Taiping (federal constituency)

Taiping (P060)
Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Teh Kok Lim; PH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)	90,729
Area (km²)	118

Taiping is a federal constituency in Larut, Matang and Selama 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 Taiping's electorate as of 2018^[3]

Chinese (46.41%)

Malay (38.81%)

Indian (13.45%)

Other ethnicities (1.22%)

History[]

Polling districts[]

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Taiping constituency is divided into 42 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kamunting (N16）	Sungai Relong	060/16/01	SMK Bukit Jana
	Expo	060/16/02	SMK Kamunitng
	Kamunting Baru	060/16/03	SK Kamunting
	Kamunting	060/16/04	SMK Bukit Jana
	Kampong Pinang Utara	060/16/05	SK Long Jaafar
	Kampong Pinang Timor	060/16/06	SK Long Jaafar
	Kampong Pinang Selatan	060/16/07	SK Long Jaafar
	Kamunting Road	060/16/08	SK All Saints
	Bukit Jana	060/16/09	SK Taman Jana
	Waterfall Road	060/16/10	SK King Edward VII (2)
Pokok Assam (N17）	Pokok Assam	060/17/01	SK Methodist
	Kampong Aman	060/17/02	SK Seri Aman
	Sekolah	060/17/03	SK Seri Aman
	Jalan Raja Muda	060/17/04	SJK (C) Pokok Assam
	Pasar	060/17/05	SJK (C) Pokok Asaam
	Sungai Tupai	060/17/06	SJK (C) Pokok Asaam
	Simpang Road	060/17/07	SA Rakyat Al-Ihsaniah
	Kota Road	060/17/08	SJK (T) YMHA
	Market Street	060/17/09	SK St George 1
	Theatre Road	060/17/10	SMK Convent
	Tupai Lane	060/17/11	SJK (C) Hua Lian (3)
	Tupai	060/17/12	SMK Kampung Jambu
	Cotonation Road	060/17/13	SMK Taman Tasik
	Birch Village	060/17/14	Sekolah Tinggi Hua Lian
	Eastern Road	060/17/15	Sekolah Tinggi Hua Lian
	Museum	060/17/16	SMK (P) Treacher Methodist
Aulong（N18）	Batu Dua	060/18/01	SK Asam Kumbang
	Assam Kumbang	060/18/02	SK Asam Kumbang
	Barrack Road	060/18/03	SK King Edward VII (1)
	Station	060/18/04	SJK (C) Hua Lian (1)
	Aulong	060/18/05	SJK (C) Aulong
	Aulong Timor	060/18/06	SJK (C) Aulong
	Aulong Tengah	060/18/07	SK Convent Aulong
	Aulong Barat	060/18/08	SJK (C) Aulong
	Aulong Selatan	060/18/09	SK Convent Aulong
	Aulong Lama	060/18/10	SK Kampung Boyan
	Kampong Boyan	060/18/11	SK Kampung Boyan
	Taman Sening	060/18/12	SMK Doktor Burhanhddin
	Taman Marisa	060/18/13	SMK Sri Kota
	Kota Lama	060/18/14	SMK Sri Kota
	Pengkalan Aor	060/18/15	SK Simpang
	Simpang Baru	060/18/16	SJK (C) Sin Min

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Taiping
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Larut Selatan
4th	1974–1978	Paul Leong Khee Seong (梁棋祥)	BN (GERAKAN)
5th	1978–1982
6th	1982–1986
7th	1986–1990
8th	1990–1995	Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting (郭洙镇)
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008	M. Kayveas (எம் கேவியஸ்)	BN (myPPP)
12th	2008–2013	Nga Kor Ming (倪可敏)	DAP
13th	2013–2018	Nga Kor Ming (倪可敏)	DAP
14th	2018-present	Teh Kok Lim (郑国霖)	PH (DAP)

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Taiping				Asam Kumbang
					Aulong
			Kamunting
			Klian Pauh
					Pokok Assam

Current state assembly members[]

