Sungai Siput (federal constituency)

Sungai Siput is a federal constituency in Kuala Kangsar District, Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

Sungai Siput (P062)

Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Kesavan Subramaniam PH
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	55,002
Area (km²)[2]	1,850

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.

This seat was formerly a stronghold for the Malaysian Indian Congress during the presidency of Tun Sambanthan and Tun Samy Vellu. MIC lost this seat in the 2008 general election and has since failed to regain the seat. MIC has previously represented this seat since its creation.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Sungai Siput's electorate as of 2018[3]

  Chinese (36.28%)

  Malay (34.28%)

  Indian (20.89%)

  Other ethnicities (8.55%)

History

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:[4] 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 (MIC)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963–1964	V. T. Sambanthan	Alliance (MIC)
2nd	1964–1969
	1969–1971	Parliament was suspended[5][6]
3rd	1971–1973	V. T. Sambanthan	Alliance (MIC)
	1973–1974		BN (MIC)
4th	1974–1978	Samy Vellu
5th	1978–1982
6th	1982–1986
Sungai Siput
7th	1986–1990	Samy Vellu	BN (MIC)
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008	Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj	PKR
	2008–2013		PSM
13th	2013		PKR
	2013–2018		PSM
14th	2018-present	Kesavan Subramaniam	PH (PKR)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Sungai Siput				Jalong
				Lintang
Sungei Siput		Jalong
		Karai
			Lintang

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Kesavan Subramaniam	20,817	48.72	+48.72
	BN	Devamany S. Krishnasamy	15,210	35.60	-10.72
	PAS	Ishak Ibrahim	5,194	12.16	+12.16
	PSM	Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj	1,505	3.52	+3.52
Total valid votes			42,726	100.00
Total rejected ballots			814
Unreturned ballots			122
Turnout			43,662	79.38
Registered electors			55,002
Majority			5,607	13.12
	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	Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj	21,593	53.19	+ 1.69
	BN	Devamany S. Krishnasamy	18,800	46.32	+ 0.52
	Independent	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
	PKR hold		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	%	∆%
	PKR	Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj	16,458	51.50	+ 23.13
	BN	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	14,637	45.80	- 16.39
	Independent	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
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	19,029	62.19	+ 4.44
	KEADILAN	Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj	8,680	28.37	+ 28.37
	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
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	17,480	57.75	- 14.11
	DAP	Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj	12,221	40.38	+ 21.23
	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
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	21,283	71.86	+ 18.61
	DAP	Lim Ah Guan @ Lim Soon Guan	5,673	19.15	- 27.60
	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
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	14,427	53.25	- 2.80
	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
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	13,148	56.05
	DAP	Liew Sam Fong	8,712	37.14
	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
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982: Sungei Siput

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	14,930	64.56
	DAP	T. Sellapan	7,033	30.41
	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
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978: Sungei Siput

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	12,930	62.41
	DAP	Ngan Siong Hing @ Ngan Siong Eng	7,789	37.59
Total valid votes			20,719	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			27,922
Majority			5,141
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974: Sungei Siput

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu	9,045	49.09
	DAP	Patto Perumal	8,401	45.59
	PEKEMAS	Thang Pang Fay	877	4.76
	Independent	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
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969: Sungei Siput

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	V. T. Sambanthan	7,985	50.46
	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
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964: Sungei Siput

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	V. T. Sambanthan	9,855	71.53
	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
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959: Sungei Siput

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	V. T. Sambanthan	7,317	61.08
	PPP	K. Annamalai	4,514	37.68
	Independent	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.

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