Alor Setar (federal constituency)

Alor Setar

Kedah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Gooi Hsiao-Leung PKR
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Alor Setar is a federal constituency in 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.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Taman Malaysia, Taman Golf, Taman Uda, Jalan Sultanah, Alor Semadom, Bakar Bata, Seberang Pumpong, Suka Menanti, Taman Wira, Gunong Sali, Kampung Berjaya, Telok Yan, Kampung Seberang Terus, Taman Rakyat Mergong, Kampung Batin, Jalan Lumpur, Kampung Perak, Seberang Nyonya, Jalan Raja, Jalan Kolam, Pengkalan, Jalan Seberang Perak, Taman Bahagia, Kota Tanah, Kampung Piew, Jalan Pegawai, Sungai Korok, Kampung Telok, Bandar Simpang Kuala, Rumah Pangsa Simpang Kuala, Kampung Pegawai, Kampung Gelam, Alor Melintang, Titi Haji Idris, Tok Sibil, Alor Binjal, Tok Keling, Lahar Budi, Alor Mengkudu, Taman Saga, Taman Sultan Abdul Halim, Jalan Langgar, Kampung Tanjong Bendahara, Jalan Stesyen, Taman Bee-Bee, Keriang Pulau, Selarong.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Alor Setar
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Alor Star
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Lim Joo Kong	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Lim Joo Kong	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Lim Pee Hung
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Lim Pee Hung	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
Alor Setar
4th	1974-1978	Oo Gin Sun	BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Chor Chee Heung
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013–present	Gooi Hsiao-Leung	PKR

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Gooi Hsiao-Leung	27,364	48.31
	BN	Chor Chee Heung	25,491	45.00
	Berjasa	Abdul Fisol Mohd Isa	3,530	6.23
	BERSAMA	Jawahar Raja Abdul Wahid	257	0.45
Total valid votes			56,642	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,070
Unreturned ballots			200
Turnout			57,912	83.92
Registered electors			69,009
Majority			1,873
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chor Chee Heung	20,741	50.22
	PKR	Gooi Hsiao-Leung	20,557	49.78
Total valid votes			41,298	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,757
Unreturned ballots			151
Turnout			43,206	73.28
Registered electors			58,957
Majority			184
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chor Chee Heung	28,379	67.18
	KEADILAN	Siti Nor Abdul Hamid	13,864	32.82
Total valid votes			42,243	100.00
Total rejected ballots			828
Unreturned ballots			186
Turnout			43,257	75.48
Registered electors
Majority			14,515
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chor Chee Heung	27,847	67.75
	DAP	George John K. M. George	13,258	32.25
Total valid votes			41,105	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,542
Unreturned ballots			891
Turnout			43,538	68.37
Registered electors
Majority			14,589
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chor Chee Heung	28,943	71.96
	S46	Tunku Sofiah Tunku Md Jewa	11,278	28.04
Total valid votes			40,221	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,393
Unreturned ballots			290
Turnout			41,904	67.93
Registered electors
Majority			17,665
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chor Chee Heung	22,714	56.37
	S46	Tengku Mohammad Faris	17,579	43.63
Total valid votes			40,293	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,402
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			41,695	70.50
Registered electors
Majority			5,135
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Oo Gin Sun	16,647	47.38
	PAS	Suhaimi Ahmad	9,195	26.17
	DAP	George John K. M. George	9,042	25.74
	SDP	Mohd Noorik Abd Rahman	249	0.71
Total valid votes			35,133	100.00
Total rejected ballots			710
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			35,843	65.40
Registered electors			54,803
Majority			7,452
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Oo Gin Sun
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Oo Gin Sun
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Oo Gin Sun
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969: Alor Star
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Lim Pee Hung
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964: Alor Star
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Lim Pee Hung
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959: Alor Star
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Lim Joo Kong
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.