Bagan (federal constituency)

Bagan

Penang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Lim Guan Eng DAP
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Bagan is a federal constituency in Penang, 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

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

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Bagan Ajam, Permatang Tengah, Sungai Puyu, Kampong Bahru, Bagan Lalang, Taman Merbau, Taman Dedap, Taman Bunga Tanjung, Bagan Jermal, Kubang Buaya, Kampong Gajah, Jalan Mengkuang, Kampong Simpa, Mak Mandin, Taman Sukaria, Taman Melor, Taman Cantik, Bagan Luar, Telaga Ayer, Taman Bagan, Kampong Acham, Sekolah St. Marks, Bagan Dalam, Jalan Assumption.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bagan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Tan Cheng Bee	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Tan Cheng Bee	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Tan Cheng Bee	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created
7th	1986-1990	Teoh Teik Huat	DAP
8th	1990-1995	Lim Hock Seng
9th	1995	Patto Perumal
	1995-1999	Lim Hock Seng
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Lim Guan Eng
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Guan Eng	46,466	78.62
	BN	David Chua Teik Siang	12,307	20.82
	PCM	Lim Kim Chu	328	0.55
Total valid votes			59,101	100.00
Total rejected ballots			634
Unreturned ballots			57
Turnout			59,792	87.28
Registered electors			68,503
Majority			34,159
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Guan Eng	33,748	74.29
	BN	Song Choy Leng	11,678	25.71
Total valid votes			45,426	100.00
Total rejected ballots			766
Unreturned ballots			35
Turnout			46,227	77.84
Registered electors			59,385
Majority			22,070
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Hock Seng	23,095	54.25
	BN	Lim Chien Aun	19,473	45.75
Total valid votes			42,568	100.00
Total rejected ballots			961
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			43,542	75.96
Registered electors
Majority			3,622
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Hock Seng	27,757	52.61
	BN	Tan Tiao Kuen	24,999	47.39
Total valid votes			52,756	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,084
Unreturned ballots			42
Turnout			53,882	74.72
Registered electors
Majority			2,758
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 9 September 1995 Upon the death of incumbent, P. Patto
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Hock Seng	27,166	63.76
	BN	Yeoh Khoon Chooi	15,364	36.06
	Independent	Tan Kee Chye	75	0.18
Total valid votes			42,605	100.00
Total rejected ballots			681
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			43,286	61.21
Registered electors			70,718
Majority			11,802
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Patto Perumal	26,524	50.11
	BN	Yeoh Khoon Chooi	26,406	49.89
Total valid votes			52,930	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,306
Unreturned ballots			142
Turnout			54,378	76.89
Registered electors
Majority			118
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Hock Seng	22,673	53.18
	BN	Sak Cheng Lum	19,959	46.82
Total valid votes			42,632	100.00
Total rejected ballots			790
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			43,422	76.86
Registered electors
Majority			2,714
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teoh Teik Huat	21,759	55.91
	BN	Chaw Chek Sam	17,158	44.09
Total valid votes			38,917	100.00
Total rejected ballots			927
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			39,844	72.31
Registered electors			55,105
Majority			4,601
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tan Cheng Bee
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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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tan Cheng Bee
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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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tan Cheng Bee
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.