Pangkor (state constituency)

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Pangkor
Flag of Perak.svg Perak constituency
State constituency
Legislature Perak State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Norhaslida Zakaria
PN
Constituency created1974
First contested1974
Last contested 2022
Demographics
Electors (2022) [1] 30,554
Area (km²) [2] 221

Pangkor is a state constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perak State Legislative Assembly. [3]

Contents

The state constituency was first contested in 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perak State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Definition

The Pangkor constituency boasts area of Manjung district that famous for tourism industry including township of Lumut, Marina Island, Teluk Batik, Damai Laut and Pangkor Island. The largest demographic voters for the constituency comes from naval base of TLDM. It contains the polling districts of Damar Laut, Lumut, Teluk Muroh, Pengkalan TLDM, Sungai Pinang Besar, Sungai Pinang Kechil, Pasir Bogak, Pekan Pangkor, and Telok Gedong. [4]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Pangkor's electorate as of 2022

   Malay (67.01%)
   Chinese (23.69%)
   Indian (5.72%)
  Other ethnicities (3.58%)
Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling districtElectors
Damar Laut1,186
Lumut1,011
Telok Muroh1,561
Pengkalan TLDM14,067
Sungai Pinang Besar1,652
Sungai Pinang Kechil2,072
Pasir Bogak1,582
Pekan Pangkor1,795
Telok Gedong1,240
Total26,166
Source: Malaysian Election Commission [5]

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Pangkor constituency is divided into 9 polling districts. [6]

State constituencyPolling DistrictCodeLocation
Pangkor(N52)Damar Laut074/52/01SK Nakhoda Muhammad Taib
Lumut074/52/02SK Methodist (ACS)
Telok Muroh074/52/03SK Dato' Ishak
Pengkalan TLDM074/52/04SMK Dindings
Sungai Pinang Besar074/52/05SJK (C) Hwa Lian (2)
Sungai Pinang Kechil074/52/06SJK (T) Pangkor
Pasir Bogak074/52/07SMK Pangkor
Pekan Pangkor074/52/08SK Seri Pangkor
Telok Gedong074/52/09SM Tahfiz Darul Ridzuan Daerah Manjung, Pulau Pangkor

Representation History

Perak State Legislative Assemblyman for Pangkor
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Lumut
4th1974–1978Phung Ah See @ Phung Teik Hua DAP
5th1978–1982Peter Tang Ah LikBN (MCA)
6th1982–1986Ting Chek Ming DAP
7th1986–1990Rajasegaran Samy NathanBN (MIC)
8th1990–1995 Mohamad Wajdi Ishak BN (UMNO)
9th 1995–1999
10th 1999–2004
11th 2004–2008 Zambry Abdul Kadir
12th 2008–2013
13th 2013–2018
14th 2018 – 2022
15th 2022 – presentNorhaslinda ZakariaPN (BERSATU)

Election results

Perak state election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PN Norhaslinda Zakaria8,50738.65Increase2.svg 38.65
BN Norazman Man7,49634.06Decrease2.svg 8.80
PH Ahmad Razak Nazri5,65425.69Decrease2.svg 8.85
GTA Mohd Azlan Suhaimi1810.82Increase2.svg 0.82
Sabah Heritage Party Yahaya Ahmad1700.77Increase2.svg 0.77
Total valid votes22,008 100.00
Total rejected ballots412
Unreturned ballots302
Turnout22,72274.37Decrease2.svg 4.60
Registered electors30,554
Majority1,0114.59Decrease2.svg 4.00
PN gain from BN Swing ?
Perak state election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Zambry Abdul Kadir 8,37844.28Decrease2.svg 18.72
PH Nordin Ahmad Ismail6,75235.69Increase2.svg 35.69
PAS Zainal Abidin Saad3,63819.23Increase2.svg 18.61
Total valid votes18,91996.79
Total rejected ballots6283.21
Unreturned ballots2021.03
Turnout19,54778.97Decrease2.svg 4.33
Registered electors24,755
Majority1,2198.59Decrease2.svg 17.67
Pangkor hold Swing BN
Source(s)
"RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".
Perak state election, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Zambry Abdul Kadir 12,29163.00Decrease2.svg 5.05
PKR Mohd. Saifullah Mohd. Zulkifli7,16736.74Increase2.svg 4.79
Independent Bernard Parenpa510.26Increase2.svg 0.26
Total valid votes19,50998.33
Total rejected ballots2541.28
Unreturned ballots770.39
Turnout19,84083.30Decrease2.svg 1.30
Registered electors23,814
Majority5,12426.26Decrease2.svg 9.84
Pangkor hold Swing BN
Perak state election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Zambry Abdul Kadir 10,90668.05Decrease2.svg 6.86
PKR Pakhrazi Musa5,12131.95Increase2.svg 7.91
Total valid votes16,02783.92
Total rejected ballots1,3407.02
Unreturned ballots1,7309.06
Turnout19,09784.60Increase2.svg 4.45
Registered electors22,574
Majority5,78536.10Decrease2.svg 14.77
Pangkor hold Swing BN
Perak state election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Zambry Abdul Kadir 8,34974.91Increase2.svg 19.47
PKR Suwardi Sapuan2,68024.04Decrease2.svg 20.56
Independent Mohd Ishak Mohd Som1171.05Increase2.svg 1.05
Total valid votes11,14666.69
Total rejected ballots4582.74
Unreturned ballots5,10830.56
Turnout16,71280.15Decrease2.svg 2.10
Registered electors20,852
Majority5,66950.87Increase2.svg 39.99
Pangkor hold Swing BN
Perak state election, 1999
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Mohamad Wajdi Ishak 7,11255.44Decrease2.svg 26.23
PKR Mohd Nor Mohd Ali5,71644.56Increase2.svg 44.56
Total valid votes12,82861.59
Total rejected ballots3961.90
Unreturned ballots7,60336.51
Turnout20,82782.25Increase2.svg 3.71
Registered electors25,323
Majority1,39610.88Decrease2.svg 52.46
Pangkor hold Swing BN
Perak state election, 1995
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Mohamad Wajdi Ishak 10,02481.67
S46 Che'Su Mat Yusof2,25018.33
Total valid votes12,27477.47
Total rejected ballots3582.26
Unreturned ballots3,21220.27
Turnout15,84478.54
Registered electors20,173
Majority7,77463.34
This was a new constituency created.

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