Larut (federal constituency)

Larut is a federal constituency in Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

Larut (P056)

Perak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Hamzah Zainuddin PN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	66,020
Electors (2022)[2]	65,719
Area (km²)[3]	1,129
Pop. density (per km²)	58.5

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Larut's electorate as of 2022^[4]

  Malay (90.30%)

  Indian (5.5%)

  Chinese (3.9%)

  Other ethnicities (0.2%)

Age breakdown of Larut's electorate as of 2022

  18-20 (5.95%)

  21-29 (21.62%)

  30-39 (22.92%)

  40-49 (17.35%)

  50-59 (13.6%)

  60-69 (10.58%)

  70-79 (5.63%)

  80-89 (1.98%)

  above 90 (0.36%)

Gender breakdown of Larut's electorate as of 2022

  Male (49.12%)

  Female (50.88%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Larut constituency is divided into 46 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Selama (N05）	Ulu Selama	056/05/01	SK Sungai Siputeh
	Ulu Selama Barat	056/05/02	SK Bukit Bertam
	Banggol Jas	056/05/03	SMK Sungai Bayor
	Sungai Rambutan	056/05/04	SK Toh Rakna Sakti
	Sungai Bedarah	056/05/05	SK Toh Rahna Sakti
	Kampong Sungai Siputeh	056/05/06	SK Sungai Siputeh
	Kampong Gorok	056/05/07	SK Sungai Bayor
	Sungai Bayor	056/05/08	SK Sungai Bayor
	Ulu Mengkuang	056/05/09	SK Ulu Mengkuang
	Rantau Panjang	056/05/10	SK Rantau Panjang
	Rantau Panjang Utara	056/05/11	SJK (C) Chi Sheng (2)
	Pekan Selama	056/05/12	SK Selama
	Selama Utara	056/06/13	SK Sri Selama
	Sungai Terap	056/05/14	SJK (C) Sungai Terap
	Bukit Kelian	056/05/15	SMK Dato' Hj Hussein
Kubu Gajah (N06）	Sungai Dendang	056/06/01	SK Sungai Dendang
	Kubu Gajah	056/06/02	SMK Kubu Gajah
	Tebing Tinggi	056/06/03	SK Tebing Tinggi
	Sungai Malau	056/06/04	SK Tebing Tinggi
	Ladang Holyrood	056/06/05	SK (RTBK) Pondok Tanjong
	Bagan Baharu	056/06/06	SK Bagan Baharu
	FELDA Ijok	056/06/07	SK Sultan Idris II
	Ulu Ijok Timor	056/06/08	SK Sungai Jernih
	Kampong Bendang Luas	056/06/09	SK Haji Wan Jaafar
	Rendang Panjang	056/06/10	SMK Rendang Panjang
	Pantai Besar	056/06/11	SK Pantai Besar
	Sungai Ara	056/06/12	SK Sungai Ara
	Kampong Gudang	056/06/13	SK Kampung Gudang
	Batu Dua Puluh	056/06/14	SK Kampung Yaman
	Jelai	056/06/15	SK Jelai
	Relang	056/06/16	SK Kampung Relang
	Kampong Ayer Hitam	056/06/17	SK Jelai
Batu Kurau（N07）	Ulu Sepetang	056/07/01	SK Ulu Sepetang
	Sungai Pulau	056/07/02	SK Toh Sajak
	Batu Kurau	056/07/03	SMK Dato Kamaruddin
	Changkat Perah	056/07/04	SMK Dato Kamaruddin
	Kampong Repoh	056/07/05	SK Kampung Repoh
	Sungai Akar	056/07/06	SK Batu Kurau
	Kampong Titi Kasai	056/07/07	SMK Kampong Perak
	Changkat Lobak	056/07/08	Madrasah Diniah SA Rakyat Nurul Khairiah
	Bukit Bertan	056/07/09	SMK Kampong Perak
	Kampong Perak Tengah	056/07/10	SK Kampong Perak
	Kampong Sempeneh	056/07/11	SK Kampong Perak
	Kampong Anak Kurau	056/07/12	SK Sri Kurau
	Changkat Larah	056/07/13	SK Ulu Sepetang
	Taman Rakyat	056/07/14	SRA Rakyat Nurul Khairiah Tabika KEMAS, Taman Rakyat dan Dewan Orang Ramai, Taman Rakyat

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Larut
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Larut Utara
4th	P045	1974–1978	Kamaruddin Mohamed Isa (قمرالدين محمد عيسى)	BN (UMNO)
5th		1978–1982
6th		1982–1986
7th	P050	1986–1990	Mohd. Zihin Mohd. Hassan (محمد ذهن محمد حسّان)
8th		1990–1995
9th	P053	1995–1999
10th		1999–2004	Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar (راج أحمد زين الدين راج عمر)
11th	P056	2004–2008
12th		2008–2013	Hamzah Zainudin (حمزة زين الدين)
13th		2013–2018
14th		2018
		2018–2019		Independent
		2019–2020		PH (BERSATU)
		2020–2022		PN (BERSATU)
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Larut			Batu Kurau
						Kubu Gajah
			Selama

