Baling (federal constituency)
Kedah constituency | |
---|---|
Federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
MP | |
Constituency created | 1958 |
First contested | 1959 |
Last contested | 2022 |
Demographics | |
Population (2020)[1] | 142,530 |
Electors (2023)[2] | 132,517 |
Area (km²)[3] | 1,540 |
Pop. density (per km²) | 92.6 |
Baling is a federal constituency in Baling District , Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.
The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics[edit]
History[edit]
Polling districts[edit]
According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Baling constituency is divided into 78 polling districts.[5]
State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Bayu (N30) | Kampung Batu Lapan | 016/30/01 | SK Tanjong Pari |
Tanjong Pari | 016/30/02 | SK Tanjong Pari | |
Kampung Weng | 016/30/03 | SK Seri Bayu | |
Kampung Surau | 016/30/04 | SMK Siong | |
Kampung Legong | 016/30/05 | Tadika KEDA Taman Ummi | |
Kampung Lalang | 016/30/06 | SK Siong | |
Kampung Luar | 016/30/07 | SJK (C) Kampung Lalang | |
Kampung Bandar | 016/30/08 | SK Kampung Bandar | |
Tandop | 016/30/09 | SK Penghulu Abu Bakar | |
Bongor Mesjid | 016/30/10 | Maktab Mahmud Baling | |
Bongor Sekolah | 016/30/11 | SMK Bongor | |
Kampung Haji Abbas | 016/30/12 | SJK (C) Yeok Chee | |
Rambong Baling | 016/30/13 | SK Tunku Puan Habsah | |
Batu 7 Jalan Kroh | 016/30/14 | SK Tunku Puan Habsah | |
Simpang Empat | 016/30/15 | Sekolah Khas Baling | |
Pekan Baling | 016/30/16 | SMK Baling | |
Bukit Baling | 016/30/17 | SK Tunku Putera | |
Sebrang Baling | 016/30/18 | SK Baling | |
Dalam Wang | 016/30/19 | SK Dalam Wang | |
Pekan Pulai | 016/30/20 | SK Pulai | |
Pokok Sena | 016/30/21 | SMK Tunku Putera | |
Telok Teduri | 016/30/22 | SK Telok Teduri | |
Sera Mesjid | 016/30/23 | SK Kampung Sera | |
Telok Sera | 016/30/24 | SK Rambong Pulai | |
Kampung Tiak | 016/30/25 | SK Tiak | |
Bendang Padang | 016/30/26 | Taman Bimbingan Kanak-Kanak Kampung Bendang Bechah | |
Kuala Kuang | 016/30/27 | SK Kuala Kuang | |
Kampung Iboi | 016/30/28 | SK Iboi | |
Kupang (N31) | Charok Salang | 016/31/01 | SK Lanai |
Kampung Asam Jawa | 016/31/02 | SK Asam Jawa | |
Charok Kelian | 016/31/03 | SK Asam Jawa | |
Sungai Limau | 016/31/04 | SK Titi Gantong | |
Charok Bemban | 016/31/05 | SMK Syed Abu Bakar | |
Gua Reban | 016/31/06 | SK Seberang Ketil | |
Kampung Padang | 016/31/07 | SK Kampung Padang | |
Lanai | 016/31/08 | SK Lanai | |
Mengkuang | 016/31/09 | SMK Kuala Pegang | |
Lubok Kabu | 016/31/10 | SMK Kuala Pegang | |
Kuala Pegang | 016/31/11 | SK Kuala Pegang | |
Kampung Raha | 016/31/12 | SK Kuala Kupang | |
Kampung Landak | 016/31/13 | SJK (C) Seng Yok | |
Pekan Kupang | 016/31/14 | SK Kampung Keda | |
Kuala Chenerai | 016/31/15 | SJK (C) Chin Hwa | |
Ketemba | 016/31/16 | SK Kuala Pegang | |
Kampung Sadek | 016/31/17 | SK Kampung Sadek | |
Bukit Terabak | 016/31/18 | SMA (Arab) Diniah Islamiyah | |
Simpang Jerai | 016/31/19 | SMK Jerai | |
Kampung Tanjong | 016/31/20 | SK Syed Sheh | |
Ladang Sungai Tawar | 016/31/21 | Dewan Orang Ramai (Tokong Hindu) Kampung Dara | |
Badenoch | 016/31/22 | SMK Bakai | |
Ulu Bakai | 016/31/23 | SK Ulu Bakai | |
Pekan Malau | 016/31/24 | SK Malau | |
Badang | 016/31/25 | SK Badang | |
Kampung Sidim | 016/31/26 | SK Badang | |
Kuala Ketil(N32) | FELDA Teloi Kanan | 016/32/01 | SK Teloi Kanan |
Kampung Guar Chempedak | 016/32/02 | SK Mohd Ariff Abdullah | |
Padang Kulim | 016/32/03 | SK Kuala Ketil | |
Pekan Baru Kuala Ketil | 016/32/04 | SMK Kuala Ketil | |
Pekan Lama Kuala Ketil | 016/32/05 | SMK Tanjung Puteri | |
Taman Batu Pekaka | 016/32/06 | SJK (C) Kuala Ketil | |
Batu Pekaka | 016/32/07 | SK Batu Pekaka | |
Kampung Thye Seng | 016/32/08 | SJK (T) Ladang Batu Pekaka | |
Kuala Kuli | 016/32/09 | SK Seri Jemerli | |
Kampung Jawa | 016/32/10 | SK Kuala Ketil | |
Padang Geh | 016/32/11 | SJK (T) Ladang Kim Seng | |
Kuala Merah | 016/32/12 | SK Kuala Merah | |
Parit Panjang | 016/32/13 | SMK Parit Panjang | |
Kampung Tembak | 016/32/14 | SK Tembak | |
Paya Besar | 016/32/15 | SK Paya Besar | |
Kuala Samak | 016/32/16 | SK Kuala Semak | |
Binjol Dalam | 016/32/17 | SK Binjul Dalam | |
Kampung Tawar | 016/32/18 | SK Tawar | |
Pekan Tawar | 016/32/19 | SJK (C) Kong Min | |
Binjal Luar | 016/32/20 | SK Binjul | |
Ladang Malakoff | 016/32/21 | SJK (T) Ladang Malakoff | |
