Kluang (federal constituency)

Kluang (P152)

Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Wong Shu Qi PH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	183,855
Electors (2022) [2]	132,342
Area (km²) [3]	256
Pop. density (per km²)	718.2

Kluang is a federal constituency in Kluang District, Johor, 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

Ethnic breakdown of Kluang's electorate as of 2022 ^[4]

   Chinese (46.3%)

   Malay (42.7%)

   Indian (10.1%)

  Other ethnicities (0.9%)

Age breakdown of Kluang's electorate as of 2022

  18-20 (5.63%)

  21-29 (21.25%)

  30-39 (22.21%)

  40-49 (16.67%)

  50-59 (14.13%)

  60-69 (11.68%)

  70-79 (6.04%)

  80-89 (1.99%)

  above 90 (0.39%)

Gender breakdown of Kluang's electorate as of 2022

  Male (50.16%)

  Female (49.84%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kluang constituency has a total of 40 polling districts. ^[5]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Mengkibol (N28)	Ladang Bukit Benut	152/28/01	SA Ladang Bukit Benut
	Ladang Coronation	152/28/02	SA Taman Desa
	Pekan Sri Lalang Barat	152/28/03	Dewan Raya Sri Lalang
	Pekan Sri Lalang Timor	152/28/04	SJK (T) Ladang Niyor
	Ladang Mengkibol	152/28/05	SK Seri Taman Kluang Barat
	Mengkibol Barat	152/28/06	SK Seri Intan
	Mengkibol Timor	152/28/07	Kolej Vokesional Kluang SA Taman Delima
	Taman Kurnia	152/28/08	SMA Arabiah Kluang
	Bakar Sampah	152/28/09	SJK (C) Chong Hwa 2
	Lambak	152/28/10	SJK (C) Chong Hwa 1
	Yap Tau Sah	152/28/11	SJK (C) Pin Ming
	Yap Tau Sah Timor	152/28/12	SMJK Chong Hwa
	Jalan Mersing	152/28/13	SK Abdul Rahman Yassin
	Jalan Johor Tenggara	152/28/14	SA Dato' Ahmad SMK Jalan Kota Tinggi
	Kluang Layang	152/28/15	SMK Jalan Mengkibol
	Ladang Lambak	152/28/16	SJK (T) Ladang Lambak
	Ladang Elaeis	152/28/17	SJK (T) Ladang Lambak
	Kampung Gunung Lambak	152/28/18	SJK (C) Chong Hwa 3
	Taman Megah	152/28/19	Dewan Muafakat Kg. Dato Abdul Rahman Yassin
	Kampong Paya Timor	152/28/20	SJK (C) Pa Yai
	Kampong Paya Barat	152/28/21	SJK (C) Pa Yai
	Kampong Melayu Timor	152/28/22	Dewan Seberguna Kg. Paya
Mahkota (N29)	Padang Tembak	152/29/01	SMK Sultan Abdul Jalil
	Kampong Melayu Timor II	152/29/02	SA Sri Kg. Tengah Satu
	Kampung Tengah	152/29/03	SK Seri Kg Tengah
	Kampong Melayu I	152/29/04	SK Kampong Melayu
	Kampong Melayu II	152/29/05	Dewan Raya Majlis Perbandaran Kluang
	Taman Lian Seng	152/29/06	SJK (T) Jalan Haji Manan
	Haji Manan	152/29/07	Dewan Jubli Intan Sultan Ibrahim
	Mesjid Lama	152/29/08	SA Gunung Lambak
	Bandar Tengah	152/29/09	SJK (C) Chong Eng
	Taman Ilham	152/29/10	SA Kluang Barat
	Dorset	152/29/11	SMK Taman Seri Kluang Dewan Mahkota, Kem Mahkota Dewan Pusat Banjir Kampong Bentong Kluang Balai Raya Kampung Bentong
	Taman Berlian	152/29/12	Dewan Serbaguna Taman Sri Kluang
	Jalan Hospital	152/29/13	SK (L) Bandar Kluang
	Taman Kerjasama	153/29/14	SMK Tun Hussein Onn
	Kampung Baru	153/29/15	SMK Sultan Abdul Jalil
	Taman Suria	152/29/16	SMK Seri Perdana
	Indah Jaya	152/29/17	SK Dato' Syed Zain Alshahab
	Sri Tengah	152/29/18	SMK Tengku Aris Bendahara

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kluang
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Kluang Utara
4th	P101	1974–1978	Loh Fook Yen (罗福元)	BN (MCA)
5th		1978–1982	Lee Kaw (李高)	DAP
6th		1982–1986	Quah Wee Liam (柯威廉)	BN (MCA)
7th	P120	1986–1990	Ling Chooi Sieng (林水仙)
8th		1990–1995	Kang Chow Oh (江沼湖)
9th	P130	1995–1999	Hoo Seong Chang (何襄赞)
10th		1999–2004
11th	P152	2004–2008
12th		2008–2013	Hou Kok Chung (何国忠)
13th		2013–2018	Liew Chin Tong (刘镇东)	PR (DAP)
14th		2018–2022	Wong Shu Qi (黄书琪)	PH (DAP)
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kluang			Bandar Kluang
			Bekok
				Gunung Lambak
						Mahkota
					Mengkibol
				Paloh

