Bintong Explained

Bintong
State:	Perlis
State-Rep:	Fakhrul Anwar Ismail
State-Rep-Party:	Perikatan Nasional
State-Status:	active
State-Created:	1958
State-Election-First:	1959
State-Election-Last:	2022
Demo-Electors:	16,366
Demo-Electors-Date:	2022
Demo-Electors-Ref:	^[1]

Bintong is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was first contested in 1958 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system., the State Assemblyman for Bintong is Fakhrul Anwar Ismail from Perikatan Nasional (PN).

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Bintong constituency is divided into 6 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bintong (N06)	Nesam	002/06/01	SK Padang Kota
	Abi	002/06/02	SK Abi
	Kechor	002/06/03	SR Islam 1
	Hutan Melintang	002/06/04	SK Behor Empiang
	Telok Kachang	002/06/05	SK Stella Maris
	Wang Bintong	002/06/06	SK Bintong

Demographics

Total electors by polling district in 2016!Polling district!Electors

Nesam	1,906
Abi	2,059
Kechor	724
Hutan Melintang	1,811
Telok Kachang	2,311
Wang Bintong	2,075
Total	10,886
Source: Malaysian Election Commission^[3]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bintong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1959–1964	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim
	1964–1969	Syed Omar Syed Hussin
	1969–1971	Assembly dissolved
	1971–1973	Syed Omar Syed Hussin
	1973–1974
	1974–1978	Jaafar Hassan
	1978–1982
	1982–1986	Shuib Mohamad
	1986–1990
	1990–1995
	1995–1999	Sopiah Ahmad
	1999–2004	Md Isa Sabu
	2004–2008	Rusli Mat Husin
	2008–2013	Md Isa Sabu
	2013–2018	Rela Ahmad
	2018–2022
	2022–present

References

• Web site: Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya . . 2016-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160424120924/http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74= . 2016-04-24 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. 2018-04-25. 12. ms. 2018-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425183951/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/HargaDPIST42017_PRU14.pdf. dead.
2. Web site: Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election . Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.
3. 2018. Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018-05-14. 2018-04-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20180412212213/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/Jilid%201%20Kajian%20Semula%20Persempadanan%20V2.pdf. dead.