Buntong (state constituency)

Buntong is a state constituency in Perak, Malaysia. It is located in the Ipoh Barat federal constituency. It has been represented in the Perak State Legislative Assembly by Thulsi Thivani Manogaran of Pakatan Harapan (PH) since 2022.

Buntong

Perak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Thulsi Thivani Manogaran PH
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	36,714

History

Representation History

Members of the Perak State Assembly for Buntong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency split from Sungei Pari, Chemor, Tasek, Falim and Lahat
9th	1995–1999	Yik Phooi Hong	BN (MCA)
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013	Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan	PR (DAP)
13th	2013–2015
	2015–2018		PH (DAP)
14th	2018–2020
	2020		Independent
	2020–2021		GERAKAN
	2021		PN (GERAKAN)
	2021		PN (BERSATU)
	2022		PBM
	2022		PN (BERSATU)
15th	2022–present	Thulsi Thivani Manogaran	PH (DAP)

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Buntong constituency is divided into 9 polling districts.^[1]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
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

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Buntong's electorate as of 2022^[2]

1. Indians (52.0%)
2. Chinese (41.5%)
3. Malays (5.78%)
4. Other Ethnicities (0.71%)

Buntong has the greatest percentage of Indian voters among state constituencies in Malaysia, followed by Sentosa, Kota Raja.^[3] Its current voter composition is 52% Indians, 42% Chinese, 6% Malays and 1% Other Ethnicities.^[4]

Election results

Perak state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Thulsi Thivani Manogaran	21,412	84.02	0.28
	BN	Jayagopi Subramaniam	2,257	8.86	3.61
	PN	Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan	1,437	5.64	5.64
	Independent	Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy	237	0.93	0.93
	Independent	Muhammad Faiz Abdullah	140	0.55	0.55
Total valid votes			25,483	100.00
Total rejected ballots			277
Unreturned ballots			62
Turnout			25,822	70.33	0.94
Registered electors			36,714
Majority			19,155	75.96	4.69
	PH hold		Swing

Perak state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan	18,005	83.74	83.74
	BN	Thangarani Thiagarajan	2,682	12.47	12.32
	Parti Sosialis Malaysia	Mohanarani Rasiah	813	3.78	3.78
Total valid votes			21,500	96.59
Total rejected ballots			371	1.67
Unreturned ballots			388	1.74
Turnout			22,259	79.80	0.16
Registered electors			27,894
Majority			15,323	71.27	23.02
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Perak state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan	13,062	73.04	5.68
	BN	Sivarraajh Chandran	4,433	24.79	7.85
	Independent	Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy	261	1.46	1.46
	Independent	Mohd Basri Shafie	127	0.71	0.71
Total valid votes			17,883	98.29
Total rejected ballots			312	1.71
Unreturned ballots			44	0.24
Turnout			18,195	79.64	8.66
Registered electors			22,847
Majority			13,916	48.25	13.53
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI".

Perak state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan	10,311	67.36	9.17
	BN	Lee Tung Lai	4,996	32.64	9.17
Total valid votes			15,307	98.34
Total rejected ballots			258	0.17
Unreturned ballots			1	0.01
Turnout			15,566	70.98	6.02
Registered electors			21,930
Majority			6,010	34.72	18.34
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 2008".

Perak state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yik Phooi Hong	8,464	58.19	0.97
	DAP	Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan	6,082	41.81	0.97
Total valid votes			14,546	97.78
Total rejected ballots			290	1.95
Unreturned ballots			41	0.28
Turnout			14,877	64.96	1.45
Registered electors			22,902
Majority			2,382	16.38	1.94
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 2004".

Perak state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yik Phooi Hong	13,001	59.16	3.73
	DAP	M. Kulasegaran	8,974	40.84	3.73
Total valid votes			21,975	97.35
Total rejected ballots			490	2.17
Unreturned ballots			108	0.48
Turnout			22,573	66.41	1.22
Registered electors			33,988
Majority			4,027	18.32	7.46
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1999".

Perak state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yik Phooi Hong	13,731	62.89
	DAP	Chen Tiam Seong	8,104	37.11
Total valid votes			21,835	97.66
Total rejected ballots			435	1.95
Unreturned ballots			89	0.40
Turnout			22,359	67.63
Registered electors			33,060
Majority			5,627	25.78
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1995".