Kejal | 016/32/22 | SK Kampung Selarong | |
Kampung Bakai | 016/32/23 | SK Seri Inas | |
Pelam | 016/32/24 | SJK (T) Ladang Pelam |
Representation history[edit]
Members of Parliament for Baling | ||||
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Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Sungei Muda | ||||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | P011 | 1959–1963 | Harun Abdullah (هارون عبدالله) | Alliance (UMNO) |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | P011 | 1963–1964 | Harun Abdullah (هارون عبدالله) | Alliance (UMNO) |
2nd | 1964–1969 | |||
1969–1971 | Parliament was suspended[6][7] | |||
3rd | P011 | 1971–1973 | Shafie Abdullah (شافعي عبدالله) | Alliance (UMNO) |
1973–1974 | BN (UMNO) | |||
4th | P010 | 1974–1978 | ||
5th | 1978–1982 | Mohd. Nakhaie Ahmad (محمد. نقهاياي احمد) | PAS | |
6th | 1982–1986 | Seroji Haron (سروجي هراون) | BN (UMNO) | |
7th | P013 | 1986–1990 | Raja Ariffin Raja Sulaiman (راج عريفين راج سليمان) | |
8th | 1990–1995 | |||
9th | P016 | 1995–1999 | ||
10th | 1999–2004 | Taib Azamudden Md Taib (طائب عزاموددن مد طائب) | BA (PAS) | |
11th | 2004–2008 | Mashitah Ibrahim (مشاته إبراهيم) | BN (UMNO) | |
12th | 2008–2013 | Taib Azamudden Md Taib (طائب عزاموددن مد طائب) | PR (PAS) | |
13th | 2013–2018 | Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (عبد العزيز عبد الرحيم) | BN (UMNO) | |
14th | 2018–2022 | |||
15th | 2022–present | Hassan Saad (حسن سعد) | PN (PAS) |
State constituency[edit]
Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Baling | Baling Barat | ||||||
Baling Timor | |||||||
Bayu | |||||||
Kuala Ketil | |||||||
Kupang |
Current state assembly members[edit]
No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
---|---|---|---|
N30 | Bayu | Mohd Taufik Yaacob | PN (BERSATU) |
N31 | Kupang | Najmi Ahmad | PN (PAS) |
N32 | Kuala Ketil | Mansor Zakaria |
Local governments[edit]
No. | State Constituency | Local Government |
---|---|---|
N30 | Bayu | Baling District Council |
N31 | Kupang | |
N32 | Kuala Ketil |
Election results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PN | Hassan Saad | 64,493 | 59.13 | 59.13 | ||
BN | Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim | 35,356 | 32.42 | 10.18 | ||
PH | Johari Abdullah | 8,636 | 7.92 | 8.07 | ||
GTA | Bashir Abdul Rahman | 579 | 0.53 | 0.53 | ||
Total valid votes | 109,064 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,141 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 148 | |||||
Turnout | 110,353 | 82.75 | 3.18 | |||
Registered electors | 132,099 | |||||
Majority | 29,137 | 26.71 | 25.52 | |||
PN gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim | 38,557 | 42.60 | 10.57 | ||
PAS | Hassan Saad | 37,483 | 41.41 | 5.42 | ||
PH | Mohd Taufik Yaacob | 14,472 | 15.99 | 15.99 | ||
Total valid votes | 90,512 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,388 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 228 | |||||
Turnout | 92,128 | 85.93 | 3.27 | |||
Registered electors | 107,213 | |||||
Majority | 1,074 | 1.19 | 5.15 | |||
BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 233/2018]" (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 Kedah [P.U. (B) 307/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim | 43,504 | 53.17 | 9.07 | ||
PAS | Najmi Ahmad | 38,319 | 46.83 | 9.07 | ||
Total valid votes | 81,823 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,091 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 195 | |||||
Turnout | 83,109 | 89.20 | 5.73 | |||
Registered electors | 93,168 | |||||
Majority | 5,185 | 6.34 | 5.46 | |||
BN gain from PAS | Swing | ? | ||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 170/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-16. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 211/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-16.[permanent dead link] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAS | Taib Azamudden Md Taib | 36,074 | 55.90 | 9.36 | |
BN | Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim | 28,461 | 44.10 | 9.36 | |
Total valid votes | 64,535 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,154 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 75 | ||||
Turnout | 65,764 | 83.47 | 0.20 | ||
Registered electors | 78,784 | ||||
Majority | 7,613 | 11.80 | 4.88 | ||
PAS gain from BN | Swing | ?
