Port Dickson (federal constituency)
![]() | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
MP | |
Constituency created | 1958 |
Constituency abolished | 1974 |
Constituency re-created | 2018 |
First contested | 1959 |
Last contested | 2022 |
Demographics | |
Population (2020)[1] | 128,954 |
Electors (2023)[2] | 109,818 |
Area (km²)[3] | 571 |
Pop. density (per km²) | 225.8 |
Port Dickson is a federal constituency in Port Dickson District, Negeri Sembilan and Alor Gajah District (Tanjung Tuan), Malacca, Malaysia that is represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974 and from 2018 to present. This is only constituency located in two states at same parliamentary seat.
The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution, but it was abolished in the 1974 redistribution. However in 2018 the Port Dickson federal constituency was re-created and replaced the Telok Kemang federal constituency following the 2018 redelineation and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.[4]
Demographics
[edit]Age breakdown of Port Dickson's electorate as of 2022
Gender breakdown of Port Dickson's electorate as of 2022
History
[edit]Polling districts
[edit]According to the gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Port Dickson constituency has a total of 32 polling districts.[6]
State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Chuah(N29) | Tanah Merah | 132/29/01 |
|
Kampung Pachitan | 132/29/02 | SK Kg Sawah | |
Bukit Pelandok | 132/29/03 | SJK (C) Yik Chiao | |
Sungai Nipah | 132/29/04 | SJK (C) Kg Baru Sg Nipah | |
Chuah | 132/29/05 | SMA Chuah | |
Lukut (N30) | Kampung Jimah Baru | 132/30/01 | SK Jimah Baru |
Bandar Spring Hill | 132/30/02 | SJK (T) Bandar Springhill | |
Taman Indah Jaya | 132/30/03 | SK Lukut | |
Kuala Lukut | 132/30/04 | SMK Raja Jumaat | |
Lukut | 132/30/05 | SJK (T) Ladang Sungai Salak | |
Sri Parit | 132/30/06 | SJK (C) Chung Hua Lukut | |
Tanjong Gemok | 132/30/07 | SJK (C) Bradwall | |
Bagan Pinang(N31) | Ladang Atherton | 132/31/01 | SJK (T) Ladang Atherton |
Pekan Siliau | 132/31/02 | SJK (T) Ldg Siliau | |
Ladang Bradwall | 132/31/03 | SJK (T) Ldg Bradwall | |
Sua Betong | 132/31/04 | SJK (T) Ldg Sua Betong | |
Sunggala | 132/31/05 | SK Si-Rusa | |
Kampung Bagan Pinang | 132/31/06 | SK Panglima Adnan | |
Si Rusa | 132/31/07 | SK Kampung Baru Sirusa | |
Telok Kemang | 132/31/08 |
| |
Linggi(N32) | Ayer Kuning | 132/32/01 | Balai Raya Kampung Barisan |
Linggi | 132/32/02 | SK Linggi | |
Kampung Pengkalan Durian | 132/32/03 | Pusat Pemulihan Dalam Komuniti Cahaya Ikhsan Linggi | |
Pengkalan Kempas | 132/32/04 | SK Permatang Pasir | |
Ladang Sengkang | 132/32/05 | SJK (T) Ladang Sengkang | |
Kampong Sungai Raya | 132/32/06 | SK Tanjong Agas | |
Pasir Panjang | 132/32/07 |
| |
Bandar Baru Sunggala | 132/32/08 |
| |
Sri Tanjong(N33) | Kampung Paya | 132/33/01 |
|
Kampung Arab | 132/33/02 | SK Kampong Gelam | |
Kampung Chokra | 132/33/03 | SJK (T) Port Dickson | |
Pekan Port Dickson | 132/33/04 |
|
Representation history
[edit]Members of Parliament for Port Dickson | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Negri Sembilan Selatan | ||||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | P082 | 1959–1963 | T. Mahima Singh (ਮਹਿਮਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਥਾਲੀਵਾਲ) |
Alliance (MIC) |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | P082 | 1963–1964 | T. Mahima Singh (ਮਹਿਮਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਥਾਲੀਵਾਲ) |
Alliance (MIC) |
2nd | 1964–1969 | |||
1969–1971 | Parliament was suspended[7][8] | |||
3rd | P082 | 1971–1974 | Soorian Arjunan (சூரியன் அர்ஜுனன்) |
DAP |
Constituency abolished, renamed to Telok Kemang | ||||
Constituency re-created, renamed from Telok Kemang | ||||
14th | P132 | 2018 | Danyal Balagopal Abdullah (டான்யல் பலகோபால் அப்துல்லா) |
PH (PKR) |
2018–2022 | Anwar Ibrahim (انوار ابراهيم) | |||
15th | 2022–present | Aminuddin Harun (أمين الدين هارون) |
State constituency
[edit]Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Port Dickson | Bagan Pinang | ||||||
Chuah | |||||||
Jimah | |||||||
Linggi | Linggi | ||||||
Lukut | Lukut | ||||||
Pasir Panjang | |||||||
Si Rusa | |||||||
Sri Tanjung |
Current state assembly members
[edit]No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
---|---|---|---|
N29 | Chuah | Yew Boon Lye | PH (PKR) |
N30 | Lukut | Choo Ken Hwa | PH (DAP) |
N31 | Bagan Pinang | Abdul Fatah Zakaria | PN (PAS) |
N32 | Linggi | Mohd Faizal Ramli | BN (UMNO) |
N33 | Sri Tanjung | Rajasekaran Gunasekaran | PH (PKR) |
Local governments
[edit]No. | State Constituency | Local Government |
---|---|---|
N29 | Chuah | Port Dickson Municipal Council |
N30 | Lukut | |
N31 | Bagan Pinang | |
N32 | Linggi |
|
