Ipoh Barat (federal constituency)

Ipoh Barat

Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Kulasegaran Murugeson DAP
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

Ipoh Barat is a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kampong Bercham, Tasek Dermawan, Tasek, Kampong Tawas, Kampong Tawas Utara, Dermawan Utara, Bercham Timor, Bercham Selatan, Taman Che Wan, Kepayang Mesjid, Kampong Pisang, Fair Park, Star Park, Green Town, Waller Court, Jalan Datuk Onn Jaafar, Jalan Bijih Timah, Jalan Dato Maharaja Lela, Jalan Sultan Yusof, Gurap, Gunong Lang, Taman Lim, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak, Jalan Silibin, Jalan Klian Intan, Kampong Kacang Puteh, Kampong Baru Buntong, Jalan Sungai Pari, Jalan Tun Perak.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Ipoh Barat
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Ho Cheong Sing	BN
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Kulasegaran Murugeson	DAP
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Kulasegaran Murugeson	45,420	73.21
	BN	Cheng Wei Yee	16,382	26.41
	Independent	Kalwant Singh Sujan Singh	235	0.38
Total valid votes			62,037	100.00
Total rejected ballots			875
Unreturned ballots			162
Turnout			63,074	81.11
Registered electors			77,761
Majority			29,038
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Kulasegaran Murugeson	32,576	65.65
	BN	Yik Phooi Hong	17,042	34.35
Total valid votes			49,618	100.00
Total rejected ballots			829
Unreturned ballots			194
Turnout			50,641	72.58
Registered electors			69,773
Majority			15,534
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Kulasegaran Murugeson	22,935	50.66
	BN	Ho Cheong Sing	22,337	49.34
Total valid votes			45,272	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,015
Unreturned ballots			481
Turnout			46,768	68.38
Registered electors
Majority			598
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ho Cheong Sing	25,155	53.70
	DAP	Kulasegaran Murugeson	21,477	45.84
	MDP	Jaga N. Nathan	215	0.46
Total valid votes			46,847	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,016
Unreturned ballots			833
Turnout			48,696	68.24
Registered electors
Majority			3,678
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ho Cheong Sing	24,616	55.49
	DAP	Teresa Kok Suh Sim	19,747	44.51
Total valid votes			44,363	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,073
Unreturned ballots			257
Turnout			45,693	68.71
Registered electors
Majority			4,869
This was a new constituency created.