Gerik (federal constituency)

Gerik (P054)
Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Vacant
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)	35,903
Area (km²)	4,521

Gerik is a federal constituency in Hulu Perak District, 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.

Demographics[]

Ethnic breakdown of Gerik's electorate as of 2018^[3]

Malay (69.1%)

Chinese (14.05%)

Other ethnicities (13.55%)

Indian (3.3%)

History[]

Polling districts[]

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Gerik constituency is divided into 22 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Pengkalan Hulu (N01)	Kuak Hulu	054/01/01	SK Kuak Hulu
	Ayer Panas	054/01/02	SK Ayer Panas
	Kuak Luar	054/01/03	SK Kuak Luar
	Pekan Kroh	054/01/04	SK Keroh
	Kampong Selarong	054/01/05	SK Bekuai
	Tasek	054/01/06	SK Tasek
	Klian Intan	054/01/07	SK Klian Intan
	Kampong Pahit	054/02/08	SK Pahit
	Kampong Lalang	054/01/09	SK Kampong Lalang
	Kampong Plang	054/01/10	SK Plang
Temengor (N02)	Krunei	054/02/01	SK Kerunai
	Pekan Grik Barat	054/02/02	SK Sri Adika Raja
	Batu Dua	054/02/03	SJK (C) Kg. Bahru Batu Dua
	Pekan Grik Timor	054/02/04	SJK (C) Chung Wa
	Grik Utara	054/02/05	Kolej Vokesional Gerik
	Kuala Rui	054/02/06	SJK (C) Kuala Rui
	Bersia	054/02/07	SK Basia Lama
	Rancangan FELDA Bersia	054/02/08	SK RKT Bersia
	Kampong Bongor	054/02/09	SK Bongor
	Sungai Tiang	054/02/10	SK Sungai Tiang
	Banun	054/02/11	SK RPS Banun
	Pos Kemar	054/02/12	SK RPS Pos Kemar

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Gerik
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Ulu Perak
4th	1974-1978	Shamsuddin Din	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982	Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Khamsiyah Yeop
11th	2004-2008	Wan Hashim Wan Teh
12th	2008-2013	Tan Lian Hoe (陈莲花)	BN (GERAKAN)
13th	2013-2018	Hasbullah Osman	BN (UMNO)
14th	2018-2020	Hasbullah Osman
14th	2020-present	Vacant	VAC

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Gerik			Kenering
					Pengkalan Hulu
			Temengor

Current state assembly members[]

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N1	Pengkalan Hulu	Aznel Ibrahim	BN (UMNO)
N2	Temengor	Salbiah Mohamed	BN (UMNO)

Local governments[]


No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N1	Pengkalan Hulu	Pengkalan Hulu District Council Gerik District Council
N2	Temengor	Gerik District Council

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hasbullah Osman	13,243	48.49	-13.19
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd Dahalan Ismail	7,715	28.25	-10.17
	PH	Ibrahim Mohd Hanafiah	6,353	23.26	+23.36
Total valid votes			27,311	100.00
Total rejected ballots			595
Unreturned ballots			126
Turnout			28,032	78.08
Registered electors			35,903
Majority			5,528	20.24
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 237/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 311/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hasbullah Osman	16,415	61.68	- 2.63
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Norhayati Kasim	10,199	38.32	+ 2.63
Total valid votes			26,614	100.00
Total rejected ballots			494
Unreturned ballots			306
Turnout			27,414	83.77
Registered electors			32,725
Majority			6,216	23.36
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 174/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-14. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 215/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-14.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Lian Hoe	12,526	64.31	- 10.61
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd Noor Abdul Rahman	6,953	35.69	+ 10.61
Total valid votes			19,479	100.00
Total rejected ballots			649
Unreturned ballots			365
Turnout			20,493	78.13
Registered electors			26,229
Majority			5,573	28.62
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Hashim Wan Teh	12,621	74.92	+ 12.68
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ramli Tusin	4,224	25.08	- 12.68
Total valid votes			16,845	100.00
Total rejected ballots			759
Unreturned ballots			1,098
Turnout			18,702	75.88
Registered electors			24,646
Majority			8,397	49.84
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khamsiyah Yeop	15,297	62.64	- 9.26
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Zulkapely @ Zulkifly Abu	9,122	37.36	+ 37.36
Total valid votes			24,419	100.00
Total rejected ballots			503
Unreturned ballots			1,245
Turnout			26,167	67.72
Registered electors			38,639
Majority			6,175	25.28
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali	17,170	71.90	+ 7.38
	S46	Roslan Mohd Latif	6,712	28.10	- 7.38
Total valid votes			23,882	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,009
Unreturned ballots			764
Turnout			25,655	69.94
Registered electors			36,681
Majority			10,458	43.80
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali	15,578	64.52	+ 2.11
	S46	Roslan Mohd Latif	8,565	35.48	+ 35.48
Total valid votes			24,143	100.00
Total rejected ballots			814
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,957	72.33
Registered electors			34,504
Majority			7,013	29.04
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohamed Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali	12,039	62.41
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd Rus Jaafar	4,054	21.02
	DAP	Choo Sing Chye	3,197	16.57
Total valid votes			19,290	100.00
Total rejected ballots			630
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,920	69.43
Registered electors			28,691
Majority			7,985	41.39
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohamed Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali	13,355	71.97
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ibrahim Ariffin	5,202	28.03
Total valid votes			18,557	100.00
Total rejected ballots			741
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,298	75.65
Registered electors			25,509
Majority			8,153	43.94
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohamed Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali	9,441	58.94
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohamad Junid	3,599	22.47
	DAP	Fong Cheng Wee	2,977	18.59
Total valid votes			16,017	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			20,991
Majority			5,842	36.47
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Shamsuddin Din won uncontested.
	BN	Shamsuddin Din
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			16,407
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References[]

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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[3] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.

[4] "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]}

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