Beruas (federal constituency)

Beruas
Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ngeh Koo Ham; PH
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2018

Beruas is a federal constituency in Perak, 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

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kampong Pintu Gerbang, Paya Ara, Dendang, Bruas, Bruas Barat, Bruas Timor, Ladang Bruas, Ulu Bruas, Panchor, Pengkalan Baharu, Kampong Baharu Sungai Batu, Ladang Huntly, Kampong Kota, Kampong Tengah, Gelong Gajah, Kampong Banjar, Kampong Jering New Village, Changkat Chermin, Jalan Ayer Tawar, Paya Nibong, Taman Bintang, Pantai Remis, Kampong Indah, Kampong Sungai Batu, Ladang Segari, Segari, Changkat Keruing, Ladang Cashwood, Kampong Merbau, Kampong Raja Hitam, Bunga Raya, Taman Sri Ayer Tawar, Taman Dinding, Ayer Tawar Baharu, Ayer Tawar Tengah, Ayer Tawar Selatan.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Kampong Pintu Gerbang, Paya Ara, Dendang, Bruas, Bruas Barat, Bruas Timor, Ladang Bruas, Ulu Bruas, Panchor, Pengkalan Baharu, Kampong Baharu Sungai Batu, Ladang Huntly, Kampong Kota, Kampong Tengah, Gelong Gajah, Kampong Banjar, Kampong Jering New Village, Changkat Chermin, Jalan Ayer Tawar, Paya Nibong, Taman Bintang, Pantai Remis, Kampong Indah, Kampong Sungai Batu, Ladang Segari, Segari, Changkat Keruing, Ladang Cashwood, Kampong Merbau, Kampong Raja Hitam, Bunga Raya, Taman Sri Ayer Tawar, Taman Dinding, Ayer Tawar Baharu, Ayer Tawar Tengah, Ayer Tawar Selatan, Sitiawan, Astaka, Simpang Lima, Pekan Gurney, Simpang Dua, Taman Pegawai, Kampong Koh Utara, Kampong Koh Selatan, Kampong China Utara, Kampong China Selatan,

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Beruas
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Bruas
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Yeoh Tat Beng	Independent
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Yeoh Tat Beng	Independent
2nd	1964-1966	Yeoh Tat Beng	Alliance
2nd	1966-1969	Chew Biow Chuon	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[2]^[3]
3rd	1971-1973	Su Liang Yu	PPP
3rd	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978		BN
5th	1978-1982	Ting Chek Ming	DAP
6th	1982-1986	Michael Chen Wing Sum	BN
Beruas
7th	1986-1990	Lim Keng Yaik	BN
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Ngeh Koo Ham	DAP
13th	2013-2018		DAP
14th	2018-present		PH (DAP)

