493	58.98	8.74
	BN	Harisfadzilah Hussain	8,687	41.02	8.74
Total valid votes			21,180	100.00
Total rejected ballots			697
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,877	83.56	0.61
Registered electors			26,213
Majority			3,806	17.96	17.48
	PAS hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Amiruddin Hamzah	10,240	50.24	1.34
	BN	Abdul Muthalib Harun	10,144	49.76	1.34
Total valid votes			20,384	100.00
Total rejected ballots			219
Unreturned ballots			38
Turnout			20,641	84.17	0.56
Registered electors			24,523
Majority			96	0.48	2.18
	PAS hold		Swing

Kedah state by-election, 18 July 2002
Upon the death of incumbent, Fadzil Noor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Amiruddin Hamzah	8,298	51.58	4.50
	BN	Basorri A. Hassan	7,790	48.92	4.50
Total valid votes			16,088	100.00
Total rejected ballots			127
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			16,220	83.61	5.72
Registered electors			19,399
Majority			508	2.66	9.50
	PAS hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Fadzil Noor	8,480	56.08	8.18
	BN	Abdullah Hasnan Kamaruddin	6,640	43.92	8.18
Total valid votes			15,120	100.00
Total rejected ballots			230
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			15,363	77.89	2.57
Registered electors			19,723
Majority			1,840	12.16	7.96
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Hasnan Kamaruddin	7,044	52.10	3.64
	PAS	Abul Rahamn Bin Lim @ Halim	6,476	47.90	3.64
Total valid votes			13,520	100.00
Total rejected ballots			197
Unreturned ballots			64
Turnout			13,781	75.32	2.14
Registered electors			19,723
Majority			568	4.20	7.28
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Karia @ Zakaria Said	9,137	55.74	10.00
	PAS	Wahab Sulaiman	7,254	44.26	10.00
Total valid votes			16,391	100.00
Total rejected ballots			261
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			16,652	77.46	0.83
Registered electors			21,496
Majority			1,883	11.48	2.96
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Wahab Sulaiman	7,474	54.26	54.26
	BN	Ismail Md. Noor	6,300	45.74	28.06
Total valid votes			13,774	100.00
Total rejected ballots			663
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,437	76.63	8.23
Registered electors			18,841
Majority			1,174	8.52	48.73
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wahab Sulaiman	7,995	73.80
	Independent	Yahya Darus	1,793	16.55
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Hamid Talib	1,045	9.65
Total valid votes			10,833	100.00
Total rejected ballots			748
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,581	68.40
Registered electors			16,924
Majority			6,202	57.25
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia . Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

1. "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
2. "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 ‍]}

• Ramanathan, K; Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid (2012). "Inter-Party Competition and Electoral Campaigning in Rural Malaysia: The Pendang and Anak Bukit By-Elections of 2002". Jurnal Persatuan Sejarah Malaysia Cawangan Kedah. 13 (1): 183–221. Retrieved 24 August 2022.