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N16	Kamunting	Muhd. Fadhil Nuruddin	PH (AMANAH)
N17	Pokok Assam	Leow Thye Yih	PH (DAP)
N18	Aulong	Nga Kor Ming	PH (DAP)

Local governments[]


No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N16	Kamunting	Taiping Municipal Council
N17	Pokok Assam	Taiping Municipal Council
N18	Aulong	Taiping Municipal Council

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Teh Kok Lim	42,997	61.65	+61.65
	BN	Tan Keng Liang	15,613	22.39	-18.26
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ibrahim Ismail	11,133	15.96	+15.96
Total valid votes			69,743	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,092
Unreturned ballots			462
Turnout			71,297	78.58
Registered electors			90,729
Majority			27,384	39.26
	PH 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	%	∆%
	DAP	Nga Kor Ming	37,275	59.35	- 3.23
	BN	Tan Lian Hoe	25,530	40.65	+ 3.23
Total valid votes			62,805	100.00
Total rejected ballots			944
Unreturned ballots			164
Turnout			63,913	81.78
Registered electors			78,148
Majority			11,745	18.70
	DAP 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	%	∆%
	DAP	Nga Kor Ming	28,098	62.58	+ 20.29
	BN	M. Kayveas	16,800	37.42	- 9.99
Total valid votes			44,898	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,612
Unreturned ballots			613
Turnout			47,123	71.52
Registered electors			65,889
Majority			11,298	25.16
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	M. Kayveas	20,129	47.41	- 6.24
	DAP	Ong Chee Keng	17,957	42.29	- 2.67
	PKR	Annah Dorai Pakiri	4,371	10.30	+ 10.30
Total valid votes			42,457	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,337
Unreturned ballots			1,027
Turnout			44,821	68.91
Registered electors			65,042
Majority			2,172	5.12
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting	24,531	53.65	- 15.36
	DAP	Lim Kean Ghee	20,562	44.96	+ 13.95
	MDP	Ng Hoe Hun	637	1.39	+ 1.39
Total valid votes			45,730	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,587
Unreturned ballots			3,492
Turnout			50,809	68.99
Registered electors			73,646
Majority			3,969	8.69
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting	30,459	68.99	+ 18.12
	DAP	Haradeyan Singh @ Hardayal Singh	13,692	31.01	- 13.93
Total valid votes			44,151	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,130
Unreturned ballots			1,649
Turnout			47,930	70.13
Registered electors			68,344
Majority			16,767	37.98
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting	22,162	50.87	- 6.91
	DAP	Kong Cheok Seng	19,577	44.94	+ 2.72
	Independent	Said Abu Hassan	1,827	4.19	+ 4.19
Total valid votes			43,566	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,076
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			44,642	71.14
Registered electors			62,752
Majority			2,585	5.93
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Paul Leong Khee Seong	20,969	57.78
	DAP	Kong Cheok Seng	15,325	42.22
Total valid votes			36,294	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,249
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			37,543	66.33
Registered electors			56,599
Majority			5,644	15.56
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Paul Leong Khee Seong	25,841	66.04
	DAP	Kong Cheok Wan @ Kong Cheok Seng	10,563	26.99
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohamed Junid	2,726	6.97
Total valid votes			39,130	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,024
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			40,154	74.12
Registered electors			54,176
Majority			15,278
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Paul Leong Khee Seong	20,915	57.21
	DAP	Loh Poh Seng	12,893	35.27
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Abdul Samad Hussin	2,752	7.53
Total valid votes			36,560	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			47,154
Majority			8,022
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Paul Leong Khee Seong	14,253	53.19
	DAP	Loh Poh Seng	11,066	41.30
	PEKEMAS	Chow Chong Leng	999	3.73
		Ng Hoe Hun	479	1.79
Total valid votes			26,797	100.00
Total rejected ballots			725
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			27,522	75.62
Registered electors			36,394
Majority			3,187
This was a new constituency created.

References[]

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. 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. 14. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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[2] Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

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