Sitiawan (state constituency)

Sitiawan is a state constituency in Perak, Malaysia that has been represented in the Perak State Legislative Assembly since 1974 until 2018.

Sitiawan

Perak constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Perak State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	2018
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

The state constituency was created in the 1974 and is mandated to return a single member to the Perak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2018 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sitiawan
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	N33	1974–1978	R. Shanmugaveloo	BN (MIC)
5th		1978–1982	Rajasegaran Samy Nathan	BN (MIC)
6th		1982–1986
7th	N40	1986–1990	Chen Lim Tiow	DAP
8th		1990–1995	Hu Chan You	GR (DAP)
9th	N46	1995–1999
10th		1999–2004		BA (DAP)
11th	N50	2004–2008	Ngeh Koo Ham	DAP
12th		2008–2013		PR (DAP)
13th		2013–2015
		2015–2018		PH (DAP)
Constituency renamed to Astaka[1]

Election results

Perak state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ngeh Koo Ham	17,292	75.96
	BN	Ting Tai Fook	5,472	24.04
Total valid votes			22,764	100.00
Total rejected ballots			334
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,098	80.92
Registered electors			28,546
Majority			11,820
	DAP hold		Swing

Perak state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ngeh Koo Ham	12,381	76.27
	BN	Ding Siew Chee	3,852	23.73
Total valid votes			16,233	100.00
Total rejected ballots			363
Unreturned ballots			49
Turnout			16,645	70.43
Registered electors			23,632
Majority			8,529
	DAP hold		Swing

Perak state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ngeh Koo Ham	9,874	67.58
	BN	Ling Mee Lin	4,737	32.42
Total valid votes			14,611	100.00
Total rejected ballots			539
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,150	65.63
Registered electors			23,083
Majority			5,137
	DAP hold		Swing

Perak state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Hu Chan You	8,469	61.04
	BN	Kong Ding You	5,406	38.96
Total valid votes			13,875	100.00
Total rejected ballots			402
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,277	63.82
Registered electors			22,372
Majority			3,063
	DAP hold		Swing

Perak state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Hu Chan You
	BN
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	DAP hold		Swing

Perak state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Hu Chan You	9,309	56.49
	BN	Kong Cho Ha	7,171	43.51
Total valid votes			16,480	100.00
Total rejected ballots			534
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,014	68.17
Registered electors			25,006
Majority			2,138
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) [2]

Perak state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chen Lim Tiow
	BN
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	DAP hold		Swing

Perak state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rajasegaran Samy Nathan
	DAP
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) [3]

Perak state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rajasegaran Samy Nathan
	DAP
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	DAP hold		Swing

Perak state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	R. Shanmugaveloo	5,663	51.95
	DAP	Siew Koh Mee	4,491	41.20
	Independent	Ding Kong Ling	746	6.84
Total valid votes			10,900	100.00
Total rejected ballots			598
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,498	75.60
Registered electors			15,210
Majority			1,172
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) [4]