Merbok (federal constituency) explained

Merbok (P014)
State:	Kedah
Fed-Rep:	Mohd Nazri Abu Hassan
Fed-Rep-Party:	Perikatan Nasional
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-Created:	1984
Fed-Election-First:	1986
Fed-Election-Last:	2022
Demo-Census-Date:	2020
Demo-Pop:	215367
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Electors:	134,147
Demo-Electors-Date:	2023
Demo-Electors-Ref:	^[2]
Demo-Area:	451
Demo-Area-Ref:	^[3]

Merbok is a federal constituency in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, 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.

Demographics

https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/parliament/KEDAH

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Merbok constituency is divided into 40 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bukit Selambau (N25）	Kuala Sin	014/25/01	SK Kampung Kuala Sin
	Kampung Sungkap	014/25/02	SK Bukit Selambau
	Bukit Lembu	014/25/03	SK Aman Jaya
	Taman Bandar Baru	014/25/04	SMK Aman Jaya SK Bandar Baru Sungai Lalang
	Sungai Lalang	014/25/05	SJK (C) Chung Hwa
	Taman Desa Aman	014/25/06	SK Sungai Lalang
	Bandar Laguna Merbok	014/25/07	SK Bandar Laguna Merbok
	Tasek Apong	014/25/08	SK Tasek Apong
	Air Mendidih	014/25/09	SJK (T) Saraswathy
	Jalan Badlishah	014/25/10	Dewan Kompleks Penyayang, Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat Derah Kuala Muda
	Taman Peruda	014/25/11	SMK Bandar Sungai Petani
	Taman Ria Utara	014/25/12	SK Taman Ria
	United Petani	014/25/13	SJK (T) Arumugam Pillai
	Patani Para	014/25/14	SK Patani Para
	Bukit Rusa	014/35/15	SJK (T) Palanisamy Kumaran SMK Taman Ria
	Pekan Bukit Selambau	014/25/16	SJK (C) Fuh Sun
	Kampung Pokok Machang	014/25/17	SMK Bukit Selambau
	Batu Belachan	014/25/18	SK Seri Wangsa
	Titi Panjang	014/25/19	SK Dataran Muda
	Ambangan Height	014/25/20	SK Ambangan Height
	Taman Ria Selatan	014/25/21	Kolej Vokasional Sungai Petani 1
Tanjong Dawai (N26)	Bujang	014/26/01	MRSM Merbok
	Pekan Sabtu Merbok	014/26/02	SJK (C) Sin Hwa
	Simpang Tiga Pasir	014/26/03	SK Merbok (Pusat)
	Pekan Merbok	014/26/04	SMK Merbok
	Kampung Pasir	014/26/05	SK Kampong Pasir
	Kampung Huma	014/26/06	SK Tanjong Dawai
	Tanjong Dawai	014/26/07	SJK (C) Choong Cheng
	Batu Hampar	014/26/08	SK Batu Hampar
	Pengkalan Bujang	014/26/09	SK Haji Omar Tahir
	Sungai Gelam	014/26/10	SK Sultan Mudzaffar Shah
	Sungai Jagong	014/26/11	SA Daris
	Sungai Layar	014/26/12	SK Sungai Layar
	Semeling Kanan	014/26/13	SK Semeling
	Semeling Kiri	014/26/14	SJK (C) Ching Chong
	Kampung Bedong	014/16/15	SMK Bedong
	Taman Orkid	014/26/16	SMK Sungai Layar
	Taman Sri Tanjong	014/26/17	SK Tuan Syed Jan Al-Jaffri
	Bunga Raya	014/26/18	SMK Ibrahim
	Sekolah Ibrahim	014/26/19	SK Ibrahim

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Merbok
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Kuala Muda
	P011	1986–1990	Abdul Daim Zainuddin (دائم زين الدين)
	P011	1990–1995
	P014	1995–1999
		1999–2004
		2004–2008	Zainuddin Maidin (زين الدين بن ميدين)
		2008–2013	Rashid Din (رشيد دين)
		2013–2018	Ismail Daut (إسماعيل داود)
		2018–2022	Nor Azrina Surip (نورعصرنا بنت سوريڤ)
		2022–present	Mohd Nazri Abu Hassan (محمد نازري ابو حسن)

State constituency

Parliamentaryconstituency	State constituency
Parliamentaryconstituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Merbok					Bukit Selambau
				Gurun
				Tanjong Dawai

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N25	Bukit Selambau
N26	Tanjong Dawai

Local governments & postcodes

!No.!State Constituency!Local Government!Postcode
N25	Bukit Selambau	Sungai Petani Municipal Council	08000, 08010, Sungai Petani
N26	Tanjong Dawai	Sungai Petani Municipal Council	08000, 08010, Sungai Petani

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. 2018-04-16. 2020-01-29. 4. 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: 15 July 2023 . Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A) Polling Hours For the General Election of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kedah . Attorney General's Chambers. https://web.archive.org/web/20230719100432/https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1837434/PUB%20266.pdf. July 19, 2023.