Sungkai (state constituency)

Sungkai

Perak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Sivanesan Achalingam PH
Constituency created	1986
First contested	1986
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	23,375

Sungkai is a state constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perak State Legislative Assembly. The constituency is mandated to return a single member to the Perak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Sungkai's electorate as of 2022

   Chinese (54.10%)

   Malay (20.82%)

   Indian (17.66%)

  Other ethnicities (7.42%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Tanjong Malim constituency is divided into 49 polling districts. ^[1]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Sungkai (N57)	Pos Gedong	077/57/01	SK Pos Gedong
	Jalan Bruseh	077/57/02	SK Bidor SK Kampung Senta
	Bidor Tengah	077/57/03	SJK (C) Choong Hua (1)
	Bidor Baharu	077/57/04	SK Seri Bidor
	Pekan Bidor	077/57/05	SMK Syeikh Abdul Ghani
	Bidor Barat	077/57/06	SMK Choong Hua
	Bidor Station Utara	077/57/07	SJK (C) Pin Min
	Kampong Bahru Jalan Sungkai	077/57/08	SMK Syeikh Abdul Gahni
	Pekan Pasir	077/57/09	SJK (C) Pekan Pasir
	Bikam	077/57/10	SK Bikam
	Kampong Baharu Bikam	077/57/11	SJK (C) Kuala Bikam
	Sungkai	077/57/12	SMK Sungkai
	Pekan Sungkai	077/57/13	SMK Sungkai
	Buloh Telor	077/57/14	SMK Sungkai

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungkai
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created from Bidor
7th	1986-1990	Kumaran Karunagaran	BN (MIC)
8th	1990-1995	Veerasingam Suppiah
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Ganesan Retanam
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Sivanesan Achalingam	PR (DAP)
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-2022		PH (DAP)
15th	2022–present

Election results

Perak state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Sivanesan Achalingam	9,549	58.97	13.59
	BN	V. Elango	4,311	26.62	2.98
	PN	Thilak Raj Gunasekaran	1,744	10.77	10.77
	Independent	Mahhadee	588	3.63	3.63
Total valid votes			16,192	100.00
Total rejected ballots			274
Unreturned ballots			36
Turnout			16,502	70.60	21.68
Registered electors			23,375
Majority			5,238	32.35	16.57
	PH hold		Swing

Perak state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Sivanesan Achalingam	9,631	72.56	72.56
	BN	V. Elango	3,138	23.64	14.75
	PAS	Appalasamy Jetakiah	505	3.80	3.80
Total valid votes			13,274	97.52
Total rejected ballots			286	2.10
Unreturned ballots			52	0.38
Turnout			13,612	79.28	0.92
Registered electors			17,128
Majority			6,493	48.92	25.70
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Perak state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Sivanesan Achalingam	9,314	61.61	5.11
	BN	Goh Kim Swee	5,803	38.39	5.11
Total valid votes			15,117	97.78
Total rejected ballots			276	1.79
Unreturned ballots			67	0.43
Turnout			15,460	80.20	12.42
Registered electors			19,285
Majority			3,511	23.22	10.22
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI".

Perak state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Sivanesan Achalingam	6,323	56.50	15.57
	BN	Veerasingam Suppiah	4,869	43.50	15.57
Total valid votes			11,192	95.50
Total rejected ballots			485	4.14
Unreturned ballots			42	0.36
Turnout			11,719	67.78	3.55
Registered electors			17,290
Majority			1,454	13.00	5.14
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 2008".

Perak state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ganesan Retanam	6,334	59.07	0.64
	DAP	Sivanesan Achalingam	4,389	40.93	0.64
Total valid votes			10,723	94.76
Total rejected ballots			548	4.84
Unreturned ballots			45	0.40
Turnout			11,316	64.23	4.89
Registered electors			17,618
Majority			1,945	18.14	1.28
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 2004".

Perak state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ganesan Retanam	7,545	59.71	13.02
	DAP	Bathamanathan Rajoo	5,091	40.29	13.02
Total valid votes			12,636	95.96
Total rejected ballots			470	3.57
Unreturned ballots			62	0.47
Turnout			13,168	59.34	3.61
Registered electors			22,190
Majority			2,454	19.42	25.12
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1999".

Perak state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Veerasingam Suppiah	9,337	72.27	11.51
	DAP	Kalimuthu Ranggayah	3,583	27.73	11.51
Total valid votes			12,920	95.13
Total rejected ballots			626	4.61
Unreturned ballots			36	0.27
Turnout			13,582	62.95	4.45
Registered electors			21,577
Majority			5,754	44.54	23.02
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1995".

Perak state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Veerasingam Suppiah	7,757	60.76	6.93
	DAP	John Richard Woodworth	5,010	39.24	3.34
Total valid votes			12,767	96.22
Total rejected ballots			502	3.78
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			13,269	67.10	3.10
Registered electors			19,774
Majority			2,747	21.52	10.27
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1995".

Perak state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kumaran Karunagaran	6,771	53.83
	DAP	Loh Jee Mee	5,356	42.58
	PAS	Ho Shing Chong @ Ghazali Ho	451	3.59
Total valid votes			12,578	97.74
Total rejected ballots			291	2.26
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			12,869	70.50
Registered electors			18,254
Majority			1,415	11.25
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1986".

References

1. "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.