Tambun (federal constituency)

Tambun

Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah BN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2013

Tambun is a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 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 Kanthan, Pekan Chemor, Kelabang, Kuala Kuang, Kampong Chepor Dalam, Kampong Ulu Chepor, Meru Raya, Taman Jati, Meru, Kampong Sungai Kati, Kampong Datok Ahmad Said Tambahan 2 Tengah, Kampong Datok Ahmad Said Tambahan 2 Selatan, Kampong Sungai Tapah, Taman Keledang Jaya, Kampong Tengku Hussein, Kampong Seberang Manjoi, Tun Terang, Chemor Indah, Kuang, Kampong Ulu Chemor, Kampong Chik Zainal, Tanah Hitam, Changkat Kinding, Hospital Bahagia, Tanjong Rambutan, Tanjong Rambutan Utara, Tanjong Rambutan Barat, Kawasan Polis Hutan, Taman Perpaduan, Tambun, Kampong Tersusun Batu 5, Bandar Baru Sunway.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Tambun
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986–1990	Yahaya Mohd. Shafie	BN
8th	1990–1995	Nawawi Mat Awin
9th	1995–1999	Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah	42,093	56.23
	PKR	Siti Aishah Shaik Ismail	32,768	43.77
Total valid votes			74,861	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,196
Unreturned ballots			218
Turnout			76,275	85.29
Registered electors			89,435
Majority			9,325
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah	27,942	55.33
	PKR	Mohamad Asri Othman	22,556	44.67
Total valid votes			50,498	100.00
Total rejected ballots			927
Unreturned ballots			419
Turnout			51,844	75.17
Registered electors			68,966
Majority			5,386
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah	31,824	68.75
	PAS	Khairuddin Abdul Malik	14,464	31.25
Total valid votes			46,288	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,280
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			47,571	72.94
Registered electors
Majority			17,360
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah	24,595	58.41
	PAS	Khairuddin Abdul Malik	17,511	41.59
Total valid votes			42,106	100.00
Total rejected ballots			971
Unreturned ballots			1,755
Turnout			44,832	70.74
Registered electors
Majority			7,084
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah	33,224	83.46
	S46	Abdul Rahman Md. Nur	6,585	16.54
Total valid votes			39,809	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,314
Unreturned ballots			1,609
Turnout			42,732	72.96
Registered electors
Majority			26,639
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nawawi Mat Awin	29,176	63.08
	S46	Kamarudin Awang Teh	17,074	36.92
Total valid votes			46,250	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,987
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			48,237	74.52
Registered electors
Majority			12,102
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yahaya Mohd. Shafie	24,342	71.53
	PAS	Ahmad Idzam Ahmad	9,687	28.47
Total valid votes			34,029	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,058
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			36,087	67.85
Registered electors			53,184
Majority			14,655
This was a new constituency created.