Ipoh Barat

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Ipoh Barat (P065)
Flag of Perak.svg Perak constituency
DUN Perak 2020.svg
Federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
MP
Constituency created1994
First contested 1995
Last contested 2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1] 134,978
Electors (2022) [2] 114,654
Area (km²) [3] 37
Pop. density (per km²)3,648.1

Ipoh Barat is a federal constituency in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

Contents

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. This is only one of two constituencies naming in same city. Another one is Ipoh Timor.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Ipoh Barat's electorate as of 2022 [4]
  1. Chinese (59.2%)
  2. Indian (26.3%)
  3. Malay (14%)
  4. Other ethnicities (0.5%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Ipoh Barat constituency is divided into 30 polling districts. [5]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Bercham(N28)Bercham Timor065/28/01SJK (C) Bercham
Kampong Bercham065/28/02SJK (C) Bercham
Dermawan Utara065/28/03SMK Bercham
Bercham Selatan065/28/04SMK Jalan Tasek
Tasek Dermawan065/28/05SK Tasek Dermawan
Tasek065/28/06SK Tasek
Kampong Tawas Utara065/28/07SJK (C) St Michael & All Angels
Kampong Tawas065/28/08SJK (C) Kampung Tawas
Kepayang(N29)Taman Che Wan065/29/01SK Seri Mutiara
Gurap065/29/02SMJK Yuk Choy
Gunong Lang065/29/03SMJK Yuk Choy
Kepayang Mesjid065/29/04SMK Seri Intan
Star Park065/29/05Kolej Tingkatan Enam Seri Putera
Fair Park065/29/06Kolej Tingkatan Enam Seri Putera
Kampong Pisang065/29/07SK Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang
Jalan Bijih Timah065/29/08SJK (C) Perak
Jalan Datuk Onn Jaafar065/29/09SK Cator Avenue
Waller Court065/29/10SK Coronation Park
Green Town065/29/11SK Sri Kinta
Jalan Raja Ekram065/29/12SJK (C) Sam Tet
Jalan C.M. Yusof065/29/13SJK (C) Ave Maria Convent
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

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Ipoh Barat
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created, renamed from Ipoh
9th P0621995–1999Ho Cheong Sing
(何掌醒)
BN (MCA)
10th 1999–2004
11th P0652004–2008 Kulasegaran Murugeson
(மு.குலசேகரன்)
DAP
12th 2008–2013PR (DAP)
13th 2013–2015
2015–2018PH (DAP)
14th 2018–2022
15th 2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–1959*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
Ipoh BaratBercham
Buntong
Kepayang

Current state assembly members

No.State ConstituencyMemberCoalition (Party)
N28 Bercham Ong Boon Piow PH (DAP)
N29 Kepayang Nga Kor Ming
N30 Buntong Thulsi Thivani Manogaran

Local governments & postcodes

No.State ConstituencyLocal GovernmentPostcode
N28BerchamIpoh City Council
  • 30000, 30010, 30020, 30100, 30250, 30300, 30350, 30450, 30500, 30502, 30503, 31350, 31400 Ipoh
N29Kepayang
N30Buntong

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022 : Ipoh Barat
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PH Kulasegaran Murugeson 63,91581.57Decrease2.svg 3.33
BN Low Guo Nan7,2489.25Decrease2.svg 5.85
PN Chek Kwong Weng6,8158.70Increase2.svg 8.70
Independent M. Kayveas 3780.48Increase2.svg 0.48
Total valid votes78,356 100.00
Total rejected ballots773
Unreturned ballots185
Turnout79,31468.34Decrease2.svg 10.43
Registered electors114,654
Majority56,66772.32Increase2.svg 2.45
PH hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 2018 : Ipoh Barat
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PH Kulasegaran Murugeson 55,61384.90Increase2.svg 84.90
BN Cheng Wei Yee9,88915.10Decrease2.svg 11.31
Total valid votes65,502 100.00
Total rejected ballots878
Unreturned ballots472
Turnout66,85278.77Decrease2.svg 2.34
Registered electors84,874
Majority45,72469.81Increase2.svg 23.01
PH 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.[ permanent dead link ]

"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 ]
Malaysian general election, 2013 : Ipoh Barat
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
DAP Kulasegaran Murugeson 45,42073.21Increase2.svg 7.56
BN Cheng Wei Yee16,38226.41Decrease2.svg 7.94
Independent Kalwant Singh Sujan Singh2350.38Increase2.svg 0.38
Total valid votes62,037 100.00
Total rejected ballots875
Unreturned ballots162
Turnout63,07481.11Increase2.svg 8.52
Registered electors77,761
Majority29,03846.80Increase2.svg 15.50
DAP hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 2008 : Ipoh Barat
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
DAP Kulasegaran Murugeson 32,57665.65Increase2.svg 14.99
BN Yik Phooi Hong17,04234.35Decrease2.svg 14.99
Total valid votes49,618 100.00
Total rejected ballots829
Unreturned ballots194
Turnout50,64172.58Increase2.svg 4.20
Registered electors69,773
Majority15,53431.30Increase2.svg 29.98
DAP hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 2004 : Ipoh Barat
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
DAP Kulasegaran Murugeson 22,93550.66Increase2.svg 4.82
BN Ho Cheong Sing22,33749.34Decrease2.svg 4.36
Total valid votes45,272 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,015
Unreturned ballots481
Turnout46,76868.38Increase2.svg 0.14
Registered electors68,394
Majority5981.32Decrease2.svg 6.54
DAP gain from BN Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1999 : Ipoh Barat
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Ho Cheong Sing25,15553.70Decrease2.svg 1.79
DAP Kulasegaran Murugeson 21,47745.84Increase2.svg 1.33
MDP Jaga N. Nathan2150.46Increase2.svg 0.46
Total valid votes46,847 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,016
Unreturned ballots833
Turnout48,69668.24Decrease2.svg 0.47
Registered electors71,359
Majority3,6787.86Decrease2.svg 3.12
BN hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1995 : Ipoh Barat
PartyCandidateVotes %
BN Ho Cheong Sing24,61655.49
DAP Teresa Kok Suh Sim 19,74744.51
Total valid votes44,363 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,073
Unreturned ballots257
Turnout45,69368.71
Registered electors66,501
Majority4,86910.98
This was a new constituency created.

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