Bagan Datok (federal constituency)

Bagan Datok

Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi BN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Bagan Datok is a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

The federal constituency was created from parts of the Telok Anson constituency 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–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Melintang Estate, Sungai Pergam, Bagan Datok, Pasang Api, Sungai Balai Baroh, Sungai Betul, Rungkup, Sungai Balai Darat, Sungai Nipah Darat, Sungai Lancang, Sungai Tiang, Sungai Che Maja, Simpang Tiga Rungkup, Kuala Perak Estate, Selekoh, Sungai Haji Mohamad, Bagan Sungai Belukang, Sungai Batang, Tebok Bengkang, Tanah Lalang, Sungai Dulang, Kampong Sungai Buloh, Jenderata, Kampong Baharu Jenderata, Kampong Baharu Batu 16, Kuala Bernam Estate, Batu Dua Puloh, Bagan Pasir, Parit 4, Parit 7, Sungai Sumun, Parit 13, Parit 21, Batu Dua Belas, Simpang Ampat, Jenderata Estate Div. 3, Hutan Melintang, Kampong Kebun Baru, Kampong Telok Buloh, Kampong Kota, Jalan Feri.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bagan Datok
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Telok Anson
Bagan Datoh
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Yahya Ahmad	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Yahya Ahmad	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Sulaiman Bulon
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Sulaiman Bulon	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
Bagan Datok
4th	1974-1978	Hassan Adli Arshad	BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Yahya Zakaria
7th	1986-1990	Mohamed Jamrah
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013–present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi	17,176	53.27
	PKR	Madhi Hasan	15,068	46.73
Total valid votes			32,244	100.00
Total rejected ballots			716
Unreturned ballots			109
Turnout			33,069	82.83
Registered electors			39,924
Majority			2,108
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi	13,115	55.72
	PKR	Madhi Hasan	10,423	44.28
Total valid votes			23,538	100.00
Total rejected ballots			814
Unreturned ballots			62
Turnout			24,414	70.42
Registered electors			34,670
Majority			2,692
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi	17,049	79.08
	KEADILAN	Ayyathurai Achutharaman	4,510	20.92
Total valid votes			21,559	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,077
Unreturned ballots			54
Turnout			22,690	66.38
Registered electors
Majority			12,539
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi	12,938	60.86
	KEADILAN	Mohamad Dahalan Arshad	8,321	39.14
Total valid votes			21,259	100.00
Total rejected ballots			878
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			22,164	60.24
Registered electors
Majority			4,617
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi	17,646	86.24
	S46	Asha'ri Marsom	2,816	13.76
Total valid votes			20,462	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,412
Unreturned ballots			63
Turnout			21,937	62.02
Registered electors
Majority			14,830
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Jamrah	15,365	67.24
	PAS	Ariffin Ngah Nasution	7,486	32.76
Total valid votes			22,851	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,129
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,980	68.89
Registered electors
Majority			7,879
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Jamrah	14,902	67.87
	PAS	Ariffin Ngah Nasution	7,054	32.13
Total valid votes			21,956	100.00
Total rejected ballots			882
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,838	67.24
Registered electors			33,965
Majority			7,848
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yahya Zakaria
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hassan Adli Arshad
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hassan Adli Arshad
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969: Bagan Datoh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sulaiman Bulon
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964: Bagan Datoh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sulaiman Bulon
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959: Bagan Datoh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Yahya Ahmad
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created out of Telok Anson which went to Alliance in the previous election.