Bintong (state constituency)

Bintong is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly.

Bintong

Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Azlan Man BN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	12,136

The state constituency was first contested in 1958 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Bintong is Azlan Man from Barisan Nasional (BN).

Definition

The constituency contains the polling districts of Nesam, Abi, Kechor, Hutan Melintang, Telok Kachang and Wang Bintong.[2]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Bintong's electorate as of 2018[3]

  Malay (95.99%)

  Chinese (2.51%)

  Indian (1.18%)

  East Malaysian Bumiputeras (0.1%)

  Other ethnicities (0.22%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016

Polling district	Electors
Nesam	1,906
Abi	2,059
Kechor	724
Hutan Melintang	1,811
Telok Kachang	2,311
Wang Bintong	2,075
Total	10,886
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[4]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bintong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Syed Omar Syed Hussin
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Syed Omar Syed Hussin	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
4th	1974-1978	Jaafar Hassan
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Shuib Mohamad	PAS
7th	1986-1990	Md Isa Sabu	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999	Sopiah Ahmad
10th	1999-2004	Md Isa Sabu
11th	2004-2008	Rusli Mat Husin
12th	2008-2013	Md Isa Sabu
13th	2013-2018	Rela Ahmad
14th	2018–present	Azlan Man

Election results

Perlis state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Azlan Man	3,986	40.59
	PH	Mokhtar Che Kassim	3,139	31.97
	PAS	Abd Jamil Kamis	2,695	27.44
Total valid votes			9,820	100.00
Total rejected ballots			198
Unreturned ballots			46
Turnout			10,064	82.92
Registered electors			12,136
Majority			847
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [3]

Perlis state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rela Ahmad	5,255	56.67	- 7.11
	PAS	Abd Jamil Kamis	4,018	43.33	+ 7.11
Total valid votes			9,273	100.00
Total rejected ballots			188
Unreturned ballots			42
Turnout			9,503	87.10
Registered electors			10,911
Majority			1,237
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 185/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 226/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

Perlis state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Md Isa Sabu	4,882	63.78	+ 2.43
	PAS	Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir	2,772	36.22	- 2.43
Total valid votes			7,654	100.00
Total rejected ballots			184
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			7,864	83.78
Registered electors			9,386
Majority			2,110
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rusli Mat Husin	4,076	61.35	+ 8.91
	PAS	Abdul Zakaria	2,568	38.65	- 8.91
Total valid votes			6,644	100.00
Total rejected ballots			107
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			6,757	86.08
Registered electors			7,850
Majority			1,508
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Md Isa Sabu	3,285	52.44	- 14.87
	PAS	Abdul Zakaria	2,979	47.56	+ 14.87
Total valid votes			6,264	100.00
Total rejected ballots			135
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,399	82.56
Registered electors			7,751
Majority			306
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sopiah Ahmad	3,775	67.31	- 12.36
	PAS	Mohamad Faisol Abd Rahman	1,833	32.69	+ 12.36
Total valid votes			5,608	100.00
Total rejected ballots			158
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,766	77.36
Registered electors			7,453
Majority			1,942
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Md Isa Sabu	4,100	79.77	+ 10.03
	PAS	Murshid Mohamad	1,040	20.23	- 10.03
Total valid votes			5,140	100.00
Total rejected ballots			204
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,344	75.53
Registered electors			7,075
Majority			3,060
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Md Isa Sabu	3,151	69.74
	PAS	Mohd Abidin Halifah	1,367	30.26
Total valid votes			4,518	100.00
Total rejected ballots			230
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,748	74.06
Registered electors			6,411
Majority			1,784
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Shuib Mohamad won uncontested.
	PAS	Shuib Mohamad
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			6,498
Majority
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jaafar Hassan	3,261	75.19
	PAS	Ismail Baba	1,076	24.81
Total valid votes			4,337	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,726
Majority			2,185
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jaafar Hassan	3,114	82.10
	PSRM	Saad Ahmad	679	17.90
Total valid votes			3,793	100.00
Total rejected ballots			331
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,124	84.46
Registered electors			4,883
Majority			2,435
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Syed Omar Syed Hussin	2,144	52.91
	PMIP	Yusof Osman	1,908	47.09
Total valid votes			4,052	100.00
Total rejected ballots			327
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,379	85.06
Registered electors			5,148
Majority			236
	Alliance hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Perlis state election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Syed Omar Syed Hussin	2,168	62.30
	PMIP	Abdul Rahman Hamid	1,312	37.70
Total valid votes			3,480	100.00
Total rejected ballots			211
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,691	87.05
Registered electors			4,240
Majority			856
	Alliance hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Perlis state election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	1,948	62.88
	PMIP	Shaffie Omar	1,150	37.12
Total valid votes			3,098	100.00
Total rejected ballots			39
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,137	84.56
Registered electors			3,710
Majority			798
This was a new constituency created.

References

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

1. "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
3. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Perlis". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
4. "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018.