Bukit Selambau (state constituency)

Bukit Selambau

Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Azizan Hamzah PN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	79,518

Bukit Selambau is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly since 1986.

The state constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Kedah State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system. This constituency has recorded 15 candidates to contest by-election in 2009, the most candidates ever in Malaysia election history.[1]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Bukit Selambau's electorate as of 2023[2]

  Malay (61.33%)

  Indian (20.08%)

  Chinese (17.42%)

  Other ethnicities (1.17%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bukit Selambau constituency has a total of 21 polling districts.[3]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Bukit Selambau (N25）	Kuala Sin	014/25/01	SK Kuala Sin
	Kampung Sungkap	014/25/02	SK Bukit Selambau
	Bukit Lembu	014/25/03	SK Aman Jaya
	Taman Bandar Baru	014/25/04	SK Bandar Baru Sungai Lalang
	Sungai Lalang	014/25/05	SJK (C) Chung Hwa
	Taman Desa Aman	014/25/06	SK Sungai Lalang
	Bandar Laguna Merbok	014/25/07	Kolej Vokesional Sungai Petani 2
	Tasek Apong	014/25/08	SK Tasek Apong
	Air Menideh	014/25/09	SJK (T) Saraswathy
	Jalan Badlishah	014/25/10	SMK Bandar Sungai Petani
	Taman Peruda	014/25/11	Institut Kemahiran MARA Sungai Petani
	Taman Ria Utara	014/25/12	SK Taman Ria
	United Petani	014/25/13	SJK (T) Arumugam Pillai
	Petani Rara	014/25/14	SK Patani Rara
	Bukit Rusa	014/35/15	SJK (T) Palanisamy Kumaran
	Pekan Bukit Selambau	014/25/16	SJK (C) Fuh Sun
	Kampung Pokok Machang	014/25/17	SMK Bukit Selambau
	Bati Belachan	014/25/18	SMK Seri Wangsa
	Titi Panjang	014/25/19	SK Dataran Muda
	Ambangan Height	014/25/20	SMK Aman Jaya
	Taman Ria Selatan	014/25/21	SM Sains Sultan Mohamad Jiwa

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Selambau
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Merbok
7th	1986–1990	Badri Yunus	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999	Saravanan Velia Udayar	BN (MIC)
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008	Arumugam Vengatarakoo	IND
	2008–2009		PR (PKR)
	2009–2013	Manikumar Subramanian
13th	2013–2018	Krishnamoorthy Rajannaidu
14th	2018–2023	Summugam Rengasamy	PH (PKR)
15th	2023–present	Azizan Hamzah	PN (PAS)

Election results

Kedah state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Azizan Hamzah	33,508	60.13	60.13
	PH	Summugam Rengasamy	21,843	39.20	5.91
	Independent	Dinesh Muniandy	375	0.67	0.67
Total valid votes			55,726	100.00
Total rejected ballots			313
Unreturned ballots			61
Turnout			56,100	70.55	11.30
Registered electors			79,518
Majority			11,665	20.93	6.47
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Summugam Rengasamy	17,573	45.11	45.11
	PAS	Mohd Ali Sulaiman	11,938	30.64	30.64
	BN	Jaspal Singh Gurbakhes Singh	9,449	24.25	23.39
Total valid votes			38,960	100.00
Total rejected ballots			488
Unreturned ballots			141
Turnout			39,589	81.85	3.76
Registered electors			48,367
Majority			5,635	14.46	13.17
	PH hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Krishnamoorthy Rajannaidu	20,091	48.93	3.30
	BN	Maran Mutaya	19,561	47.64	5.33
	Independent	Syed Omar Syed Mahamud	936	2.28	2.28
	KITA	Kamal Nasser Thow Beek	388	0.94	0.94
	Independent	Thivagaran Supramany	83	0.20	0.20
Total valid votes			41,059	100.00
Total rejected ballots			839
Unreturned ballots			125
Turnout			42,023	85.61	15.57
Registered electors			49,087
Majority			530	1.29	8.73
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette – Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 186/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette – Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 227/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Kedah state by-election, 2009 Bukit Selambau by-election 7 April 2009
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Arumugam Vengatarakoo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Manikumar Subramanian	12,632	52.23	52.23
	BN	Ganesan Subramaniam	10,229	42.31	2.79
	Independent	Anuar Abdul Hamid	528	2.18	2.18
	Independent	Husaini Yaacob	257	1.06	1.06
	Independent	Mohd Fazil Abdul Wahab	83	0.34	0.34
	Independent	Tan Hock Huat	78	0.32	0.32
	Independent	T Chandrarajan Thanasagaran	73	0.30	0.30
	Independent	Abdul Rahim Abu	60	0.25	0.25
	Independent	Sarala Loganathan	49	0.20	0.20
	Independent	Moganakumar Subramaniam	46	0.19	0.19
	Independent	Jayagopal Adaikkalam	35	0.14	0.14
	Independent	Venason Micheal	32	0.13	0.13
	Independent	Loganathan Ramachandran	31	0.13	0.13
	Independent	Khamis Awang	29	0.12	0.12
	Independent	Radzi Md Lazim	25	0.10	0.10
Total valid votes			24,187	100.00
Total rejected ballots			415
Unreturned ballots			9
Turnout			24,611	70.04	3.72
Registered electors			35,140
Majority			2,403	10.02	0.22
	PKR gain from Independent		Swing		?
Source(s) "Pilihan Raya Kecil N.25 Bukit Selambau". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-09-19.

Kedah state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Arumugam Vengatarakoo	13,225	54.90	54.90
	BN	Krishnan Subramaniam	10,863	45.10	14.12
Total valid votes			24,088	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,694
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			25,798	73.76	3.36
Registered electors			34,977
Majority			2,362	9.80	23.93
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saravanan Velia Udayar	14,196	62.22	4.15
	PKR	Mustafa Khalid Hanafi	6,501	28.49	28.49
	DAP	Gnanaguru Ganisan	2,120	9.29	9.29
Total valid votes			22,817	100.00
Total rejected ballots			496
Unreturned ballots			70
Turnout			23,383	77.12	3.40
Registered electors			30,322
Majority			7,695	33.73	0.54
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saravanan Velia Udayar	11,416	66.37	2.98
	PAS	Hamdan Mohamed Khalib	5,522	32.10	12.99
	Independent	Kalaichelvan	264	1.53	1.53
Total valid votes			17,202	100.00
Total rejected ballots			498
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			17,710	73.72	2.72
Registered electors			24,023
Majority			5,894	34.27	15.97
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saravanan Velia Udayar	10,165	69.35	2.94
	PAS	Harun Mat Isa	2,800	19.11	19.11
	DAP	Karuppaiah Ramasamy	1,692	11.54	11.54
Total valid votes			14,657	100.00
Total rejected ballots			374
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,031	71.00	3.68
Registered electors			21,169
Majority			7,365	50.24	17.42
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Badri Yunus	8,819	66.41	5.31
	S46	Zainol Abidin Johari	4,460	33.59	33.59
Total valid votes			13,279	100.00
Total rejected ballots			472
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,751	74.68	2.99
Registered electors			18,412
Majority			4,359	32.82	10.62
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Badri Yunus	8,575	71.72
	PAS	Ahmad Awang	3,381	28.28
Total valid votes			11,956	100.00
Total rejected ballots			533
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,489	71.69
Registered electors			17,421
Majority			5,194	43.44
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. "Record 15 candidates in Bukit Selambau". 29 March 2009.
2. "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
3. "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.^[permanent dead link‍]