Kampar (federal constituency)

Kampar

Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ko Chung Sen DAP
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Kampar is a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974, from 1986 to present.

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.

History

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 1984.

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Ayer Denak, Sungai Durian, Pekan Tanjong Tualang, Kampong Ayer Papan, Changkat Tin, Kampong Timah, Malim Nawar, Malim Nawar Utara, Malim Nawar Lama, Malim Nawar Baharu, Malim Nawar Selatan, Malim Nawar Tengah, Kampar Barat, Tronoh Mines, Kampong Ayer Hitam, Mambang Diawan Barat, Mambang Diawan Utara, Mambang Diawan Selatan, Kampar Utara, Jalan Kuala Dipang, Taman Bandar Baru, Kampong Aston, Wah Loong Road, Simpang Lima, Jalan Keranji, Jalan Gopeng, Kampong Changkat, Jalan Post Office, Jalan Baharu, Jalan Labu, Wah Loong Tengah, Wah Loong Selatan, Jalan Iskandar, Kampong Ayer Mati, Ladang Kinta Kellas, Kampong Chenderong, Changkat Tualang, Ladang Kota Bharu, Gunong Mesah, Kampong Pisang, Jeram Timor, Jeram Selatan, Jeram Barat, Ladang Lembah Kinta, Kampong Batu Tujoh, Kota Bharu, Changkat Bharu, Tualang Sekah.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kampar
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1960	Leong Kee Nyean	Alliance
	1960-1963	Chan Yoon Onn	PPP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Chan Yoon Onn	PPP
2nd	1964-1969	Toh Theam Hock	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Fan Yew Teng	DAP
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created
7th	1986-1990	Ngoi Thiam Woh	DAP
8th	1990-1995	James Wong Wing On
9th	1995-1999	Hew See Tong	BN
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Lee Chee Leong
13th	2013-present	Ko Chung Sen	DAP

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ko Chung Sen	26,863	55.59
	BN	Lee Chee Leong	21,463	44.41
Total valid votes			48,326	100.00
Total rejected ballots			816
Unreturned ballots			123
Turnout			49,265	77.44
Registered electors			63,619
Majority			5,400
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lee Chee Leong	20,126	53.59
	DAP	Keong Meng Sing	17,429	46.41
Total valid votes			37,555	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,048
Unreturned ballots			350
Turnout			38,953	65.16
Registered electors			59,784
Majority			2,697
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hew See Tong	23,129	62.91
	DAP	Liew Ah Kim	13,639	37.09
Total valid votes			36,768	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,542
Unreturned ballots			103
Turnout			38,413	63.10
Registered electors
Majority			9,490
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hew See Tong	23,030	59.67
	DAP	Loh Peng Lam	15,567	40.33
Total valid votes			38,597	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,084
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			39,704	61.34
Registered electors
Majority			7,463
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hew See Tong	26,653	68.09
	DAP	Chong Joon Kin	12,490	31.91
Total valid votes			39,143	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,509
Unreturned ballots			63
Turnout			40,715	65.30
Registered electors
Majority			14,163
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	James Wong Wing On	13,964	50.56
	BN	Hew See Tong	13,652	49.44
Total valid votes			27,616	100.00
Total rejected ballots			768
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,384	67.95
Registered electors
Majority			312
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ngoi Thiam Woh	14,606	52.60
	BN	Chin Fook Yen	11,525	41.51
	SDP	San Yew Teng	1,636	5.89
Total valid votes			27,767	100.00
Total rejected ballots			657
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,424	68.70
Registered electors			41,374
Majority			3,081
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Fan Yew Teng
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Toh Theam Hock
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance gain from PPP		Swing		?

Malaysian general by-election, 18 May 1960 Upon the disqualification of incumbent, Leong Kee Nyean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	Chan Yoon Onn	11,314	51.11
	Alliance	Liew Whye Hone	9,315	42.08
	PMIP	Abdul Wahab Mohamed Noor	1,509	6.82
Total valid votes			22,138	100.00
Total rejected ballots			133
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,271
Registered electors
Majority			1,999
	PPP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Leong Kee Nyean
	PPP	Chan Yoon Onn
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			1,253
This was a new constituency created.