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N28	Mengkibol	Chew Chong Sin	PH (DAP)
N29	Mahkota	Syed Hussin Syed Abdullah	BN (UMNO)

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N28	Mengkibol	Kluang Municipal Council Simpang Renggam District Council (Ladang Bukit Benut area)
N29	Mahkota	Kluang Municipal Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Wong Shu Qi	49,801	52.08	7.12
	BN	Gan Ping Sieu	23,395	24.47	6.10
	PN	Dzulkarnain Alias	22,021	23.03	23.03
	Independent	Ramendran Ulaganathan	404	0.42	0.42
Total valid votes			95,621	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,204
Unreturned ballots			337
Turnout			97,162	73.42	11.03
Registered electors			132,342
Majority			26,406	27.61	1.02
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753254/PUB%20617%20PARLIMEN%20JOHOR.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Wong Shu Qi	47,671	59.20	59.20
	BN	Gan Ping Sieu	24,618	30.57	14.44
	PAS	Muhammad Hasbullah Md Najib	8,242	10.23	10.23
Total valid votes			80,531	100.00
Total rejected ballots			921
Unreturned ballots			389
Turnout			81,841	84.45	2.33
Registered electors			96,915
Majority			23,053	28.63	18.65
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 244/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. 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 Johore [P.U. (B) 318/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[ permanent dead link ]

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Liew Chin Tong	40,574	54.99	8.61
	BN	Hou Kok Chung	33,215	45.01	8.61
Total valid votes			73,789	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,292
Unreturned ballots			181
Turnout			75,262	86.78	10.18
Registered electors			86,732
Majority			7,359	9.98	2.74
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 181/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-14.[ 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 Johore [P.U. (B) 222/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-14.[ permanent dead link ]

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hou Kok Chung	27,970	53.62	16.14
	DAP	Ng Lam Hua	24,189	46.38	16.14
Total valid votes			52,159	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,884
Unreturned ballots			524
Turnout			54,567	76.60	3.00
Registered electors			71,233
Majority			3,781	7.24	32.28
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hoo Seong Chang	33,001	69.76	1.75
	DAP	Ng Lam Hua	14,303	30.24	1.75
Total valid votes			47,304	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,477
Unreturned ballots			881
Turnout			49,662	73.60	0.66
Registered electors
Majority			18,698	39.52	3.50
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hoo Seong Chang	30,540	71.51	1.70
	DAP	Chew Peck Choo	12,170	28.49	1.70
Total valid votes			42,710	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,033
Unreturned ballots			2,898
Turnout			46,641	72.94	0.83
Registered electors
Majority			18,370	43.02	3.40
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hoo Seong Chang	30,097	73.21	18.75
	DAP	Lim Ser Ho	11,014	26.79	18.75
Total valid votes			41,111	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,551
Unreturned ballots			817
Turnout			43,479	72.11	3.29
Registered electors
Majority			19,083	46.42	37.50
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kang Chow Oh	29,700	54.46	3.50
	DAP	Ng Wei Siong	24,832	45.54	0.94
Total valid votes			54,532	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,384
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			55,916	75.40	0.48
Registered electors			74,164
Majority			4,868	8.92	4.44
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ling Towi Seng @ Ling Chooi Sieng	22,891	50.96	7.18
	DAP	Lee Kaw	20,882	46.48	4.62
	PAS	Abu Hassan Umat @ Ahmad	1,149	2.56	2.56
Total valid votes			44,922	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,600
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			46,522	74.92	2.01
Registered electors			62,099
Majority			2,009	4.48	11.80
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Quah Wee Liam	23,760	58.14	11.73
	DAP	Lee Kaw	17,107	41.86	9.65
Total valid votes			40,867	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,227
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			42,094	76.93	0.33
Registered electors			54,717
Majority			6,653	16.28	11.18
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lee Kaw	16,887	51.51	5.65
	BN	Loh Fook Yen	15,215	46.41	7.73
	PAS	Abu Bakar Kathom	679	2.07	2.07
Total valid votes			32,781	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,088
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			33,869	76.40	3.70
Registered electors			44,331
Majority			1,672	5.10	3.18
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Loh Fook Yen	13,247	54.14
	DAP	Lee Kaw	11,223	45.86
Total valid votes			24,470	100.00
Total rejected ballots			805
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			25,275	72.70
Registered electors			31,687
Majority			2,024	8.28
This was a new constituency created.

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