Parit Buntar (federal constituency)

Parit Buntar

Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Mujahid Yusof AMANAH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Parit Buntar is a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 Sungai Megat Aris, Sungai Kota, Kedai Empat, Sungai Star, Kampong Perak, Tebok Haji Musa, Kampong Kedah, Parit Buntar, Jalan Kedah, Taman Kerian, Parit Tok Ngah, Titi Serong, Sungai Labu, Parit Sungai Betul, Parit Haji Wahab, Parit Haji Ali, Seri Tenggara, Tanjong Piandang, Parit Sungai Burong, Parit Haji Abd. Rahman, Parit Telok Pial, Parit Tok Hin, Sungai Baharu, Batu 14, Jalan Bawah, Parit Abas, Siakap Road, Simpang Tiga, Kuala Kurau, Coast Road, Piandang Indah, Kurau Indah.

2016–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Sungai Megat Aris, Sungai Kota, Kedai Empat, Sungai Star, Kampong Perak, Tebok Haji Musa, Kampong Kedah, Parit Buntar, Jalan Kedah, Taman Kerian, Parit Tok Ngah, Titi Serong, Sungai Labu, Parit Sungai Betul, Parit Haji Wahab, Parit Haji Ali, Seri Tenggara, Tanjong Piandang, Parit Sungai Burong, Parit Haji Abd. Rahman, Parit Telok Pial, Parit Tok Hin, Sungai Baharu, Batu 14, Jalan Bawah, Parit Abas, Siakap Road, Simpang Tiga, Kuala Kurau, Coast Road, Piandang Indah, Kurau Indah.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Parit Buntar
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Sulaiman Taib	BN
5th	1978-1982	Idris Abdul Rauf
6th	1982-1986	Abdul Raman Suliman
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Hasan Mohamed Ali	PAS
11th	2004-2008	Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin	BN
12th	2008-2013	Mujahid Yusof	PAS
13th	2013-2015
	2015-present		Amanah

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	PAS	Mujahid Yusof	26,015	59.73	- 1.09
	[[|]]	BN	Mua'amar Ghadafi Jamal Jamaludin	17,539	40.27	+ 1.09
Total valid votes			43,554	100.00
Total rejected ballots			618
Unreturned ballots			134
Turnout			44,306	86.16
Registered electors			51,422
Majority			8,476	19.46
	[[|]] hold		Swing		PAS
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	%	∆%
	[[|]]	PAS	Mujahid Yusof	21,221	60.82	+ 17.73
	[[|]]	BN	Abdul Raman Suliman	13,670	39.18	- 17.73
Total valid votes			34,891	100.00
Total rejected ballots			618
Unreturned ballots			83
Turnout			35,592	78.71
Registered electors			45,219
Majority			7,551	21.64
	[[|]] gain from [[|PAS]]		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Abdul Hamid Ngah @ Zainal Abidin	19,312	56.91	+10.43
	[[|]]	PAS	Hasan Mohamed Ali	14,623	43.09	- 10.43
Total valid votes			33,935	100.00
Total rejected ballots			591
Unreturned ballots			41
Turnout			34,567	77.16
Registered electors			44,799
Majority			4,689	13.82
	[[|]] gain from [[|BN]]		Swing		PAS

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	PAS	Hasan Mohamed Ali	15,931	53.52	+ 12.94
	[[|]]	BN	Abdul Raman Suliman	13,837	46.48	- 12.94
Total valid votes			29,768	100.00
Total rejected ballots			630
Unreturned ballots			76
Turnout			30,474	71.92
Registered electors			42,372
Majority			2,094	7.04
	[[|]] gain from [[|PAS]]		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Abdul Raman Suliman	17,180	59.42	+ 9.33
	[[|]]	S46	Idris Abdul Rauf	11,731	40.58	- 9.33
Total valid votes			28,911	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,133
Unreturned ballots			79
Turnout			30,123	70.95
Registered electors			42,456
Majority			5,449	18.84
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Abdul Raman Suliman	14,113	50.09	+ 7.48
	[[|]]	S46	Idris Abdul Rauf	13,267	47.09	+ 47.09
	[[|]]	BEBAS	Jaafar Ali	796	2.82	+ 2.82
Total valid votes			28,176	100.00
Total rejected ballots			892
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			29,068	74.37
Registered electors			39,085
Majority			846	3.00
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Abdul Raman Suliman	11,029	42.61
	[[|]]	PAS	Ahmad Subki Abd. Latif @ Subky Abd. Latif	9,846	38.04
	[[|]]	DAP	Lim Yan Chiow	5,011	19.35
Total valid votes			25,886	100.00
Total rejected ballots			648
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,534	71.46
Registered electors			37,132
Majority			1,183	4.57
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Abdul Raman Suliman
	[[|]]	PAS	Ahmad Hassan Salahuddin Mohamed Khalil
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			38,219
Majority
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Idris Abdul Rauf
	[[|]]
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			34,991
Majority			2,452
	[[|]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[|]]	BN	Sulaiman Taib	12,134	53.79
	[[|]]	BEBAS	Zulkarnain	10,425	46.21
Total valid votes			22,559	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,413
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,972	75.54
Registered electors			31,734
Majority			1,709
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-14.