Alor Setar (federal constituency) explained

Alor Setar (P009)
State:	Kedah
Fed-Rep:	Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden
Fed-Rep-Party:	Perikatan Nasional
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-Created:	1955
Fed-Election-First:	1955
Fed-Election-Last:	2022
Demo-Census-Date:	2020
Demo-Pop:	119010
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Electors:	105,979
Demo-Electors-Date:	2023
Demo-Electors-Ref:	^[2]
Demo-Area:	111
Demo-Area-Ref:	^[3]

Alor Setar (formerly Alor Star) is a federal constituency in Kota Setar District, Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1955.

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 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 Alor Setar constituency is divided into 52 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Suka Menanti (N12)	Taman Malaysia	009/12/01	SK Seri Amar Diraja
	Taman Golf	009/12/02	Jabatan Kebudayaan Dan Kesenian Negara Kedah
	Taman Uda	009/12/03	SK Taman Uda
	Jalan Sultanah	009/12/04	SMK Sultanah Bahiyah
	Alor Semadom	009/12/05	SK Hj Mohd Shariff
	Seberang Pumpong	009/12/06	SJK (C) Pumpong
	Suka Menanti	009/12/07	SK Suka Menanti
	Taman Wira	009/12/08	SMK Mergong
	Gunong Sali	009/12/09	SK Seri Perdana
	Kampung Berjaya	009/12/10	SJK (C) Long Chuan
	Telok Yan	009/12/11	SJK (C) Long Chuan
	Kampung Seberang Terus	009/12/12	SMK Tunku Abdul Rahman
	Taman Rakyat Mergong	009/12/13	SMK Tunku Abdul Rahman
	Kampung Batin	009/12/14	SK Mergong
	Alor Merah	009/12/15	SMK Alor Merah
Kota Darul Aman (N13)	Kanchut	009/13/01	SK Wan Sulaiman Sidiq
	Tambang Badak	009/13/02	SK Wan Sulaiman Sidiq
	Bakar Bata	009/13/03	SMK Syed Mohamed Al-Bukhary
	Jalan Lumpur	009/13/04	SJK (C) Keat Hwa (H)
	Kampung Perak	009/13/05	SJK (C) Keat Hwa (H)
	Seberang Nyonya	009/13/06	Pusat Rukun Tetangga Kampung Berjaya, Alor Setar
	Jalan Raja	009/13/07	SJK (C) Keat Hwa (S)
	Jalan Kolam	009/13/08	SMK St Michael
	Pengkalan	009/13/09	SJK (C) Keat Hwa (S)
	Jalan Seberang Perak	009/13/10	SK Seberang Perak
	Taman Bahagia	009/13/11	SM Keat Hwa (Persendirian)
	Kota Tanah	009/13/12	SM Keat Hwa (Persendirian)
	Kampung Piew	009/13/13	SK Sg Korok Lama
	Jalan Pegawai	009/13/14	Maktab Mahmud Puteri
	Sungai Korok	009/13/15	SK Jalan Pegawai
	Kampung Telok	009/13/16	SJK (C) Sin Min
	Bandar Simpang Kuala	009/13/17	Maktab Mahmud Alor Setar
	Rumah Pangsa Simpang Kuala	009/13/18	SJK (C) Sin Min
	Kampung Pegawai	009/13/19	Wisma Lung Kong
	Jalan Stesyen	009/13/20	SMK St Michael
	Taman Bee Bee	009/13/21	SJK (C) Peng Min
	Tongkang Yard	009/13/22	SK Seberang Perak Baru
Alor Mengkudu (N14)	Kampung Gelam	009/14/01	SK Kampong Gelam
	Alor Melintang	009/14/02	SK Alor Melintang
	Titi Haji Idris	009/14/03	SK Hj Idris Tajar
	Tok Sibil	009/14/04	SK Darul Hikmah
	Alor Binjal	009/14/05	SMK Tajar
	Tok Keling	009/14/06	SK Haji Wahab
	Lahar Budi	009/14/07	SK Lahar Budi
	Alor Mengkudu	009/14/08	SK Alor Mengkudu
	Taman Saga	009/14/09	SMK Simpang Kuala
	Taman Sultan Abdul Halim	009/14/10	SMK Convent
	Jalan Langgar	009/14/11	Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid
	Kampung Tanjong Bendahara	009/14/12	SK Iskandar
	Keriang Pulau	009/14/13	SM Teknik Alor Setar
	Selarong	009/14/14	SMK Dato' Wan Mohd Saman
	Tandop	009/14/15	SK Dato' Wan Mohd Saman

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Alor Setar
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Alor Star
Federal Legislative Council
1st		1955–1959	Lee Thean Hin (李添兴)
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
	P006	1959–1963	Lim Joo Kong (林如岗)
Parliament of Malaysia
	P006	1963–1964	Lim Joo Kong (林如岗)
	P006	1964–1969	Lim Pee Hung (林维翰)
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended^[5] ^[6]
	P006	1971–1973	Lim Pee Hung (林维翰)
	P006	1973–1974	Lim Pee Hung (林维翰)
Alor Setar
	P007	1974–1978	Oo Gin Sun (余银山)
		1978–1982
		1982–1986
		1986–1990
		1990–1995	Chor Chee Heung (曹智雄)
Alor Star
	P009	1995–1999	Chor Chee Heung (曹智雄)
		1999–2004
		2004–2008
		2008–2013
		2013–2018	Gooi Hsiao-Leung (魏晓隆)
Alor Setar
	P009	2018–2022	Chan Ming Kai (曾敏凯)
	P009	2022–present	Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden (أفنان هميمي طائب عزام الدين)

State constituency

Parliamentaryconstituency	State constituency
Parliamentaryconstituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Alor Setar							Alor Mengkudu
			Alor Merah
			Bandar Alor Star
				Kota Darul Aman			Kota Darul Aman
							Suka Menanti
Alor Star						Alor Mengkudu
					Alor Merah
		Alor Star Luar
		Alor Star Pekan
	Alor Star-Langkawi
						Bakar Bata
					Derga
					Kota Darul Aman
	Kota Star Timor-Padang

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member
N12	Suka Menanti	Dzowahir Ab Ghani
N13	Kota Darul Aman	Teh Swee Leong
N14	Alor Mengkudu	Muhamad Radhi Mat Din

Local governments & postcodes

!No.!State Constituency!Local Government!Postcode
N12	Suka Menanti	Alor Setar City Council	05000, 05050, 05100, 05150, 05200, 05250, 05300, 05350, 05400, 05500, 05502, 05503, 05506, 05520, 06650 Alor Setar
N13	Kota Darul Aman
N14	Alor Mengkudu

References

Web site: Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya . . 2018-08-12 . 2018-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180812023355/http://www.spr.gov.my/ms/keputusan-pilihanraya . dead .

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. 3. ms. 2018-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425183951/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/HargaDPIST42017_PRU14.pdf. dead.
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. 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.
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.
News: Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang . Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa . Utusan Online . 2012-03-12 . 2016-05-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160604045153/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2012&dt=0312&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Rencana&pg=re_05.htm . 2016-06-04 .
Web site: www.parlimen.gov.my . 2016-05-16.