Tapah (federal constituency)

Tapah

Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Saravanan Murugan BN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2013

Tapah is a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 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 Kuala Dipang, Sungai Siput Selatan, Kampong Sahum, Kuala Woh, Kampong Kinjang, Temoh, Pekan Temoh, Kampong Lubok Mas, Sungai Chenderiang, Pekan Chenderiang, Jalan Pahang, Kampong Datoh, Temoh Road, Kampong Seberang, Lubok Katak, Kampong Batu Melintang, Bukit Pagar, Tanah Mas, Temoh Stesyen, Sungai Lesong, Kampong Sungai Kurong, Sungai Keroh, Ayer Kuning, Banir Utara, Kampong Batu Mesjid, Banir, Kampong Batu Tiga, Pekan Getah, Sungai Sengkuang, Bidor Road, Kampong Raya, Tapah Road Timor, Ayer Kuning Selatan, Changkat Petai, Tanjong Keramat, Tapah Road Utara, Kampong Simpang Tiga, Kampong Rahmat, Jeram Mengkuang, Kampong Coldstream.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Tapah
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986–1990	M. G. Pandithan	BN
8th	1990–1995	K. Kumaran
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004	S. Veerasingam
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013	Saravanan Murugan
13th	2013–present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saravanan Murugan	20,670	57.73
	PKR	Vasantha Kumar Krishnan	12,743	35.59
	Berjasa	Shaharuzzaman Bistamam	2,053	5.73
	Independent	Ridzuan Bani	337	0.94
Total valid votes			35,803	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,040
Unreturned ballots			101
Turnout			36,994	81.33
Registered electors			45,485
Majority			7,927
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saravanan Murugan	14,084	56.00
	PKR	Tan Seng Toh	11,064	44.00
Total valid votes			25,148	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,662
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			26,811	70.12
Registered electors			38,236
Majority			3,020
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Veerasingam Suppiah	16,945	69.72
	PAS	Ahmad Razi Otman	7,359	30.28
Total valid votes			24,304	100.00
Total rejected ballots			956
Unreturned ballots			421
Turnout			25,681	66.02
Registered electors
Majority			9,586
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Veerasingam Suppiah	14,945	61.63
	KEADILAN	Kamarudin Awang Teh	9,306	38.37
Total valid votes			24,251	100.00
Total rejected ballots			868
Unreturned ballots			1,101
Turnout			26,220	65.28
Registered electors
Majority			5,639
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kumaran Karunagaran	15,543	64.47
	DAP	Mohamad Asri Othman	5,692	23.61
	PAS	Mohamed Hamka Mohamed Jumah	2,596	10.77
	Independent	Foo Khon Yow	278	1.15
Total valid votes			24,109	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,298
Unreturned ballots			349
Turnout			25,756	64.66
Registered electors
Majority			9,851
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kumaran Karunagaran	15,015	60.52
	S46	Abdul Wahab Abu Bakar	9,794	39.48
Total valid votes			24,809	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,057
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,866	67.70
Registered electors
Majority			5,221
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	M. G. Pandithan	13,582	59.40
	DAP	Loh Jee Mee @ Jimmy	7,597	33.22
	PAS	M Busra Anuwar	1,688	7.38
Total valid votes			22,867	100.00
Total rejected ballots			761
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,628	68.01
Registered electors			34,743
Majority			5,985
This was a new constituency created.