Buntong (state constituency)
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Buntong is a state constituency in Perak, Malaysia. It is located in the Ipoh Barat federal constituency. It has been represented in the Perak State Legislative Assembly by Thulsi Thivani Manogaran of Pakatan Harapan (PH) since 2022.
| Perak constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Perak State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
PH | ||
| Constituency created | 1994 | ||
| First contested | 1995 | ||
| Last contested | 2022 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2022) | 36,714 | ||
Representation history
| Members of the Perak State Assembly for Buntong | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency split from Sungei Pari | |||
| 9th | 1995–1999 | Yik Phooi Hong | BN (MCA) |
| 10th | 1999–2004 | ||
| 11th | 2004–2008 | ||
| 12th | 2008–2013 | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan | PR (DAP) |
| 13th | 2013–2015 | ||
| 2015–2018 | PH (DAP) | ||
| 14th | 2018–2020 | ||
| 2020 | Independent | ||
| 2020–2021 | GERAKAN | ||
| 2021 | PN (GERAKAN) | ||
| 2021 | PN (BERSATU) | ||
| 2022 | PBM | ||
| 2022 | PN (BERSATU) | ||
| 15th | 2022–present | Thulsi Thivani Manogaran | PH (DAP) |
Polling Districts
According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Buntong constituency is divided into 9 polling districts.[1]
| State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buntong（N30） | Taman Lim | 065/30/01 | SMK Dr. Megat Khas |
| Jalan Tun Abdul Razak | 065/30/02 | SMK Tarcisian Convent | |
| Jalan Silibin | 065/30/03 |
| |
| Jalan Klian Intan | 065/30/04 | SJK (C) Guntong | |
| Kampong Baru Buntong | 065/30/05 | SK Guru Kalgidhar | |
| Jalan Sungai Pari | 065/30/06 | SJK (T) Kerajaan | |
| Falim | 065/30/07 | SJK (C) Min Tet | |
| Kampong Kacang Puteh | 065/30/08 |
| |
| Desa Rishah | 065/30/09 | SK Buntong |
Demographics
Buntong has the greatest percentage of Indian voters among state constituencies in Malaysia, followed by Sentosa, Kota Raja.[3] Its current voter composition is 52% Indians, 42% Chinese, 6% Malays and 1% Other Ethnicities.[4]
Election Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH | Thulsi Thivani Manogaran | 21,412 | 84.02 |  0.28 | |
| BN | Jayagopi Subramaniam | 2,257 | 8.86 |  3.61 | |
| PN | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan | 1,437 | 5.64 | 5.64 | |
| Independent | Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy | 237 | 0.93 | 0.93 | |
| Independent | Muhammad Faiz Abdullah | 140 | 0.55 | 0.55 | |
| Total valid votes | 25,483 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 277 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 62 | ||||
| Turnout | 25,822 | 70.33 | 0.94 | ||
| Registered electors | 36,714 | ||||
| Majority | 19,155 | 75.96 | 4.69 | ||
| PH hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan | 18,005 | 83.74 | 83.74 | ||
| BN | Thangarani Thiagarajan | 2,682 | 12.47 | 12.32 | ||
| Parti Sosialis Malaysia | Mohanarani Rasiah | 813 | 3.78 | 3.78 | ||
| Total valid votes | 21,500 | 96.59 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 371 | 1.67 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 388 | 1.74 | ||||
| Turnout | 22,259 | 79.80 | 0.16 | |||
| Registered electors | 27,894 | |||||
| Majority | 15,323 | 71.27 | 23.02 | |||
| PH hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan | 13,062 | 73.04 | 5.68 | ||
| BN | Sivarraajh Chandran | 4,433 | 24.79 | 7.85 | ||
| Independent | Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy | 261 | 1.46 | 1.46 | ||
| Independent | Mohd Basri Shafie | 127 | 0.71 | 0.71 | ||
| Total valid votes | 17,883 | 98.29 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 312 | 1.71 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 44 | 0.24 | ||||
| Turnout | 18,195 | 79.64 | 8.66 | |||
| Registered electors | 22,847 | |||||
| Majority | 13,916 | 48.25 | 13.53 | |||
| DAP hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan | 10,311 | 67.36 | 9.17 | ||
| BN | Lee Tung Lai | 4,996 | 32.64 | 9.17 | ||
| Total valid votes | 15,307 | 98.34 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 258 | 0.17 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 1 | 0.01 | ||||
| Turnout | 15,566 | 70.98 | 6.02 | |||
| Registered electors | 21,930 | |||||
| Majority | 6,010 | 34.72 | 18.34 | |||
| DAP gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Yik Phooi Hong | 8,464 | 58.19 | 0.97 | ||
| DAP | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan | 6,082 | 41.81 | 0.97 | ||
| Total valid votes | 14,546 | 97.78 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 290 | 1.95 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 41 | 0.28 | ||||
| Turnout | 14,877 | 64.96 | 1.45 | |||
| Registered electors | 22,902 | |||||
| Majority | 2,382 | 16.38 | 1.94 | |||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Yik Phooi Hong | 13,731 | 62.89 | |||
| DAP | Chen Tiam Seong | 8,104 | 37.11 | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,835 | 97.66 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 435 | 1.95 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 89 | 0.40 | ||||
| Turnout | 22,359 | 67.63 | ||||
| Registered electors | 33,060 | |||||
| Majority | 5,627 | 25.78 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
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