Beruas (federal constituency)

Beruas

Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ngeh Koo Ham DAP
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Beruas is a federal constituency in Perak, 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 Kampong Pintu Gerbang, Paya Ara, Dendang, Bruas, Bruas Barat, Bruas Timor, Ladang Bruas, Ulu Bruas, Panchor, Pengkalan Baharu, Kampong Baharu Sungai Batu, Ladang Huntly, Kampong Kota, Kampong Tengah, Gelong Gajah, Kampong Banjar, Kampong Jering New Village, Changkat Chermin, Jalan Ayer Tawar, Paya Nibong, Taman Bintang, Pantai Remis, Kampong Indah, Kampong Sungai Batu, Ladang Segari, Segari, Changkat Keruing, Ladang Cashwood, Kampong Merbau, Kampong Raja Hitam, Bunga Raya, Taman Sri Ayer Tawar, Taman Dinding, Ayer Tawar Baharu, Ayer Tawar Tengah, Ayer Tawar Selatan.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Beruas
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Bruas
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Yeoh Tat Beng	Independent
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Yeoh Tat Beng	Independent
2nd	1964-1966		Alliance
	1966-1969	Chew Biow Chuon
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Su Liang Yu	PPP
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978
5th	1978-1982	Ting Chek Ming	DAP
6th	1982-1986	Michael Chen Wing Sum	BN
Beruas
7th	1986-1990	Lim Keng Yaik	BN
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Ngeh Koo Ham	DAP
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ngeh Koo Ham	21,939	56.51
	BN	Chang Ko Youn	16,882	43.49
Total valid votes			38,821	100.00
Total rejected ballots			687
Unreturned ballots			78
Turnout			39,586	80.45
Registered electors			49,205
Majority			5,057
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ngeh Koo Ham	15,831	53.06
	BN	Chang Ko Youn	14,003	46.94
Total valid votes			29,834	100.00
Total rejected ballots			889
Unreturned ballots			98
Turnout			30,821	71.22
Registered electors			43,273
Majority			1,828
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Keng Yaik @ Lim Kheng Heang	15,867	58.40
	DAP	Nga Hock Cheh	11,303	41.60
Total valid votes			27,170	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,102
Unreturned ballots			56
Turnout			28,328	67.17
Registered electors
Majority			4,564
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Keng Yaik @ Lim Kheng Heang	14,256	51.81
	DAP	Yew Teong Chong	12,801	46.53
	MDP	Abdul Roni	457	1.66
Total valid votes			27,514	100.00
Total rejected ballots			782
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			28,297	64.02
Registered electors
Majority			1,455
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Keng Yaik @ Lim Kheng Heang	18,313	68.46
	DAP	Chen Lim Piow	7,059	26.39
	Independent	Ramli Ariffin	708	2.65
	Independent	Tan Kiat Seng @ Shuk Yik	671	2.51
Total valid votes			26,751	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,050
Unreturned ballots			58
Turnout			27,859	66.56
Registered electors
Majority			11,254
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Keng Yaik @ Lim Kheng Heang	13,889	51.60
	DAP	Ngeh Koo Ham	13,026	48.40
Total valid votes			26,915	100.00
Total rejected ballots			803
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			27,718	71.38
Registered electors
Majority			863
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Keng Yaik @ Lim Kheng Heang	11,926	48.82
	DAP	Gong Ngie Hea	10,911	44.66
	PAS	Hassan Mohamed	1,594	6.52
Total valid votes			24,431	100.00
Total rejected ballots			805
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,236	72.46
Registered electors			34,828
Majority			1,015
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982: Bruas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Michael Chen Wing Sum
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978: Bruas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ting Chek Ming
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974: Bruas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Su Liang Yu
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from PPP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969: Bruas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	Su Liang Yu
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PPP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general by-election, 4 June 1966: Kampar Upon the death of incumbent, Yeoh Tat Beng
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Chew Biow Chuon	9,464	49.17
	PPP	Wong Kok Weng	6,426	33.39
	PMIP	Abdul Rahim Mat Salleh	3,357	17.44
Total valid votes			19,247	100.00
Total rejected ballots			364
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,611	72.60
Registered electors			27,014
Majority			3,038
	Alliance hold		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964: Bruas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Yeoh Tat Beng
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			3,868
	Alliance gain from Independent		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959: Bruas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Yeoh Tat Beng
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.