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PH (2018)	Ngeh Koo Ham	41,231	68.41
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Pang Chok King	13,277	22.03
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Mohamad Nazeer M K M Hameed	5,759	9.56
Total valid votes			60,267	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,009
Unreturned ballots			341
Turnout			61,617	77.22
Registered electors			79,794
Majority			27,954	46.38
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|PH]]		Swing		DAP
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 237/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 311/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Ngeh Koo Ham	21,939	56.51	+ 3.45
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Chang Ko Youn	16,882	43.49	- 3.45
Total valid votes			38,821	100.00
Total rejected ballots			687
Unreturned ballots			78
Turnout			39,586	80.45
Registered electors			49,205
Majority			5,057	13.02
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		DAP
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 174/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-14. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 215/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-14.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Ngeh Koo Ham	15,831	53.06	+ 11.46
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Chang Ko Youn	14,003	46.94	- 11.46
Total valid votes			29,834	100.00
Total rejected ballots			889
Unreturned ballots			98
Turnout			30,821	71.22
Registered electors			43,273
Majority			1,828	6.12
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|DAP]]		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Lim Keng Yaik @ Lim Kheng Heang	15,867	58.40	+ 6.59
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Nga Hock Cheh	11,303	41.60	- 4.93
Total valid votes			27,170	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,102
Unreturned ballots			56
Turnout			28,328	67.17
Registered electors			42,173
Majority			4,564	16.80
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Lim Keng Yaik @ Lim Kheng Heang	14,256	51.81	- 16.65
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Yew Teong Chong	12,801	46.53	+ 20.15
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	MDP	Abdul Roni	457	1.66	+ 1.66
Total valid votes			27,514	100.00
Total rejected ballots			782
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			28,297	64.02
Registered electors			44,200
Majority			1,455	5.28
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Lim Keng Yaik @ Lim Kheng Heang	18,313	68.46	+ 16.86
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Chen Lim Piow	7,059	26.38	- 22.02
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Ramli Ariffin	708	2.65	+ 2.65
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Tan Kiat Seng @ Shuk Yik	671	2.51	+ 2.51
Total valid votes			26,751	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,050
Unreturned ballots			58
Turnout			27,859	66.56
Registered electors			41,855
Majority			11,254	42.08
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Lim Keng Yaik @ Lim Kheng Heang	13,889	51.60	+ 2.78
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Ngeh Koo Ham	13,026	48.40	+ 3.74
Total valid votes			26,915	100.00
Total rejected ballots			803
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			27,718	71.38
Registered electors			38,831
Majority			863	3.20
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Lim Keng Yaik @ Lim Kheng Heang	11,926	48.82
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Gong Ngie Hea	10,911	44.66
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Hassan Mohamed	1,594	6.52
Total valid votes			24,431	100.00
Total rejected ballots			805
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,236	72.46
Registered electors			34,828
Majority			1,015	4.16
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1982: Bruas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Michael Chen Wing Sum	14,922	63.08
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Quek Kow Sia	7,490	31.66
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Yusoff Kassim	1,244	5.26
Total valid votes			23,656	100.00
Total rejected ballots			540
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,196	77.08
Registered electors			31,391
Majority			7,432
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		DAP

Malaysian general election, 1978: Bruas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Ting Chek Ming	9,611	46.89
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Su Liang Yu	9,204	44.90
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Zulkifflie Alias	1,683	8.21
Total valid votes			20,498	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			27,109
Majority			407
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|DAP]]		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1974: Bruas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Su Liang Yu	6,560	42.95
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Daing Ibrahim Othman	5,757	37.69
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Oh Ka Seng	1,753	11.48
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PEKEMAS	Teoh Hoi Sim	1,204	7.88
Total valid votes			15,274	100.00
Total rejected ballots			918
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,192	68.77
Registered electors			23,544
Majority			803
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		PPP

Malaysian general election, 1969: Bruas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PPP	Su Liang Yu	8,368	41.22
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Chew Biow Chuon	7,900	38.91
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Mohd Rus Jaafar	4,033	19.87
Total valid votes			20,301	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,002
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			21,303	72.41
Registered electors			29,421
Majority			468
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|PPP]]		Swing		Alliance

Malaysian general by-election, 4 June 1966: Bruas
Upon the death of incumbent, Yeoh Tat Beng
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Chew Biow Chuon	9,464	49.17
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PPP	Wong Kok Weng	6,426	33.39
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Abdul Rahim Mat Salleh	3,357	17.44
Total valid votes			19,247	100.00
Total rejected ballots			364
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,611	72.60
Registered electors			27,014
Majority			3,038	16.31
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		Alliance

Malaysian general election, 1964: Bruas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Yeoh Tat Beng	10,587	53.32
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	UDP	Loi Kiew Hang	6,719	33.84
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Pachik Ahmad	2,550	12.84
Total valid votes			19,856	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,002
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,858	79.40
Registered electors			26,270
Majority			3,868
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|Alliance]]		Swing		BEBAS

Malayan general election, 1959: Bruas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Yeoh Tat Beng	5,967	38.78
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Mohd Noor Mohamed	5,215	33.89
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PPP	K. Raman	4,205	27.33
Total valid votes			15,387	100.00
Total rejected ballots			913
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,300	66.85
Registered electors			24,383
Majority			752
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

^ "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 2016-07-08.
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^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-14.

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[2] Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-14. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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