N33 | Sri Tanjung | Port Dickson Municipal Council |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PH | Aminuddin Harun | 42,013 | 52.40 | ![]() | ||
BN | P. Kamalanathan | 18,412 | 22.96 | ![]() | ||
PN | Rafei Mustapha | 18,235 | 22.74 | ![]() | ||
GTA | Ahmad Idham Ahmad Nazri | 1,084 | 1.35 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Abdul Rani Kulup Abdullah | 441 | 0.55 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 80,185 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,089 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 162 | |||||
Turnout | 81,436 | 78.00 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 104,450 | |||||
Majority | 23,601 | 29.44 | ![]() | |||
PH hold | Swing | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PH | Anwar Ibrahim | 31,016 | 71.32 | ![]() | |
PAS | Mohd Nazari Mokhtar | 7,456 | 17.14 | ![]() | |
Independent | Mohd Isa Abdul Samad | 4,230 | 9.73 | ![]() | |
Independent | Stevie Chan Keng Leong | 337 | 0.77 | ![]() | |
Independent | Lau Seck Yan | 214 | 0.49 | ![]() | |
Independent | Kan Chee Yuen | 154 | 0.35 | ![]() | |
Independent | Saiful Bukhari Azlan | 82 | 0.19 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 43,489 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 598 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 49 | ||||
Turnout | 44,136 | 58.60 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 75,317 | ||||
Majority | 23,560 | 54.18 | ![]() | ||
PH hold | Swing |
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PH | Danyal Balagopal Abdullah | 36,225 | 59.06 | |||
BN | Mohan Velayatham | 18,515 | 30.19 | |||
PAS | Mahfuz Roslan | 6,594 | 10.75 | |||
Total valid votes | 61334 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 948 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 266 | |||||
Turnout | 62,548 | 83.16 | ||||
Registered electors | 75,212 | |||||
Majority | 17,710 | 28.87 | ||||
PH hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 242/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.[permanent dead link] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 316/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.[permanent dead link] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DAP | Soorian Arjunan | 10,266 | 53.89 | ![]() | |
Alliance | Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh | 6,606 | 34.68 | ![]() | |
PMIP | Mansor Abu Bakar | 1,872 | 9.83 | ![]() | |
United Malaysian Chinese Organisation | Wong Tai Oon | 307 | 1.61 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 19,051 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 697 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 19,748 | 74.18 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 26,623 | ||||
Majority | 3,660 | 19.21 | ![]() | ||
DAP gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia) | Swing | ?
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh | 7,911 | 49.35 | ![]() | |
UDP | Ng Hup Chwee | 2,174 | 13.56 | ![]() | |
Independent | Nadchatiram Saraswathy Devi | 2,074 | 12.94 | ![]() | |
Socialist Front | R. Murugan | 2,020 | 12.60 | ![]() | |
PPP | Ibrahim Ahmad | 1,349 | 8.41 | ![]() | |
Independent | Ong Boon Hong | 504 | 3.14 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 16,032 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,219 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 17,251 | 78.12 | |||
Registered electors | 22,083 | ||||
Majority | 5,737 | 35.79 | |||
Alliance hold | Swing |
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
On the nomination day, Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh won uncontested. | ||||||
Alliance | Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh | |||||
Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | ||||||
Registered electors | 15,763 | |||||
Majority | ||||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References
[edit]- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "Kawasanku". Department of Statistics Malaysia. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 30. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Your voting area might have changed for GE14. How will this affect the Elections?". CILISOS - Current Issues Tambah Pedas!. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Sembilan/p "15th General Election Malaysia (GE15 / PRU15) - Results Overview". oriantaldaily.com.my. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
{{cite web}}
: Check|url=
value (help) - ^ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A) Polling Hours For the General Eelection of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Negeri Sembilan" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 15 July 2023.
- ^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (12 March 2012). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 20 May 2016.