Ipoh Barat

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

Ipoh Barat (P065)

Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Kulasegaran Murugeson PH
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	134,978
Electors (2022)[2]	114,654
Area (km²)[3]	37
Pop. density (per km²)	3,648.1

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. This is only one of two constituencies naming in same city. Another one is Ipoh Timor.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Ipoh Barat's electorate as of 2022^[4]

  Chinese (59.2%)

  Indian (26.3%)

  Malay (14.0%)

  Other ethnicities (0.5%)

Age breakdown of Ipoh Barat's electorate as of 2022

  18-20 (4.29%)

  21-29 (16.62%)

  30-39 (18.35%)

  40-49 (17%)

  50-59 (16.23%)

  60-69 (14.42%)

  70-79 (8.76%)

  80-89 (3.43%)

  above 90 (0.89%)

Gender breakdown of Ipoh Barat's electorate as of 2022

  Male (48.99%)

  Female (51.01%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Ipoh Barat constituency is divided into 30 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Bercham（N28）	Bercham Timor	065/28/01	SJK (C) Bercham
	Kampong Bercham	065/28/02	SJK (C) Bercham
	Dermawan Utara	065/28/03	SMK Bercham
	Bercham Selatan	065/28/04	SMK Jalan Tasek
	Tasek Dermawan	065/28/05	SK Tasek Dermawan
	Tasek	065/28/06	SK Tasek
	Kampong Tawas Utara	065/28/07	SJK (C) St Michael & All Angels
	Kampong Tawas	065/28/08	SJK (C) Kampung Tawas
Kepayang（N29）	Taman Che Wan	065/29/01	SK Seri Mutiara
	Gurap	065/29/02	SMJK Yuk Choy
	Gunong Lang	065/29/03	SMJK Yuk Choy
	Kepayang Mesjid	065/29/04	SMK Seri Intan
	Star Park	065/29/05	Kolej Tingkatan Enam Seri Putera
	Fair Park	065/29/06	Kolej Tingkatan Enam Seri Putera
	Kampong Pisang	065/29/07	SK Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang
	Jalan Bijih Timah	065/29/08	SJK (C) Perak
	Jalan Datuk Onn Jaafar	065/29/09	SK Cator Avenue
	Waller Court	065/29/10	SK Coronation Park
	Green Town	065/29/11	SK Sri Kinta
	Jalan Raja Ekram	065/29/12	SJK (C) Sam Tet
	Jalan C.M. Yusof	065/29/13	SJK (C) Ave Maria Convent
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

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Ipoh Barat
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Ipoh
9th	P062	1995–1999	Ho Cheong Sing (何掌醒)	BN (MCA)
10th		1999–2004
11th	P065	2004–2008	Kulasegaran Murugeson (மு.குலசேகரன்)	DAP
12th		2008–2013		PR (DAP)
13th		2013–2018
14th		2018–2022		PH (DAP)
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Ipoh Barat					Bercham
					Buntong
						Kepayang

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N28	Bercham	Ong Boon Piow	PH (DAP)
N29	Kepayang	Nga Kor Ming
N30	Buntong	Thulsi Thivani Manogaran

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N28	Bercham	Ipoh City Council
N29	Kepayang
N30	Buntong

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022: Ipoh Barat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Kulasegaran Murugeson	63,915	81.57	3.33
	BN	Low Guo Nan	7,248	9.25	5.85
	PN	Chek Kwong Weng	6,815	8.70	8.70
	Independent	M. Kayveas	378	0.48	0.48
Total valid votes			78,356	100.00
Total rejected ballots			773
Unreturned ballots			185
Turnout			79,314	68.34	10.43
Registered electors			114,654
Majority			56,667	72.32	2.45
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753277/PUB610%20PARLIMEN%20PERAK.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018: Ipoh Barat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Kulasegaran Murugeson	55,613	84.90	84.90
	BN	Cheng Wei Yee	9,889	15.10	11.31
Total valid votes			65,502	100.00
Total rejected ballots			878
Unreturned ballots			472
Turnout			66,852	78.77	2.34
Registered electors			84,874
Majority			45,724	69.81	23.01
	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.[permanent dead link] "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.[permanent dead link]

Malaysian general election, 2013: Ipoh Barat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Kulasegaran Murugeson	45,420	73.21	7.56
	BN	Cheng Wei Yee	16,382	26.41	7.94
	Independent	Kalwant Singh Sujan Singh	235	0.38	0.38
Total valid votes			62,037	100.00
Total rejected ballots			875
Unreturned ballots			162
Turnout			63,074	81.11	8.52
Registered electors			77,761
Majority			29,038	46.80	15.50
	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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. 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.[permanent dead link]

Malaysian general election, 2008: Ipoh Barat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Kulasegaran Murugeson	32,576	65.65	14.99
	BN	Yik Phooi Hong	17,042	34.35	14.99
Total valid votes			49,618	100.00
Total rejected ballots			829
Unreturned ballots			194
Turnout			50,641	72.58	4.20
Registered electors			69,773
Majority			15,534	31.30	29.98
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004: Ipoh Barat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Kulasegaran Murugeson	22,935	50.66	4.82
	BN	Ho Cheong Sing	22,337	49.34	4.36
Total valid votes			45,272	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,015
Unreturned ballots			481
Turnout			46,768	68.38	0.14
Registered electors			68,394
Majority			598	1.32	6.54
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999: Ipoh Barat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ho Cheong Sing	25,155	53.70	1.79
	DAP	Kulasegaran Murugeson	21,477	45.84	1.33
	MDP	Jaga N. Nathan	215	0.46	0.46
Total valid votes			46,847	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,016
Unreturned ballots			833
Turnout			48,696	68.24	0.47
Registered electors			71,359
Majority			3,678	7.86	3.12
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995: Ipoh Barat

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			66,501
Majority			4,869	10.98
This was a new constituency created.

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