Bagan (federal constituency)

Bagan
Penang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Lim Guan Eng; DAP
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Bagan is a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 1984.

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Bagan Ajam, Permatang Tengah, Sungai Puyu, Kampong Bahru, Bagan Lalang, Taman Merbau, Taman Dedap, Taman Bunga Tanjung, Bagan Jermal, Kubang Buaya, Kampong Gajah, Jalan Mengkuang, Kampong Simpa, Mak Mandin, Taman Sukaria, Taman Melor, Taman Cantik, Bagan Luar, Telaga Ayer, Taman Bagan, Kampong Acham, Sekolah St. Marks, Bagan Dalam, Jalan Assumption.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Bagan Ajam, Permatang Tengah, Sungai Puyu, Kampong Bahru, Bagan Lalang, Taman Merbau, Taman Dedap, Taman Bunga Tanjung, Bagan Jermal, Kubang Buaya, Kampong Gajah, Jalan Mengkuang, Kampong Simpa, Mak Mandin, Taman Sukaria, Taman Melor, Taman Cantik, Bagan Luar, Telaga Ayer, Taman Bagan, Kampong Acham, Sekolah St. Marks, Bagan Dalam, Jalan Assumption.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bagan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Tan Cheng Bee	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Tan Cheng Bee	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Tan Cheng Bee	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[2]^[3]
3rd	1971-1973	Tan Cheng Bee	Alliance
3rd	1973-1974	Tan Cheng Bee	BN
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created
7th	1986-1990	Teoh Teik Huat	DAP
8th	1990-1995	Lim Hock Seng
9th	1995	Patto Perumal
9th	1995-1999	Lim Hock Seng
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Lim Guan Eng
13th	2013-present	Lim Guan Eng

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Lim Guan Eng	46,466	78.62	+ 4.33
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	David Chua Teik Siang	12,307	20.83	- 4.88
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PCM	Lim Kim Chu	328	0.55	+ 0.55
Total valid votes			59,101	100.00
Total rejected ballots			634
Unreturned ballots			57
Turnout			59,792	87.28
Registered electors			68,503
Majority			34,159	57.79
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		DAP
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 173/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 214/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Lim Guan Eng	33,748	74.29	+ 20.04
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Song Choy Leng	11,678	25.71	- 20.04
Total valid votes			45,426	100.00
Total rejected ballots			766
Unreturned ballots			35
Turnout			46,227	77.84
Registered electors			59,385
Majority			22,070	48.88
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		DAP

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Lim Hock Seng	23,095	54.25	+ 1.64
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Lim Chien Aun	19,473	45.75	- 1.64
Total valid votes			42,568	100.00
Total rejected ballots			961
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			43,542	75.96
Registered electors			57,322
Majority			3,622	8.50
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		DAP

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Lim Hock Seng	27,757	52.61	- 11.15
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Tan Tiao Kuen	24,999	47.39	+ 11.33
Total valid votes			52,756	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,084
Unreturned ballots			42
Turnout			53,882	74.72
Registered electors			72,111
Majority			2,758	5.22
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		DAP

Malaysian general by-election, 9 September 1995
Upon the death of incumbent, P. Patto
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Lim Hock Seng	27,166	63.76	+ 13.65
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Yeoh Khoon Chooi	15,364	36.06	- 13.83
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Tan Kee Chye	75	0.18	+ 0.18
Total valid votes			42,605	100.00
Total rejected ballots			681
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			43,286	61.21
Registered electors			70,718
Majority			11,802	27.70
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		DAP

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Patto Perumal	26,524	50.11	- 3.07
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Yeoh Khoon Chooi	26,406	49.89	+ 3.07
Total valid votes			52,930	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,306
Unreturned ballots			142
Turnout			54,378	76.89
Registered electors			70,721
Majority			118	0.22
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		DAP

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Lim Hock Seng	22,673	53.18	- 2.73
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Sak Cheng Lum	19,959	46.82	+ 2.73
Total valid votes			42,632	100.00
Total rejected ballots			790
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			43,422	76.86
Registered electors			56,494
Majority			2,714	6.36
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		DAP

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Teoh Teik Huat	21,759	55.91
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Chaw Chek Sam	17,158	44.09
Total valid votes			38,917	100.00
Total rejected ballots			927
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			39,844	72.31
Registered electors			55,105
Majority			4,601	11.82
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|DAP]]		Swing		Alliance

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Tan Cheng Bee won uncontested.
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Tan Cheng Bee
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			24,793
Majority
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		Alliance

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Tan Cheng Bee	8,925	51.46
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Socialist Front	Mohamed Salleh Yaacob	6,564	37.85
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Shariff Mohamed Isa	983	5.67
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	UDP	M. P. Mathew	871	5.02
Total valid votes			17,343	100.00
Total rejected ballots			403
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,746	77.82
Registered electors			22,805
Majority			2,361
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		Alliance

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Tan Cheng Bee	3,945	34.76
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	B. H. Oon	3,782	33.33
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PPP	Pritam Singh	1,792	15.79
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Abdullah Abbas	1,532	13.50
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Wee Tiong Ghee	297	2.62
Total valid votes			11,348	100.00
Total rejected ballots			104
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,452	68.58
Registered electors			16,698
Majority			163
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-11.

^ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-10.

[1] "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.

[2] Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-09.

[3] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-10.

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See also: List of former Malaysian federal electoral districts