Sungai Siput (federal constituency)

Sungai Siput
Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj; PSM
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Sungai Siput 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 Pos Legap, Pos Piah, Chenein, Rancangan Belia Khas Perlop, Chior Lasah, Lintang, LKTP Lasah, Ladang Elphil, Kampong Mor, Trosor, Kampong Jawang, Sungai Pelus, Kampong Temin, Changkat Salak, Kampong Karai, Karai Luar, Pekan Karai, Kampong Enggor, Salak Timor, Kampong Batang Kulim, Kampong Kandang Hulu, Salak North, Kamuning Barat, Kamuning Timor, Pos Perwor, Pos Kuala Mu, Jalong Barat, Jalong Timor, Jalan Lintang, Lintang Road Barat, Simpang Tiga, Sungai Pelang, Rimba Panjang Utara, Mahkamah, Main Road, Sungai Buloh Selatan, Kampong Bahagia, Kampong Muhibbah.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Pos Legap, Pos Piah, Chenein, Rancangan Belia Khas Perlop, Chior Lasah, Lintang, LKTP Lasah, Ladang Elphil, Kampong Mor, Trosor, Kampong Jawang, Sungai Pelus, Kampong Temin, Changkat Salak, Kampong Karai, Karai Luar, Pekan Karai, Kampong Enggor, Salak Timor, Kampong Batang Kulim, Kampong Kandang Hulu, Salak North, Kamuning Barat, Kamuning Timor, Pos Perwor, Pos Kuala Mu, Jalong Barat, Jalong Timor, Jalan Lintang, Lintang Road Barat, Simpang Tiga, Sungai Pelang, Rimba Panjang Utara, Mahkamah, Main Road, Sungai Buloh Selatan, Kampong Bahagia, Kampong Muhibbah.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Sungai Siput
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Sungei Siput
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959–1963	V. T. Sambanthan	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963–1964	V. T. Sambanthan	Alliance
2nd	1964–1969	V. T. Sambanthan	Alliance
	1969–1971	Parliament dissolved^[2]^[3]
3rd	1971–1973	V. T. Sambanthan	Alliance
3rd	1973–1974	V. T. Sambanthan	BN
4th	1974–1978	Samy Vellu
5th	1978–1982
6th	1982–1986
Sungai Siput
7th	1986–1990	Samy Vellu	BN
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008	Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj	PKR
12th	2008–2013		PSM
13th	2013		PKR
13th	2013–present		PSM

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PKR	Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj	21,593	53.19	+ 1.69
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Devamany S. Krishnasamy	18,800	46.32	+ 0.52
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Nagalingam Singaravelloo	197	0.49	+ 0.49
Total valid votes			40,590	100.00
Total rejected ballots			982
Unreturned ballots			45
Turnout			41,617	80.66
Registered electors			51,596
Majority			2,793	6.87
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		PKR
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.]]	PKR	Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj	16,458	51.50	+ 23.13
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	14,637	45.80	- 16.39
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Nor Rizan Oon	864	2.70	+ 2.70
Total valid votes			31,959	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,001
Unreturned ballots			194
Turnout			33,154	69.91
Registered electors			47,424
Majority			1,821	5.70
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|PKR]]		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	19,029	62.19	+ 4.44
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	KEADILAN	Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj	8,680	28.37	+ 28.37
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Sanmugam Ponmugam Ponnan	2,890	9.44	- 30.94
Total valid votes			30,599	100.00
Total rejected ballots			927
Unreturned ballots			57
Turnout			31,583	67.51
Registered electors			46,782
Majority			10,349	33.82
	[[\|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	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	17,480	57.75	- 14.11
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj	12,221	40.38	+ 21.23
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	MDP	Mohamad Asri Othman	565	1.87	+ 1.87
Total valid votes			30,266	100.00
Total rejected ballots			829
Unreturned ballots			70
Turnout			31,165	63.62
Registered electors			48,986
Majority			5,259	17.37
	[[\|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	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	21,283	71.86	+ 18.61
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Lim Ah Guan @ Lim Soon Guan	5,673	19.15	- 27.60
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Mohamed Hashim Salim	2,663	8.99	+ 8.99
Total valid votes			29,619	100.00
Total rejected ballots			842
Unreturned ballots			91
Turnout			30,552	67.66
Registered electors			45,155
Majority			15,610	52.71
	[[\|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	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	14,427	53.25	- 2.80
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Patto Perumal	12,664	46.75	+ 9.61
Total valid votes			27,091	100.00
Total rejected ballots			937
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,028	69.21
Registered electors			40,497
Majority			1,763	6.50
	[[\|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	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	13,148	56.05
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Liew Sam Fong	8,712	37.14
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SDP	Wan Hassan Wan Mahmud	1,597	6.81
Total valid votes			23,457	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,109
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,566	69.32
Registered electors			35,441
Majority			4,436	18.91
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1982: Sungei Siput
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	14,930	64.56
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	T. Sellapan	7,033	30.41
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Ahmad Zawawi Ibrahim	1,164	5.03
Total valid votes			23,127	100.00
Total rejected ballots			700
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,827	73.63
Registered electors			32,360
Majority			7,897
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1978: Sungei Siput
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			27,922
Majority			5,141
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1974: Sungei Siput
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	9,045	49.09
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Patto Perumal	8,401	45.59
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PEKEMAS	Thang Pang Fay	877	4.76
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	R. C. Manavarayan	103	0.56
Total valid votes			18,426	100.00
Total rejected ballots			103
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,529	77.87
Registered electors			23,795
Majority			644
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		Alliance

Malaysian general election, 1969: Sungei Siput
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	V. T. Sambanthan	7,985	50.46
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PPP	Ramiah Veerappan	7,839	49.54
Total valid votes			15,824	100.00
Total rejected ballots			695
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,519	76.12
Registered electors			21,702
Majority			146
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		Alliance

Malaysian general election, 1964: Sungei Siput
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	V. T. Sambanthan	9,855	71.53
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PPP	Ramiah Veerappan	3,922	28.47
Total valid votes			13,777	100.00
Total rejected ballots			639
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,416	81.03
Registered electors			17,791
Majority			5,933
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		Alliance

Malayan general election, 1959: Sungei Siput
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	V. T. Sambanthan	7,317	61.08
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PPP	K. Annamalai	4,514	37.68
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Choy Kok Kuan	148	1.24
Total valid votes			11,979	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,075	70.31
Registered electors			17,175
Majority			2,803
This was a new constituency created.

References

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

^ "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.
^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-14.

[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 2016-07-08.

[2] Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-14.

[3] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-14.

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