Belantek Explained

Belantek
State:	Kedah
State-Rep:	Ahmad Sulaiman
State-Rep-Party:	Perikatan Nasional
State-Status:	active
State-Created:	1994
State-Election-First:	1995
State-Election-Last:	2023
Demo-Electors:	28,165
Demo-Electors-Date:	2023

Belantek is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Belantek constituency has a total of 14 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Belantek (N23)	Kota Aur	013/23/01	SK Kota Aur
	Belantek	013/23/02	SK Seri Ampang Muda
	Kampung Gulau	013/23/03	SMK Gulau
	Kubang Kesom	013/23/04	SK Danglau
	Chepir	013/23/05	SK Chepir
	Kampung Chong	013/23/06	SK Paya Terendam
	Bendang Man	013/23/07	SMK Chepir
	Durian Burong	013/23/08	SK Sik Dalam
	Charok Kit	013/23/09	Kolej KEDA
	Kampung Dusun	013/23/10	SMK Sik
	Pekan Sik	013/23/11	SK Sik
	Kampung Sadu	013/23/12	SJK (C) Chung Hwa
	Kampung Namek	013/23/13	SK Seri Dusun
	Kampung Kemelong	013/23/14	Maktab Mahmud Sik

Representation history

Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Belantek
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sik
9th	1995–1999	Salleh Musa
10th	1999–2004	Mohd Isa Shafie
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013	Tajuddin Abdullah
13th	2013–2018
	2018–2020	Mohd Isa Shafie
	2020–2023
	2023	Vacant^[3]
15th	2023–present	Ahmad Sulaiman

Note

1. News: Kedah 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) . . . 23 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180515121358/https://election.thestar.com.my/kedah.html . 15 May 2018 . live . 16 April 2019.
2. Web site: 2018-03-30 . Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018] ]. 2019-01-03 . Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia.
3. Vacant from 14 June 2023 until the 2023 state election due to the incumbent died in office.