Port Dickson (federal constituency)

Port Dickson (P132)

Negeri Sembilan constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Aminuddin Harun PH
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
Constituency re-created	2018
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	128,954
Electors (2023) [2]	109,818
Area (km²) [3]	571
Pop. density (per km²)	225.8

Port Dickson is a federal constituency in Port Dickson District, Negeri Sembilan and Alor Gajah District ( Tanjung Tuan ), Malacca, Malaysia that is represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974 and from 2018 to present. This is only constituency located in two states at same parlimentary seat.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution, but it was abolished in the 1974 redistribution. However in 2018 the Port Dickson federal constituency was re-created and replaced the Telok Kemang federal constituency following the 2018 redelineation and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. ^[4]

Demographics

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

   Malay (44.2%)

   Chinese (31.4%)

   Indian (21.1%)

  Other ethnicities (3.3%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Port Dickson constituency has a total of 32 polling districts. ^[6]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Chuah（N29）	Tanah Merah	132/29/01	SJK (T) Ladang Tanah Merah SJK (C) Kampung Baru Tanah Merah Site A SMK Tanah Merah
	Kampung Pachitan	132/29/02	SK Kg Sawah
	Bukit Pelandok	132/29/03	SJK (C) Yik Chiao
	Sungai Nipah	132/29/04	SJK (C) Kg Baru Sg Nipah
	Chuah	132/29/05	SMA Chuah
Lukut (N30）	Kampung Jimah Baru	132/30/01	SK Jimah Baru
	Bandar Spring Hill	132/30/02	SJK (T) Bandar Springhill
	Taman Indah Jaya	132/30/03	SK Lukut
	Kuala Lukut	132/30/04	SMK Raja Jumaat
	Lukut	132/30/05	SJK (T) Ladang Sungai Salak
	Sri Parit	132/30/06	SJK (C) Chung Hua Lukut
	Tanjong Gemok	132/30/07	SJK (C) Bradwall
Bagan Pinang（N31）	Ladang Atherton	132/31/01	SJK (T) Ladang Atherton
	Pekan Siliau	132/31/02	SJK (T) Ldg Siliau
	Ladang Bradwall	132/31/03	SJK (T) Ldg Bradwall
	Sua Betong	132/31/04	SJK (T) Ldg Sua Betong
	Sunggala	132/31/05	SK Si-Rusa
	Kampung Bagan Pinang	132/31/06	SK Panglima Adnan
	Si Rusa	132/31/07	SK Kampung Baru Sirusa
	Telok Kemang	132/31/08	SK Telok Kemang SMA Telok Kemang
Linggi（N32）	Ayer Kuning	132/32/01	Balai Raya Kampung Barisan
	Linggi	132/32/02	SK Linggi
	Kampung Pengkalan Durian	132/32/03	Pusat Pemulihan Dalam Komuniti Cahaya Ikhsan Linggi
	Pengkalan Kempas	132/32/04	SK Permatang Pasir
	Ladang Sengkang	132/32/05	SJK (T) Ladang Sengkang
	Kampong Sungai Raya	132/32/06	SK Tanjong Agas
	Pasir Panjang	132/32/07	SJK (C) Chung Hua Pasir Panjang Balai Raya Kampung Orang Asli Palebar Baru
	Bandar Baru Sunggala	132/32/08	SK Intan Perdana SMK Intan Perdana
Sri Tanjong（N33）	Kampung Paya	132/33/01	KV Port Dickson SRA Taman Desa Permai
	Kampung Arab	132/33/02	SK Kampong Gelam
	Kampung Chokra	132/33/03	SJK (T) Port Dickson
	Pekan Port Dickson	132/33/04	SK Port Dickson SMK Datuk Haji Abdul Samad

