Lumut (federal constituency)

Lumut

Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Mohamad Imran Abd Hamid PKR
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

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

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.

History

2004–present: 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.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Lumut
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Richard Ho Ung Hun	BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Ng Cheng Kuai
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Ling Chooi Sieng
9th	1995-1999	Yap Yit Thong
10th	1999-2004	Kong Cho Ha
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present	Mohamad Imran Abd Hamid	PKR

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Mohamad Imran Abd Hamid	40,308	55.64
	BN	Kong Cho Ha	32,140	44.36
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)

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
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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	Richard Ho Ung Hun
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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	Richard Ho Ung Hun
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.