State constituency of Perak
Malaysian electoral constituency
Buntong is a state constituency in Perak , Malaysia . It is located in the Ipoh Barat federal constituency and is currently represented in the Perak State Legislative Assembly by Thulsi Thivani Manogaran from PH.
Representation history [ edit ]
Members of the Perak State Assembly for Buntong
Assembly
Years
Member
Party
Constituency split from Sungei Pari
9th
1995-1999
Yik Phooi Hong
BN (MCA )
10th
1999-2004
11th
2004 – 2008
12th
2008 – 2013
Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan
PR (DAP )
13th
2013 – 2018
14th
2018 – 2020
PH (DAP )
2020
GERAKAN
2020 – 2022
PN (BERSATU )
2022
PBM
2022[ 1]
PN (BERSATU )
15th
2022–present
Thulsi Thivani Manogaran
PH (DAP )
According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Buntong constituency is divided into 9 polling districts.[ 2]
State constituency
Polling districts
Code
Location
Buntong(N30)
Taman Lim
065/30/01
SMK Dr. Megat Khas
Jalan Tun Abdul Razak
065/30/02
SMK Tarcisian Convent
Jalan Silibin
065/30/03
SJK (T) St. Philomena Convent
Kolej Tingkatan Enam Seri Ipoh
Jalan Klian Intan
065/30/04
SJK (C) Guntong
Kampong Baru Buntong
065/30/05
SK Guru Kalgidhar
Jalan Sungai Pari
065/30/06
SJK (T) Kerajaan
Falim
065/30/07
SJK (C) Min Tet
Kampong Kacang Puteh
065/30/08
SJK (T) Methodist
SMK Buntong
Desa Rishah
065/30/09
SK Buntong
Ethnic breakdown of Buntong's electorate as of 2022 [ 3]
Other Ethnicities (0.71%)
Buntong has the greatest percentage of Indian voters among state constituencies in Malaysia, followed by Sentosa, Kota Raja .[ 4] Its current voter composition is 52% Indians, 42% Chinese, 6% Malays and 1% Other Ethnicities.[ 5]
Perak state election, 2013
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
∆%
DAP
Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan
13,062
73.04
5.68
BN
Sivarraajh A/L Chandran
4,433
24.79
7.85
Independent
Iruthiyam Sebastiar A/L Anthonisamy
261
1.46
1.46
Independent
Mohd Basri bin Shafie
127
0.71
0.71
Total valid votes
17,883
98.29
Total rejected ballots
312
1.71
Unreturned ballots
44
0.24
Turnout
18,195
79.64
8.66
Registered electors
22,847
Majority
13,916
48.25
13.53
DAP hold
Swing
Perak state election, 2004
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
∆%
BN
Yik Phooi Hong
8,464
58.19
0.97
DAP
Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan
6,082
41.81
0.97
Total valid votes
14,546
97.78
Total rejected ballots
290
1.95
Unreturned ballots
41
0.28
Turnout
14,877
64.96
1.45
Registered electors
22,902
Majority
2,382
16.38
1.94
BN hold
Swing
Perak state election, 1999
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
∆%
BN
Yik Phooi Hong
13,001
59.16
3.73
DAP
M. Kulasegaran
8,974
40.84
3.73
Total valid votes
21,975
97.35
Total rejected ballots
490
2.17
Unreturned ballots
108
0.48
Turnout
22,573
66.41
1.22
Registered electors
33,988
Majority
4,027
18.32
7.46
BN hold
Swing
Perak state election, 1995
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
∆%
BN
Yik Phooi Hong
13,731
62.89
DAP
Chen Tiam Seong
8,104
37.11
Total valid votes
21,835
97.66
Total rejected ballots
435
1.95
Unreturned ballots
89
0.40
Turnout
22,359
67.63
Registered electors
33,060
Majority
5,627
25.78
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