Lumut (federal constituency)

Lumut is a federal constituency in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

Lumut (P074)

Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Mohd Hatta Ramli PH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	67,157
Area (km²)[2]	343

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. During 2016 redelineatation, Sitiawan state constituency was transferred to Beruas reduce from three to only two constituencies.[3]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Lumut's electorate as of 2018[4]

  Malay (72.05%)

  Chinese (14.96%)

  Indian (11.44%)

  Other ethnicities (1.55%)

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Sitiawan, Astaka, Simpang Lima, Pekan Gurney, Simpang Dua, Taman Pegawai, Kampong Koh Utara, Kampong Koh Selatan, Kampong China Utara, Kampong China Selatan, Felcra Lekir, Kampong Telok, Kampong Baharu, Kampong Sitiawan, Sungai Wangi, Ladang Sungai Wangi, Lumut, Pundut, Samudera, Bandar Baru Seri Manjung, Seri Manjung, Kampong Dato Sri Kamarudin, Pasir Panjang, Batu 8 Lekir, Lekir, Sungai Tiram Lekir, Lekir Tengah, Kayan, Damar Laut, Pengkalan TLDM, Sungai Pinang Besar, Sungai Pinang Kechil, Pasir Bogak, Pekan Pangkor, Telok Gedong, Telok Muroh.

2016–present:[5] The constituency contains the polling districts of Felcra Lekir, Kampong Telok, Kampong Baharu, Kampong Sitiawan, Sungai Wangi, Ladang Sungai Wangi, Lumut, Pundut, Samudera, Bandar Baru Seri Manjung, Seri Manjung, Kampong Dato Sri Kamarudin, Pasir Panjang, Batu 8 Lekir, Lekir, Sungai Tiram Lekir, Lekir Tengah, Kayan, Damar Laut, Pengkalan TLDM, Sungai Pinang Besar, Sungai Pinang Kechil, Pasir Bogak, Pekan Pangkor, Telok Gedong, Telok Muroh.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Lumut
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Sitiawan
4th	1974-1978	Richard Ho Ung Hun (何文翰)	BN (MCA)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Ng Cheng Kuai (黄秋贵)
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Ling Chooi Sieng (林水仙)
9th	1995-1999	Yap Yit Thong (叶逸堂)
10th	1999-2004	Kong Cho Ha (江作汉)
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018	Mohamad Imran Abd Hamid	PKR
14th	2018–present	Mohd Hatta Ramli	PH (AMANAH)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Lumut			Pangkor
					Pasir Panjang
			Sitiawan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mohd Hatta Md Ramli	21,955	40.93	+40.93
	BN	Zambry Abdul Kadir	21,555	40.18	-4.18
	PAS	Mohammed Zamri Ibrahim	10,135	18.89	+18.89
Total valid votes			53,645	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,081
Unreturned ballots			316
Turnout			55,042	81.96
Registered electors			67,157
Majority			400	0.75
	PH hold		Swing		?
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 237/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "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) 311/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Mohamad Imran Abd Hamid	40,308	55.64	+5.93
	BN	Kong Cho Ha	32,140	44.36	-6.13
Total valid votes			72,448	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,133
Unreturned ballots			172
Turnout			73,753	83.53
Registered electors			88,300
Majority			8,168
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?
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	%	∆%
	BN	Kong Cho Ha	25,698	50.29
	PKR	Suwardi Sapuan	25,400	49.71
Total valid votes			51,098	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,884
Unreturned ballots			2,948
Turnout			55,930	76.87
Registered electors			72,763
Majority			298
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kong Cho Ha	27,415	63.44
	KEADILAN	Mustaffa Kamil Ayub	15,801	36.56
Total valid votes			43,216	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,477
Unreturned ballots			5,486
Turnout			50,179	73.23
Registered electors
Majority			11,614
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kong Cho Ha	20,661	50.74
	KEADILAN	Zaman Huri Samsudin	20,056	49.26
Total valid votes			40,717	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,372
Unreturned ballots			8,176
Turnout			50,265	71.13
Registered electors
Majority			605
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yap Yit Thong	25,291	66.49
	DAP	Ling Nguk Bing @ Ling Ngik Bing	12,748	33.51
Total valid votes			38,039	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,114
Unreturned ballots			3,487
Turnout			43,640	69.67
Registered electors
Majority			12,543
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ling Chooi Sieng	22,161	56.18
	DAP	Chew Pang Kee	17,287	43.82
Total valid votes			39,448	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,295
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			40,743	68.41
Registered electors
Majority			4,874
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ng Cheng Kuai	15,792	48.63
	DAP	N. Jaganathan	14,284	43.98
	PAS	Mohd Nadzir Mohd Jamin	2,400	7.39
Total valid votes			32,476	100.00
Total rejected ballots			532
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			33,008	67.09
Registered electors			49,202
Majority			1,508
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ng Cheng Kuai	14,586	50.99
	DAP	Ting Chek Meng	12,875	45.00
	PAS	Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Gaus	1,147	4.01
Total valid votes			28,608	100.00
Total rejected ballots			612
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			29,220	75.51
Registered electors			38,699
Majority			1,711
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Ho Ung Hun	15,021	58.63
	DAP	Tin Siek Ho @ Ting Sea Leong	9,396	36.68
	PAS	Abdul Manan Md. Bakri	1,201	4.69
Total valid votes			25,618	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			33,663
Majority			5,625
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Richard Ho Ung Hun	8,792	45.60
	DAP	Ting Siek Ho	7,782	40.36
	Independent	Wong Ting Seng	2,707	14.04
Total valid votes			19,281	100.00
Total rejected ballots			908
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,189	68.99
Registered electors			29,263
Majority			1,010
This was a new constituency created.

References

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