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Mashitah Ibrahim | 32,661 | 53.46 | 5.14 | |
PAS | Taib Azamudden Md Taib | 28,432 | 46.54 | 5.14 | |
Total valid votes | 61,093 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,109 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 62,202 | 83.27 | 4.34 | ||
Registered electors | 74,699 | ||||
Majority | 4,229 | 6.92 | 3.56 | ||
BN gain from PAS | Swing | ?
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAS | Taib Azamudden Md Taib | 21,468 | 51.68 | 9.33 | |
BN | Bahador Shah Md. Isa | 20,074 | 48.32 | 9.33 | |
Total valid votes | 41,542 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 664 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 328 | ||||
Turnout | 42,534 | 78.93 | 3.00 | ||
Registered electors | 53,888 | ||||
Majority | 1,394 | 3.36 | 11.94 | ||
PAS gain from BN | Swing | ?
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Raja Ariffin Raja Sulaiman | 21,448 | 57.65 | 5.22 | |
PAS | Mohamad @ Md. Yusoff Ismail | 15,755 | 42.35 | 5.22 | |
Total valid votes | 37,203 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,153 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 60 | ||||
Turnout | 38,416 | 75.93 | 2.01 | ||
Registered electors | 50,593 | ||||
Majority | 5,693 | 15.30 | 10.44 | ||
BN hold | Swing |
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Raja Ariffin Raja Sulaiman | 20,590 | 62.87 | 2.28 | |
PAS | Yusof Husin | 12,161 | 37.13 | 2.28 | |
Total valid votes | 32,751 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 720 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 33,471 | 77.94 | 1.82 | ||
Registered electors | 42,945 | ||||
Majority | 8,429 | 25.74 | 4.56 | ||
BN hold | Swing |
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Raja Ariffin Raja Sulaiman | 17,995 | 60.59 | 0.39 | |
PAS | Haron Othman | 11,706 | 39.41 | 0.39 | |
Total valid votes | 29,701 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 754 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 30,455 | 76.12 | 1.51 | ||
Registered electors | 40,008 | ||||
Majority | 6,289 | 21.18 | 0.78 | ||
BN hold | Swing |
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Seroji Haron | 18,743 | 60.20 | 12.78 | |
PAS | Mohd. Nakhaie Ahmad | 12,394 | 39.80 | 8.65 | |
Total valid votes | 31,137 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,178 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 32,315 | 77.63 | 0.55 | ||
Registered electors | 41,626 | ||||
Majority | 6,349 | 20.40 | 19.37 | ||
BN gain from PAS | Swing | ?
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAS | Mohd. Nakhaie Ahmad | 13,623 | 48.45 | 48.45 | |
BN | Shafie Abdullah | 13,332 | 47.42 | 47.42 | |
Independent | Abu Bakar Sarda | 1,161 | 4.13 | 4.13 | |
Total valid votes | 28,116 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 867 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 28,983 | 78.18 | |||
Registered electors | 37,072 | ||||
Majority | 291 | 1.03 | |||
PAS gain from BN | Swing | ?
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
On the nomination day, Shafie Abdullah won uncontested. | ||||||
BN | Shafie Abdullah | |||||
Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | ||||||
Registered electors | 32,738 | |||||
Majority | ||||||
BN gain from Alliance | Swing | ?
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Shafie Abdullah | 16,247 | 59.78 | 8.39 | |
PMIP | Mohamed Romli Abdullah | 10,932 | 40.22 | 16.50 | |
Total valid votes | 27,179 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,160 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 28,339 | 78.26 | 5.30 | ||
Registered electors | 36,210 | ||||
Majority | 5,315 | 19.56 | 24.89 | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Harun Abdullah | 14,970 | 68.17 | 2.10 | |
PMIP | Ya'acob Shafie | 5,208 | 23.72 | 3.30 | |
Socialist Front | Abdullah Mohd Hashim | 1,782 | 8.11 | 8.11 | |
Total valid votes | 21,960 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,255 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 23,215 | 72.96 | 2.45 | ||
Registered electors | 31,820 | ||||
Majority | 9,762 | 44.45 | 5.40 | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Harun Abdullah | 12,118 | 70.27 | |||
PMIP | Syed Jan Aljeffri | 3,521 | 20.42 | |||
Independent | Wan Basor Ali Wan Salim | 1,605 | 9.31 | |||
Total valid votes | 17,244 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 132 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 17,376 | 75.41 | ||||
Registered electors | 23,043 | |||||
Majority | 8,597 | 49.85 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. |
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