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N5	Selama	Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin	PN (PAS)
N6	Kubu Gajah	Khalil Yahaya
N7	Batu Kurau	Mohd Najmuddin Elias Al-Hafiz	PN (BERSATU)

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N5	Selama	Selama District Council	34010, 34020, 34030 Taiping 34100, 34120, 34130 Selama 34140 Rantau Panjang 34500, 34510, 34520 Batu Kurau 34600 Kamunting
N6	Kubu Gajah	Taiping Municipal Council (Jelai area) Selama District Council
N7	Batu Kurau	Taiping Municipal Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Hamzah Zainudin	28,350	54.65	54.65
	BN	Mohd Shafiq Fhadly Mahmud	16,752	32.29	13.61
	PH	Zolkarnain Abidin	6,207	11.97	7.56
	GTA	Awzey Fazlan Sahidi	566	1.09	1.09
Total valid votes			51,875	100.00
Total rejected ballots			735
Unreturned ballots			154
Turnout			52,764	78.93	2.91
Registered electors			65,719
Majority			11,598	22.36	11.04
	PN gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753277/PUB610%20PARLIMEN%20PERAK.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamzah Zainudin	18,184	45.90	10.48
	PAS	Abu Husin Mohmmad	13,698	34.57	8.35
	PH	Khairil Anuar Akhiruddin	7,738	19.53	19.53
Total valid votes			39,620	100.00
Total rejected ballots			722
Unreturned ballots			128
Turnout			40,470	81.84	4.25
Registered electors			49,453
Majority			4,486	11.32	2.14
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 237/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 311/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link]

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamzah Zainudin	22,184	56.38	3.18
	PAS	Mohd Fauzi Sa'ari	16,888	42.92	3.88
	Independent	Raveendran M. Vallikana	278	0.70	0.70
Total valid votes			39,350	100.00
Total rejected ballots			579
Unreturned ballots			171
Turnout			40,100	86.09	9.03
Registered electors			46,577
Majority			5,296	13.46	7.06
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 174/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2016-05-14. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 215/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-14.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamzah Zainudin	15,878	53.20	9.26
	PAS	Mohd. Dhari Othman	13,967	46.80	9.26
Total valid votes			29,845	100.00
Total rejected ballots			687
Unreturned ballots			57
Turnout			30,589	77.06	0.94
Registered electors			39,697
Majority			1,911	6.40	18.52
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar	19,064	62.46	4.33
	PAS	Kamarudin Awang Basir	11,456	37.54	37.54
Total valid votes			30,520	100.00
Total rejected ballots			795
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			31,315	78.00	6.24
Registered electors			40,147
Majority			7,608	24.92	8.66
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar	14,334	58.13	58.13
	PKR	Mohd Nor R. M. Monutty	10,325	41.87	41.87
Total valid votes			24,659	100.00
Total rejected ballots			834
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			25,500	71.76
Registered electors			35,535
Majority			4,009	16.26
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Mohd. Zihin Mohd. Hassan won uncontested.
	BN	Mohd. Zihin Mohd. Hassan
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd. Zihin Mohd. Hassan	17,162	73.55	0.20
	S46	Ahmad Nawi	6,172	26.45	26.45
Total valid votes			23,334	100.00
Total rejected ballots			805
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			24,139	72.12	3.61
Registered electors			33,469
Majority			10,990	47.10	0.40
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd. Zihin Mohd. Hassan	15,897	73.35	0.18
	PAS	Zawawi Kamaruddin	5,775	26.65	0.18
Total valid votes			21,672	100.00
Total rejected ballots			656
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,328	68.51	6.83
Registered electors			32,593
Majority			10,122	46.70	0.36
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kamaruddin Mohamed Isa	13,580	73.53	2.54
	PAS	Ahmad Yusof	4,888	26.47	2.53
Total valid votes			18,468	100.00
Total rejected ballots			558
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,026	75.34	3.40
Registered electors			25,253
Majority			8,692	47.06	5.06
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kamaruddin Mohamed Isa	12,009	71.00	12.99
	PAS	Abdul Wahab Mohd Noor	4,904	29.00	29.00
Total valid votes			16,913	100.00
Total rejected ballots			408
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,321	78.74	1.68
Registered electors			21,997
Majority			7,105	42.00	25.98
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Kamaruddin Mohamed Isa	12,575	83.99
	Homeland Consciousness Union	Mohamed Nawawi Mohamed Hassan	2,397	16.01
Total valid votes			14,972	100.00
Total rejected ballots			767
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,739	77.06
Registered electors			20,424
Majority			10,178	67.98
This was a new constituency created.

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