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Port Dickson
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Negri Sembilan Selatan
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P082	1959–1963	T. Mahima Singh (ਮਹਿਮਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਥਾਲੀਵਾਲ)	Alliance (MIC)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P082	1963–1964	T. Mahima Singh (ਮਹਿਮਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਥਾਲੀਵਾਲ)	Alliance (MIC)
2nd		1964–1969
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended [7] [8]
3rd	P082	1971–1974	Soorian Arjunan (சூரியன் அர்ஜுனன்)	DAP
Constituency abolished, renamed to Telok Kemang
Constituency re-created, renamed from Telok Kemang
14th	P132	2018	Danyal Balagopal Abdullah (டான்யல் பலகோபால் அப்துல்லா)	PH (PKR)
		2018–2022	Anwar Ibrahim (انوار ابراهيم)
15th		2022–present	Aminuddin Harun (أمين الدين هارون)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Port Dickson							Bagan Pinang
							Chuah
		Jimah
		Linggi					Linggi
		Lukut					Lukut
		Pasir Panjang
		Si Rusa
							Sri Tanjung

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N29	Chuah	Yew Boon Lye	PH (PKR)
N30	Lukut	Choo Ken Hwa	PH (DAP)
N31	Bagan Pinang	Abdul Fatah Zakaria	PN (PAS)
N32	Linggi	Mohd Faizal Ramli	BN (UMNO)
N33	Sri Tanjung	Rajasekaran Gunasekaran	PH (PKR)

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N29	Chuah	Port Dickson Municipal Council
N30	Lukut
N31	Bagan Pinang
N32	Linggi	Port Dickson Municipal Council Alor Gajah Municipal Council ( Tanjung Tuan area)
N33	Sri Tanjung	Port Dickson Municipal Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Aminuddin Harun	42,013	52.40	18.92
	BN	P. Kamalanathan	18,412	22.96	7.23
	PN	Rafei Mustapha	18,235	22.74	22.74
	GTA	Ahmad Idham Ahmad Nazri	1,084	1.35	1.35
	Independent	Abdul Rani Kulup Abdullah	441	0.55	0.55
Total valid votes			80,185	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,089
Unreturned ballots			162
Turnout			81,436	78.00	19.40
Registered electors			104,450
Majority			23,601	29.44	24.74
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753263/PUB615%20PARLIMEN%20NEGERI%20SEMBILAN.pdf

Malaysian general by-election, 13 October 2018
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Danyal Balagopal Abdullah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Anwar Ibrahim	31,016	71.32	12.26
	PAS	Mohd Nazari Mokhtar	7,456	17.14	6.39
	Independent	Mohd Isa Abdul Samad	4,230	9.73	9.73
	Independent	Stevie Chan Keng Leong	337	0.77	0.77
	Independent	Lau Seck Yan	214	0.49	0.49
	Independent	Kan Chee Yuen	154	0.35	0.35
	Independent	Saiful Bukhari Azlan	82	0.19	0.19
Total valid votes			43,489
Total rejected ballots			598
Unreturned ballots			49
Turnout			44,136	58.60	29.73
Registered electors			75,317
Majority			23,560	54.18	25.31
	PH hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Danyal Balagopal Abdullah	36,225	59.06
	BN	Mohan Velayatham	18,515	30.19
	PAS	Mahfuz Roslan	6,594	10.75
Total valid votes			61334	100.00
Total rejected ballots			948
Unreturned ballots			266
Turnout			62,548	83.16
Registered electors			75,212
Majority			17,710	28.87
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 242/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.[ 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 Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 316/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.[ permanent dead link ]

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Soorian Arjunan	10,266	53.89	53.89
	Alliance	Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh	6,606	34.68	14.69
	PMIP	Mansor Abu Bakar	1,872	9.83	9.83
	United Malaysian Chinese Organisation	Wong Tai Oon	307	1.61	1.61
Total valid votes			19,051	100.00
Total rejected ballots			697
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,748	74.18	6.64
Registered electors			26,623
Majority			3,660	19.21	16.58
	DAP gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia)		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh	7,911	49.35	49.35
	UDP	Ng Hup Chwee	2,174	13.56	13.56
	Independent	Nadchatiram Saraswathy Devi	2,074	12.94	12.94
	Socialist Front	R. Murugan	2,020	12.60	12.60
	PPP	Ibrahim Ahmad	1,349	8.41	8.41
	Independent	Ong Boon Hong	504	3.14	3.14
Total valid votes			16,032	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,219
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,251	78.12
Registered electors			22,083
Majority			5,737	35.79
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh won uncontested.
	Alliance	Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			15,763
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

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