Lenggong (federal constituency)

This article is about federal constituency. For the geographical area and archaeological sites, see Lenggong. For other uses, see Lenggong (disambiguation).

Lenggong (P055)

Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Shamsul Anuar Nasarah BN
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	37,428
Electors (2022) [2]	36,950
Area (km²) [3]	1,793
Pop. density (per km²)	20.9

Lenggong Federal Constituency Service Centre

Lenggong is a federal constituency in Hulu Perak District, Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat of the Malaysian Parliament since 2004. Represented by Dato Shamsul Anuar bin Haji Nasarah from UMNO. ^[4] Lenggong also contributes two seats to the Perak State Legislative Assembly: Kota Tampan and Kenering, which were also held by UMNO.

The federal constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. Lenggong is also an autonomous sub-district (daerah kecil), consisting of Lenggong (town) and the nearby communes of Durian Pipit and Temelong.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Lenggong's electorate as of 2022 ^[5]

   Malay (84.9%)

   Chinese (11.8%)

  Other ethnicities (1.8%)

   Indian (1.4%)

Age breakdown of Lenggong's electorate as of 2022

  18-20 (5.38%)

  21-29 (19.47%)

  30-39 (24.95%)

  40-49 (17.28%)

  50-59 (13.18%)

  60-69 (11.25%)

  70-79 (5.98%)

  80-89 (2.07%)

  above 90 (0.43%)

Gender breakdown of Lenggong's electorate as of 2022

  Male (49.51%)

  Female (50.49%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Lenggong constituency is divided into 33 polling districts. ^[6]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kenering (N03）	Kenering Utara	055/03/01	SK Kenayat
	Tawai	055/03/02	SK Seri Tawai
	Ulu Kenderong	055/03/03	Maahad Tahfiz dan Kemukjizatan Al-Quran
	Padang Kunyit	055/03/04	SA Rakyat Al Wahiyah
	Kampong Ayer Panas	055/03/05	SK Tan Sri Ghzali Jawi
	Kampong Padang	055/03/06	SMK Gerik
	Kampong Ganda	055/03/07	SK Ganda Temengor
	Sungai Dala	055/03/08	SK RPS Dala
	Belum Baharu	055/03/09	SK Kenering
	FELDA Papulut	055/03/10	SK (FELDA) Papalut
	Lawin	055/03/11	SMK Kenering
	FELDA Lawin Selatan	055/03/12	SK (FELDA) Lawin Selatan
	Kampong Sawa	055/03/13	SA Rakyat Nur Kamaliah
	Ayer Kala	055/03/14	Dewan Orang Ramai Ayer Kala
	Selat Pagar	055/03/15	SJK (C) Selat Pagar
	Sumpitan	055/03/16	SK Sumpitan
	Padang Gerus	055/03/17	SJK (C) Padang Grus
	Bukit Sapi	055/03/18	SK Bukit Sapi
Kota Tampan (N04)	Kampong Gelok	055/04/01	SK Gelok
	Kampong Lenggong	055/04/02	SK Lenggong
	Kampong Sira	055/04/03	SK Bukit Balai
	Bukit Raja	055/04/04	SJK (C) Yeong Hwa
	Bukit Balai	055/04/05	SMK Dato Ahmad
	Kampong Telok Batu	055/04/06	SK Lenggong
	Kampong Temelong	055/04/07	SK Temelong
	Kampong Chepor	055/04/08	SK Chepor
	Kampong Luat	055/04/09	SK Luat
	Banggol Belimbing	055/04/10	SK Banggol Belimbing
	Kota Tampan	055/04/11	SJK (C) Kota Tampan
	Lubok Kawah	055/04/12	SK Lubok Kawah
	Kampong Raban	055/04/13	SMK Sultan Azlan Shah
	Kuak	055/04/14	SK Raban
	Kampong Beng	055/04/15	SK Beng

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Lenggong
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Gerik and Chenderoh
11th	P055	2004–2008	Khamsiyah Yeop (خامسية يوڤ)	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008–2013	Shamsul Anuar Nasarah (شمس الأنوار نصرة)
13th		2013–2018
14th		2018–2022
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Lenggong						Kenering
						Kota Tampan

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N3	Kenering	Husaini Ariffin	PN (PAS)
N4	Kota Tampan	Saarani Mohamad	BN (UMNO)

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N3	Kenering	Gerik District Council (Kenering area) Lenggong District Council
N4	Kota Tampan	Lenggong District Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shamsul Anuar Nasarah	12,588	45.48	8.49
	PN	Muhammad Rifaat Razman	11,709	42.30	42.30
	PH	Jurey Latiff Mohd Rosli	3,382	12.22	4.72
Total valid votes			27,679	100.00
Total rejected ballots			443
Unreturned ballots			67
Turnout			28,189	76.30	3.42
Registered electors			36,950
Majority			879	3.18	21.70
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753277/PUB610%20PARLIMEN%20PERAK.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shamsul Anuar Nasarah	12,523	53.97	3.50
	PAS	Muhammad Mujahid Mohammad Fadzil	6,750	29.09	13.64
	PH	Amirul Fairuzzeen Jamaluddin	3,932	16.94	16.94
Total valid votes			23,205	100.00
Total rejected ballots			405
Unreturned ballots			109
Turnout			23,719	79.72	5.20
Registered electors			29,752
Majority			5,773	24.88	9.94
	BN 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. "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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shamsul Anuar Nasarah	13,285	57.47	6.94
	PAS	Razman Zakaria	9,832	42.53	6.94
Total valid votes			23,117	100.00
Total rejected ballots			368
Unreturned ballots			251
Turnout			23,736	84.92	9.84
Registered electors			27,950
Majority			3,453	14.94	13.90
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 174/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2016-05-12. "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) 215/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shamsul Anuar Nasarah	10,992	64.41	2.96
	PAS	Muhamad Zulkifli Mohamad Zakaria	6,073	35.59	2.96
Total valid votes			17,065	100.00
Total rejected ballots			311
Unreturned ballots			60
Turnout			17,436	75.08	3.70
Registered electors			23,223
Majority			4,919	28.82	5.92
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Khansiyah @ Khamsiyah Yeop	10,924	67.37
	PAS	Zulkapely @ Zulkifly Abu	5,292	32.63
Total valid votes			16,216	100.00
Total rejected ballots			295
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			16,531	71.38
Registered electors			23,159
Majority			5,632	34.74
This was a new constituency created.

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