Larut (federal constituency) explained

Larut (P056)
State:	Perak
Fed-Rep:	Hamzah Zainuddin
Fed-Rep-Party:	Perikatan Nasional
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-Created:	1974
Fed-Election-First:	1974
Fed-Election-Last:	2022
Demo-Census-Date:	2020
Demo-Pop:	66020
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Electors:	65,719
Demo-Electors-Date:	2022
Demo-Electors-Ref:	^[2]
Demo-Area:	1129
Demo-Area-Ref:	^[3]

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

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

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Larut constituency is divided into 46 polling districts.^[4]

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
	P045	1974–1978	Kamaruddin Mohamed Isa (كامروددين محمد عيسى)
		1978–1982
		1982–1986
	P050	1986–1990	Mohd. Zihin Mohd. Hassan (محمد. زيهين محمد. حسن)
	P050	1990–1995
	P053	1995–1999
	P053	1999–2004	Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar (راج احمد زاينوددين راج عمر)
	P056	2004–2008	Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar (راج احمد زاينوددين راج عمر)
		2008–2013	Hamzah Zainudin (حمزة زين الدين)
		2013–2018
		2018
		2018–2019		Independent
		2019–2020
		2020–2022
		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentaryconstituency	State constituency
Parliamentaryconstituency	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
N5	Selama
N6	Kubu Gajah
N7	Batu Kurau	Mohd Najmuddin Elias Al-Hafiz

Local governments

!No.!State Constituency!Local Government
N5	Selama	Selama District Council
N6	Kubu Gajah	Taiping Municipal Council (Jelai area) Selama District Council
N7	Batu Kurau	Taiping Municipal Council

References

Web site: Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya . . 2018-08-12.

Notes and References

Web site: Kawasanku. Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. 2023-09-24. en.
Web site: Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. 2020-01-29. 13. ms.
Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. 2020-01-29. ms.
Web site: Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election . Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.