Bakar Arang
 Kedah constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Kedah State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
PH | ||
| Constituency created | 1994 | ||
| First contested | 1995 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2023) | 57,867 | ||
Bakar Arang (Chinese: 峇甲亚兰) is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.
Demographics
History
Polling districts
According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bakar Arang constituency has a total of 18 polling districts.[2]
| State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakar Arang (N28） | Taman Dahlia | 015/28/01 | Pusat Bimbingan Islam Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah (PUSBA) |
| Jalan Pengkalan | 015/28/02 | SMK Khir Johari | |
| Kolam Air | 015/28/03 | SK St. Theresa | |
| Bandar | 015/28/04 | SK Khir Johari | |
| Simpang Tiga Pekan Lama | 015/28/05 | Dewan Annasamy Pillai, Pekan Lama | |
| Peteri | 015/28/06 | SK Khir Johari | |
| Kampung Bahru | 015/28/07 | SK Petani Jaya | |
| Taman Sentosa | 015/28/08 | SJK (C) Sin Kwang | |
| Taman Delima | 015/28/09 | SMK Tunku Ismail | |
| Taman Intan | 015/28/10 | SK Tunku Ismail | |
| Bakar Arang | 015/28/11 | SMK Bakar Arang | |
| Taman Arked | 015/28/12 | SK Bakar Arang | |
| Taman Makmur | 015/28/13 | SMK Che Tom | |
| Sungai Pasir | 015/28/14 | SK Sungai Pasir | |
| Taman Nilam | 015/28/15 | SK Taman Intan | |
| Taman Sejati Indah | 015/28/16 | SK Seri Gedong | |
| Taman Sri Wang | 016/28/17 | SK Taman Sri Wang | |
| Taman Keladi | 015/28/18 | SMJK Sin Min (P) |
Representation history
| Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Bakar Arang | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Tikam Batu | |||
| 9th | 1995–1999 | Tan Hong Eng | BN (MCA) |
| 10th | 1999–2004 | ||
| 11th | 2004–2008 | Seng Kooh Huat | |
| 12th | 2008–2009 | Tan Wei Shu | PR (PKR) |
| 2009–2013 | IND | ||
| 13th | 2013–2018 | Simon Ooi Tze Min | PR (PKR) |
| 14th | 2018–2023 | PH (PKR) | |
| 15th | 2023–present | Adam Loh Wei Chai | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH | Adam Loh Wei Chai | 21,889 | 54.41 |  3.79
| ||
| PN | Tai Kuang Tee | 18,206 | 45.25 |  45.25
| ||
| Parti Rakyat Malaysia | Tan Kee Chye | 138 | 0.34 | 0.16
| ||
| Total valid votes | 40,233 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 217 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 54 | |||||
| Turnout | 40,504 | 69.99 | 12.26
| |||
| Registered electors | 57,867 | |||||
| Majority | 3,683 | 9.16 | 25.03
| |||
| PH hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH | Ooi Tze Min | 18,440 | 58.20 | 58.20
| |
| PAS | Othman Che Mee | 7,607 | 24.01 | 24.01
| |
| BN | Ko Hung Weng | 5,547 | 17.51 | 20.95
| |
| Parti Rakyat Malaysia | Tan Kee Chye | 58 | 0.18 | 0.18
| |
| Independent | Tan Hock Huat | 29 | 0.10 | 0.10
| |
| Total valid votes | 31,681 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 391 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 32,072 | 82.25 | 3.05
| ||
| Registered electors | 38,991 | ||||
| Majority | 10,833 | 34.19 | 11.81
| ||
| PH hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKR | Ooi Tze Min | 17,757 | 60.84 | 8.22
| |
| BN | Lee Yean Wang | 11,223 | 38.46 | 7.48
| |
| Independent | Ong Kah Soon | 204 | 0.70 | 0.70
| |
| Total valid votes | 29,184 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 366 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 69 | ||||
| Turnout | 29,619 | 85.30 | 10.97
| ||
| Registered electors | 34,743 | ||||
| Majority | 6,534 | 22.38 | 15.70
| ||
| PKR hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKR | Tan Wei Shu | 10,489 | 52.62 | 25.43
| |
| BN | Seng Kooh Huat | 9,159 | 45.94 | 26.87
| |
| Independent | Lim Pok Long | 287 | 1.44 | 1.44
| |
| Total valid votes | 19,935 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 490 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 71 | ||||
| Turnout | 20,496 | 74.33 | 0.80
| ||
| Registered electors | 27,574 | ||||
| Majority | 1,330 | 6.68 | 38.94
| ||
| PKR gain from BN | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Seng Kooh Huat | 14,204 | 72.81 | 8.64
| |
| PKR | Johari Abdul | 5,304 | 27.19 | 27.19
| |
| Total valid votes | 19,509 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 269 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 19,778 | 75.13 | 2.58
| ||
| Registered electors | 26,326 | ||||
| Majority | 8,899 | 45.62 | 17.28
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Tan Hong Eng | 11,066 | 64.17 | 3.40
| |
| PAS | Abdul Halim Mohd Nasir | 6,179 | 35.83 | 16.75
| |
| Total valid votes | 17,245 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 246 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 2,477 | ||||
| Turnout | 19,968 | 77.71 | 1.62
| ||
| Registered electors | 25,694 | ||||
| Majority | 4,887 | 28.34 | 12.28
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Tan Hong Eng | 9,882 | 60.77 | |||
| DAP | Lee Chuan Saw | 3,276 | 20.15 | |||
| PAS | Haji Azizan Haji Maghribi | 3,104 | 19.08 | |||
| Total valid votes | 16,262 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 496 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 663 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,421 | 76.09 | ||||
| Registered electors | 22,896 | |||||
| Majority | 6,606 | 40.62 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- ^ "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.[permanent dead link]
