Buntong (state constituency)

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Buntong
Flag of Perak.svg Perak constituency
State constituency
Legislature Perak State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Thulsi Thivani Manogaran
PH
Constituency created1994
First contested1995
Last contested 2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)36,714

Buntong is a state constituency in Perak, Malaysia. It is located in the Ipoh Barat federal constituency and is currently represented in the Perak State Legislative Assembly by Thulsi Thivani Manogaran from PH.

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Representation history

Members of the Perak State Assembly for Buntong
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency split from Sungei Pari
9th1995-1999Yik Phooi HongBN (MCA)
10th1999-2004
11th2004 – 2008
12th2008 – 2013 Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan PR (DAP)
13th2013 – 2018
14th2018 – 2020PH (DAP)
2020 GERAKAN
2020 – 2022PN (BERSATU)
2022PBM
2022 [1] PN (BERSATU)
15th2022–presentThulsi Thivani ManogaranPH (DAP)

Polling Districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Buntong constituency is divided into 9 polling districts. [2]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Buntong(N30)Taman Lim065/30/01SMK Dr. Megat Khas
Jalan Tun Abdul Razak065/30/02SMK Tarcisian Convent
Jalan Silibin065/30/03
  • SJK (T) St. Philomena Convent
  • Kolej Tingkatan Enam Seri Ipoh
Jalan Klian Intan065/30/04SJK (C) Guntong
Kampong Baru Buntong065/30/05SK Guru Kalgidhar
Jalan Sungai Pari065/30/06SJK (T) Kerajaan
Falim065/30/07SJK (C) Min Tet
Kampong Kacang Puteh065/30/08
  • SJK (T) Methodist
  • SMK Buntong
Desa Rishah065/30/09SK Buntong

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Buntong's electorate as of 2022 [3]

   Indians (52.01%)
   Chinese (41.5%)
   Malays (5.78%)
  Other Ethnicities (0.71%)

Buntong has the greatest percentage of Indian voters among state constituencies in Malaysia, followed by Sentosa, Kota Raja. [4] Its current voter composition is 52% Indians, 42% Chinese, 6% Malays and 1% Other Ethnicities. [5]

Election Results

Perak state election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PH Thulsi Thivani Manogaran21,41284.02Increase2.svg 0.28
BN Jayagopi Subramaniam2,2578.86Decrease2.svg 3.61
PN Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan 1,4375.64Increase2.svg 5.64
Independent Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy2370.93Increase2.svg 0.93
Independent Muhammad Faiz Abdullah1400.55Increase2.svg 0.55
Total valid votes25,483 100.00
Total rejected ballots277
Unreturned ballots62
Turnout25,82270.33Decrease2.svg 0.94
Registered electors36,714
Majority19,15575.96Increase2.svg 4.69
PH hold Swing
Perak state election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PH Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan 18,00583.74Increase2.svg 83.74
BN Thangarani A/P Thiagarajan2,68212.47Decrease2.svg 12.32
Parti Sosialis Malaysia Mohanarani A/P Rasiah8133.78Increase2.svg 3.78
Total valid votes21,50096.59
Total rejected ballots3711.67
Unreturned ballots3881.74
Turnout22,25979.80Increase2.svg 0.16
Registered electors27,894
Majority15,32371.27Increase2.svg 23.02
PH hold Swing
Source(s)
"RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".
Perak state election, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
DAP Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan 13,06273.04Increase2.svg 5.68
BN Sivarraajh A/L Chandran 4,43324.79Decrease2.svg 7.85
Independent Iruthiyam Sebastiar A/L Anthonisamy2611.46Increase2.svg 1.46
Independent Mohd Basri bin Shafie1270.71Decrease2.svg 0.71
Total valid votes17,88398.29
Total rejected ballots3121.71
Unreturned ballots440.24
Turnout18,19579.64Increase2.svg 8.66
Registered electors22,847
Majority13,91648.25Increase2.svg 13.53
DAP hold Swing
Perak state election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
DAP Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan 10,31167.36Increase2.svg 9.17
BN Lee Tung Lai4,99632.64Decrease2.svg 9.17
Total valid votes15,30798.34
Total rejected ballots2580.17
Unreturned ballots10.01
Turnout15,56670.98Increase2.svg 6.02
Registered electors21,930
Majority6,01034.72Increase2.svg 18.34
DAP gain from BN Swing ?
Perak state election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Yik Phooi Hong8,46458.19Decrease2.svg 0.97
DAP Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan 6,08241.81Increase2.svg 0.97
Total valid votes14,54697.78
Total rejected ballots2901.95
Unreturned ballots410.28
Turnout14,87764.96Decrease2.svg 1.45
Registered electors22,902
Majority2,38216.38Decrease2.svg 1.94
BN hold Swing
Perak state election, 1999
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Yik Phooi Hong13,00159.16Decrease2.svg 3.73
DAP M. Kulasegaran 8,97440.84Increase2.svg 3.73
Total valid votes21,97597.35
Total rejected ballots4902.17
Unreturned ballots1080.48
Turnout22,57366.41Decrease2.svg 1.22
Registered electors33,988
Majority4,02718.32Decrease2.svg 7.46
BN hold Swing
Perak state election, 1995
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Yik Phooi Hong13,73162.89
DAP Chen Tiam Seong8,10437.11
Total valid votes21,83597.66
Total rejected ballots4351.95
Unreturned ballots890.40
Turnout22,35967.63
Registered electors33,060
Majority5,62725.78
This was a new constituency created.

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