Jelutong (federal constituency)

Jelutong

Penang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ooi Chuan Aun DAP
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Jelutong is a federal constituency in Penang, 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

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Jalan York, Sekolah Free, Taman Sekolah Free, Taman Abidin, Jalan Perak, Caunter Hall, City Stadium, Kampong Makam, Jalan Kajang, Sungai Pinang Road, City Infirmary, Jalan Trusan, West Jelutong, Bakau Street, East Jelutong, Jalan Madrasah, Bukit Dumbar, Lilitan Hargreaves, Chemor Lane, Lorong Parit Buntar, Jelutong Road, Panchor Road, Batu Lanchang, Solok Batu Lanchang, Jalan Penaga, Tingkat Jelutong, Desa Green.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Jalan York, Sekolah Free, Taman Sekolah Free, Taman Abidin, Jalan Perak, Caunter Hall, City Stadium, Kampong Makam, Jalan Kajang, Sungai Pinang Road, City Infirmary, Jalan Trusan, West Jelutong, Bakau Street, East Jelutong, Jalan Madrasah, Bukit Dumbar, Lilitan Hargreaves, Chemor Lane, Lorong Parit Buntar, Jelutong Road, Panchor Road, Batu Lanchang, Solok Batu Lanchang, Jalan Penaga, Tingkat Jelutong, Desa Green.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Jelutong
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Rasiah Rajasingam	BN
5th	1978-1982	Karpal Singh Ram Singh	DAP
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Lee Kah Choon	BN
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Ooi Chuan Aun	DAP
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ooi Chuan Aun	43,211	71.22	+ 4.38
	BN	Ng Fook On	17,461	28.78	- 2.45
Total valid votes			60,672	100.00
Total rejected ballots			769
Unreturned ballots			274
Turnout			61,715	86.62
Registered electors			71,247
Majority			25,750	42.44
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)  "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 173/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Penang [P.U. (B) 214/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ooi Chuan Aun	30,493	66.84	+ 25.63
	BN	Thor Teong See	14,247	31.23	- 27.56
	Independent	Badrul Zaman P. S. Md. Zakariah	882	1.93	+ 1.93
Total valid votes			45,622	100.00
Total rejected ballots			743
Unreturned ballots			41
Turnout			46,406	75.85
Registered electors			61,181
Majority			16,246	35.61
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lee Kah Choon	24,988	58.79	+ 7.82
	DAP	Gooi Seong Kin	17,518	41.21	- 7.82
Total valid votes			42,506	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,002
Unreturned ballots			30
Turnout			43,538	73.00
Registered electors			59,641
Majority			7,470	17.58
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lee Kah Choon	21,491	50.92	+ 1.73
	DAP	Karpal Singh Ram Singh	20,716	49.08	- 0.76
Total valid votes			42,207	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,012
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			43,239	72.82
Registered electors			55,562
Majority			775	1.84
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Karpal Singh Ram Singh	21,896	49.84	- 10.21
	BN	Rhina Bhar @ Rani Raj Pal	21,613	49.19	+ 9.24
	PBS	Lim Cheak Kow	425	0.97	+ 0.97
Total valid votes			43,934	100.00
Total rejected ballots			914
Unreturned ballots			74
Turnout			44,922	75.05
Registered electors			59,856
Majority			283	0.65
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Karpal Singh Ram Singh	27,426	60.05	- 2.04
	BN	Ooi Ean Kwong	18,248	39.95	+ 2.04
Total valid votes			45,674	100.00
Total rejected ballots			841
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			46,515	74.87
Registered electors			62,127
Majority			9,178	20.10
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Karpal Singh Ram Singh	25,932	62.09
	BN	Lim Boo Chang	15,833	37.91
Total valid votes			41,765	100.00
Total rejected ballots			958
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			42,723	71.34
Registered electors			59,890
Majority			10,099	24.28
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Karpal Singh Ram Singh	29,099	55.21
	BN	Ooi Ean Kwong	23,603	44.79
Total valid votes			52,702	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,168
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			53,870	75.77
Registered electors			71,093
Majority			5,496
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Karpal Singh Ram Singh
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			60,248
Majority			3,621
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rasiah Rajasingam	16,112	46.45
	DAP	Gooi Hock Seng @ Goi Hock Seng	10,152	29.27
	PEKEMAS	V. David	6,955	20.05
	PSRM	Teh Eng Siang	1,467	4.23
Total valid votes			34,686	100.00
Total rejected ballots			874
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			35,560	79.74
Registered electors			44,594
Majority			5,960
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-11.

1. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.