Bandar Baharu (state constituency)

Bandar Baharu is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Bandar Baharu

Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Suffian Yusoff PN
Constituency created	1959
Constituency abolished	1974
Constituency re-created	1986
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	36,164

The ethnic demographics of this state constituency is 79.15% Malay, 13.74% Chinese, 6.92% Indian and 0.18% Others^[2]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Bandar Baharu's electorate as of 2023^[3]

1. Malay (80.0%)
2. Chinese (13.3%)
3. Indian (6.36%)
4. Other ethnicities (0.37%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bandar Baharu constituency has a total of 18 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Bandar Baharu (N36)	Sungai Batu	018/36/01	SK Sungai Batu
	Sungai Taka	018/36/02	SK Sungai Taka
	Sungai Tengas	018/36/03	SMK Selama
	Selama	018/36/04	SK Selama
	Batu Lintang	018/36/05	SK Sungai Salleh
	Kampung Ee Guan	018/36/06	SMK Serdang
	Pekan Serdang	018/36/07	SK Jalan Selama
	Batu 16	018/36/08	SK Dato' Hj Zainuddin
	Relau	018/36/09	SK Relau
	Sungai Kechil Illir	018/36/10	SK Sungai Kechil Ilir
	Ayer Puteh	018/36/11	SK Ayer Puteh
	Telok Sera	018/36/12	SK Lubok Buntar
	Pekan Lubok Buntar	018/36/13	SJK (C) Poay Chai
	Kerat Telunjok	018/36/14	SK Permatang Kerat Telunjuk
	Sungai Kechil Ulu	018/36/15	SK Sungai Kechil Ulu
	Parit Nibong	018/36/16	Pusat Sumber KEMAS Kegiatan Desa Parit Nibong
	Permatang Pasir	018/36/17	SK Permatang Pasir
	Bandar Baharu	018/36/18	SK Bandar Baharu

Representation history

Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Bandar Baharu
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kulim-Bandar Bahru
Bandar Bahru
1st	1959–1964	Zainuddin Haji Din	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964–1969
	1969–1971	State assembly was suspended
3rd	1971–1974	Zainuddin Haji Din	BN (UMNO)
Constituency renamed to Serdang
Constituency created from Serdang
Bandar Baharu
7th	1986–1990	Abdul Majid Itam	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995	Husain Abd. Rahman
9th	1995–1999	Muhamad Fishol Said
10th	1999–2004	Osman Md Aji
11th	2004–2008	Azimi Daim
12th	2008–2013	Yaakub Hussin	PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018	Norsabrina Mohd. Noor	BN (UMNO)
14th	2018–2023
15th	2023–present	Mohd Suffian Yusoff	PN (PAS)

Election results

Kedah state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Mohd Suffian Yusoff	19,327	71.38	71.38
	BN	Nuraini Yusoff	7,750	28.62	5.81
Total valid votes			27,077	100.00
Total rejected ballots			169
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			27,270	75.41	8.39
Registered electors			36,164
Majority			11,577	42.76	41.12
	PN gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Norsabrina Mohd. Noor	7,884	34.43	20.14
	PH	Azimi Daim	7,507	32.79	32.79
	PAS	Rohaizat Jaafar	7,506	32.78	12.65
Total valid votes			22,897	100.00
Total rejected ballots			406
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,473	83.80	3.40
Registered electors			28,015
Majority			377	1.64	7.50
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Norsabrina Mohd. Noor	12,361	54.57	10.77
	PAS	Mohd Khairi Mohd Salleh	10,292	45.43	8.67
Total valid votes			22,653	100.00
Total rejected ballots			359
Unreturned ballots			122
Turnout			23,134	87.20	8.42
Registered electors			26,506
Majority			2,069	9.14	1.16
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Yaakub Hussin	9,709	54.10	15.10
	BN	Azimi Daim	7,860	43.80	17.20
	Independent	Abdul Aziz Majid	377	2.10	2.10
Total valid votes			17,946	100.00
Total rejected ballots			456
Unreturned ballots			29
Turnout			18,431	78.78	0.16
Registered electors			23,397
Majority			1,849	10.30	11.70
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Azimi Daim	10,752	61.00	5.24
	PAS	Yaakub Hussin	6,874	39.00	5.24
Total valid votes			16,626	100.00
Total rejected ballots			410
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			18,060	78.94	3.49
Registered electors			22,877
Majority			3,878	22.00	10.48
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Osman Md Aji	8,923	55.76	16.48
	PAS	Yaakub Hussin	7,079	44.24	16.48
Total valid votes			16,002	100.00
Total rejected ballots			430
Unreturned ballots			28
Turnout			16,460	75.45	3.73
Registered electors			21,817
Majority			1,844	11.52	32.96
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Muhamad Fishol Said	10,652	72.24	1.58
	PAS	Abdul Raman Abdul Razak @ Hasan Abdul Razak	4,093	27.76	1.58
Total valid votes			14,745	100.00
Total rejected ballots			557
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			15,336	71.72	5.15
Registered electors			21,382
Majority			6,559	44.48	3.16
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Husain Abd. Rahman	9,940	70.66	4.73
	PAS	Hassan Abd. Razak	4,127	29.34	4.73
Total valid votes			14,067	100.00
Total rejected ballots			539
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,606	76.87	5.01
Registered electors			19,002
Majority			5,813	41.32	9.46
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Majid Itam	8,348	65.93	1.09
	PAS	Othman Razak	4,361	34.07	1.09
Total valid votes			12,799	100.00
Total rejected ballots			517
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,226	71.86	7.34
Registered electors			18,404
Majority			3,987	31.86	2.18
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1969: Bandar Bahru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Zainuddin Haji Din	6,503	64.84	3.03
	PMIP	Md Rejab Awang Kechik	3,526	35.16	16.78
Total valid votes			10,029	100.00
Total rejected ballots			886
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10.915	79.20	1.20
Registered electors			13,780
Majority			2,977	29.68	19.41
	Alliance hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1964: Bandar Bahru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Zainuddin Haji Din	7,101	67.47	10.01
	PMIP	Ghazali Haji Mohamad	1,934	18.38	4.14
	Socialist Front	Tan Boon Song	1,490	14.16	14.16
Total valid votes			10,525	100.00
Total rejected ballots			454
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10.979	80.40	1.70
Registered electors			13,657
Majority			5,167	49.09	5.87
	Alliance hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1959: Bandar Bahru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Zainuddin Haji Din	6,780	77.48
	PMIP	Ghazali Haji Mohamad	1,971	22.52
Total valid votes			8,751	100.00
Total rejected ballots			194
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,945	82.10
Registered electors			10,901
Majority			4,808	54.96
This was a new constituency created.