Lobak (state constituency)

Lobak

Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Chew Seh Yong PH
Constituency created	1995
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	23,193

Lobak is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was first contested in 1995 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Lobak's electorate as of 2023

  Chinese (72.09%)

  Indian (21.54%)

  Malay (4.27%)

  Other ethnicities (2.11%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Lobak constituency has a total of 6 polling districts.

State Constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Lobak (N11)	Kg Lobak	128/11/01	SJK (C) Pei Hua
	Ulu Temiang	128/11/02	SJK (C) Chi Hwa
	Jalan Manickavasagam	128/11/03	SJK (T) Lobak
	Lobak	128/11/04	SJK (C) Chung Hua
	Taman Templer	128/11/05	SJK (C) Chan Wa
	Kampong Nee Yan	128/11/06	SJK (C) Kuo Min

Representation History

Members of Assembly for Lobak
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created from Sungai Ujong
9th	1995-1999	Khoo Seng Hock	DAP
10th	1999-2004		BN (MCA)
11th	2004-2008	Anthony Loke Siew Fook (陆兆福)	DAP
12th	2008-2013		PR (DAP)
13th	2013-2018	Siow Kim Leong
14th	2018-2023	Chew Seh Yong (周世扬)	PH (DAP)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Chew Seh Yong	14,357	94.39	6.93
	PN	Ng Soon Lean	853	5.61	5.61
Total valid votes			15,210	100.00
Total rejected ballots			99
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			15,321	66.06	16.64
Registered electors			23,193
Majority			13,504	88.78	13.27
	PH hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Chew Seh Yong	13,647	87.46	87.46
	BN	Lim Kok Kian	1,865	11.95	11.36
	[[PAP|People's Alternative Party]]	Balamurugan Sanmugam	92	0.59	0.59
Total valid votes			15,604	100.00
Total rejected ballots			152
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			15,795	82.70	1.54
Registered electors			19,101
Majority			11,782	75.51	22.13
	PH hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Siow Kim Leong	11,880	76.69	3.31
	BN	How Kok Yew @ Ho Kok Yew	3,610	23.31	3.31
Total valid votes			15,490	100.00
Total rejected ballots			207
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,697	84.24	6.98
Registered electors			18,634
Majority			8,270	53.38	6.62
	DAP hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Loke Siew Fook	9,244	80.00	20.92
	BN	Siow Koi Voon	2,316	20.00	20.92
Total valid votes			11,560	100.00
Total rejected ballots			143
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			11,714	77.26	6.39
Registered electors			15,162
Majority			6,928	60.00	41.90
	DAP hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Loke Siew Fook	5,991	59.08	13.80
	BN	Khoo Seng Hock	4,149	40.98	11.15
Total valid votes			10,140	100.00
Total rejected ballots			180
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			10,338	70.87	0.45
Registered electors			14,588
Majority			1,842	18.10	11.25
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khoo Seng Hock	5,983	52.13	4.62
	DAP	Wong Zee Nyok	5,196	45.28	7.21
	MDP	Wong Bee Kar	297	2.59	2.59
Total valid votes			11,476	100.00
Total rejected ballots			242
Unreturned ballots			168
Turnout			11,886	70.42	2.63
Registered electors			16,879
Majority			787	6.85	1.87
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Khoo Seng Hock	6,127	52.49
	BN	Wong Bee Kar	5,545	47.51
Total valid votes			11,672	93.71
Total rejected ballots			267
Unreturned ballots			516
Turnout			12,455	73.05
Registered electors			17,051
Majority			582	4.98
This is a new created constituency

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.