Gurun (state constituency)

Gurun

Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Baddrol Bakhtiar PN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	40,941

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

Demographics

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

1. Malay (62.6%)
2. Chinese (21.6%)
3. Indian (14.8%)
4. Other ethnicities (0.95%)

History

Polling districts

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

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Gurun（N22）	Pekan Jeniang	012/22/01	SMK Tunku Sulong
	Kampung Jeniang	012/22/02	SK Jeniang (Pusat)
	Batu Sepuloh	012/22/03	SJK (C) Jeniang
	Batu 9	012/22/04	SK Jeniang (Pusat)
	Padang Lembu	012/22/05	SJK (C) Mah Wah Padang Lembu
	Sungai Rotan	012/22/06	SJK (C) Yang Kao
	Gurun	012/22/07	SK Gurun (Pusat)
	Pulau Chengai	012/22/08	SK Gurun (Pusat)
	Bongkok Gurun	012/22/09	SK Batu Empat
	Pekan Gurun	012/22/10	SJK (C) Choong Hwa
	Pekan Baru Gurun	012/22/11	SK Sri Jerai
	Kampung Gurun	012/22/12	SMA Pekan Gurun
	Taman Seri Jerai	012/22/13	SMK Gurun
	Ladang Jerai	012/22/14	SJK (T) Ladang Harvard Bahagian I
	Sungai Puntar	012/22/15	SJK (T) Ladang Sungai Puntar
	Sungai Tok Pawang	012/22/16	SK Sungai Tok Pawang
	Kampung Mesjid	012/22/17	SK Bedong
	Pekan Bahru Bedong	012/22/18	SMK Bedong

Representation history

Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Gurun
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Yan and Merbok
7th	1986–1990	Cheah Soon Hai (谢顺海)	BN (MCA)
8th	1990–1995	Beh Heng Seong (马兴松)
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013	Leong Yong Kong (梁荣光)
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2022	Johari Abdul	PH (PKR)
	2022–2023	Vacant [N 1]
15th	2023–present	Baddrol Bakhtiar	PN (PAS)

Election results

Kedah state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Baddrol Bakhtiar	17,771	61.28	61.28
	PH	Mohammed Firdaus Johari	11,187	38.72	8.95
Total valid votes			28,958	100.00
Total rejected ballots			245
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			29,223	71.38	9.82
Registered electors			40,941
Majority			6,584	22.56	3.87
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Johari Abdul	10,732	47.67	47.67
	BN	Boey Chin Gan	6,525	28.98	24.03
	PAS	Muzaini Azizan	5,257	22.70	22.70
	Independent	Palaniappan Marimuthu	167	0.72	0.72
Total valid votes			22,514	100.00
Total rejected ballots			414
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,155	81.20	3.60
Registered electors			28,530
Majority			4,207	18.69	12.67
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Leong Yong Kong	11,411	53.01	1.96
	PKR	Salma Ismail	10,115	46.99	1.96
Total valid votes			21,526	100.00
Total rejected ballots			492
Unreturned ballots			59
Turnout			22,077	84.80	11.10
Registered electors			28,530
Majority			1,296	6.02	3.92
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Leong Yong Kong	8,589	54.97	16.10
	PKR	Kalai Vanan Bala Sundram	7,035	45.03	20.72
Total valid votes			15,624	100.00
Total rejected ballots			798
Unreturned ballots			42
Turnout			16,464	73.70	1.29
Registered electors			22,339
Majority			1,554	9.94	36.82
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Beh Heng Seong	10,748	71.07	1.32
	PKR	Kalai Vanan Bala Sundram	3,677	24.31	24.31
	DAP	Tan Choy	698	4.62	4.62
Total valid votes			15,123	100.00
Total rejected ballots			685
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,808	74.99	4.63
Registered electors			21,081
Majority			7,071	46.76	8.26
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Beh Heng Seong	9,240	69.75	6.85
	PAS	Ahmad Rashid	4,007	31.25	31.25
Total valid votes			13,247	100.00
Total rejected ballots			477
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			13,740	70.36	1.44
Registered electors			19,529
Majority			5,233	38.50	13.70
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Beh Heng Seong	9,741	76.60	7.58
	S46	Abdul Majid Mat Isa	2,976	24.40	7.58
Total valid votes			12,717	100.00
Total rejected ballots			485
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,202	68.92	2.52
Registered electors			19,156
Majority			6,765	52.20	15.16
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Beh Heng Seong	10,219	69.02	3.22
	S46	Abdul Majid Mat Isa	4,587	31.98	31.98
Total valid votes			14,806	100.00
Total rejected ballots			597
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,403	71.44	0.18
Registered electors			21,562
Majority			5,632	37.04	11.87
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sang Cheok Seong	8,656	65.86
	PAS	Abdullah Yamman	2,228	16.95
	DAP	Lee Chuan Sun	2,200	16.89
Total valid votes			13,144	100.00
Total rejected ballots			571
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,655	71.62
Registered electors			19,066
Majority			6,428	48.91
This was a new constituency created.

Notes

1. Vacant from 13 December 2022 until the 2023 state election due to the incumbent's resignation to be nominated as the Speaker of Dewan Rakyat.

References

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

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