Ipoh Barat Explained

Ipoh Barat (P065)
State:	Perak
Fed-Rep:	Kulasegaran Murugeson
Fed-Rep-Party:	PH
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-Created:	1994
Fed-Election-First:	1995
Fed-Election-Last:	2022
Demo-Census-Date:	2020
Demo-Pop:	134978
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Electors:	114,654
Demo-Electors-Date:	2022
Demo-Electors-Ref:	^[2]
Demo-Area:	37
Demo-Area-Ref:	^[3]

Ipoh Barat is a federal constituency in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. This is only one of two constituencies naming in same city. Another one is Ipoh Timor.

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Ipoh Barat constituency is divided into 30 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Bercham（N28）	Bercham Timor	065/28/01	SJK (C) Bercham
	Kampong Bercham	065/28/02	SJK (C) Bercham
	Dermawan Utara	065/28/03	SMK Bercham
	Bercham Selatan	065/28/04	SMK Jalan Tasek
	Tasek Dermawan	065/28/05	SK Tasek Dermawan
	Tasek	065/28/06	SK Tasek
	Kampong Tawas Utara	065/28/07	SJK (C) St Michael & All Angels
	Kampong Tawas	065/28/08	SJK (C) Kampung Tawas
Kepayang（N29）	Taman Che Wan	065/29/01	SK Seri Mutiara
	Gurap	065/29/02	SMJK Yuk Choy
	Gunong Lang	065/29/03	SMJK Yuk Choy
	Kepayang Mesjid	065/29/04	SMK Seri Intan
	Star Park	065/29/05	Kolej Tingkatan Enam Seri Putera
	Fair Park	065/29/06	Kolej Tingkatan Enam Seri Putera
	Kampong Pisang	065/29/07	SK Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang
	Jalan Bijih Timah	065/29/08	SJK (C) Perak
	Jalan Datuk Onn Jaafar	065/29/09	SK Cator Avenue
	Waller Court	065/29/10	SK Coronation Park
	Green Town	065/29/11	SK Sri Kinta
	Jalan Raja Ekram	065/29/12	SJK (C) Sam Tet
	Jalan C.M. Yusof	065/29/13	SJK (C) Ave Maria Convent
Buntong（N30）	Taman Lim	065/30/01	SMK Dr. Megat Khas
	Jalan Tun Abdul Razak	065/30/02	SMK Tarcisian Convent
	Jalan Silibin	065/30/03	SJK (T) St. Philomena Convent Kolej Tingkatan Enam Seri Ipoh
	Jalan Klian Intan	065/30/04	SJK (C) Guntong
	Kampong Baru Buntong	065/30/05	SK Guru Kalgidhar
	Jalan Sungai Pari	065/30/06	SJK (T) Kerajaan
	Falim	065/30/07	SJK (C) Min Tet
	Kampong Kacang Puteh	065/30/08	SJK (T) Methodist SMK Buntong
	Desa Rishah	065/30/09	SK Buntong

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Ipoh Barat
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Ipoh
	P062	1995–1999	Ho Cheong Sing (何掌醒)
	P062	1999–2004	Ho Cheong Sing (何掌醒)
	P065	2004–2008	Kulasegaran Murugeson (மு.குலசேகரன்)	DAP
		2008–2013
		2013–2018
		2018–2022
		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentaryconstituency	State constituency
Parliamentaryconstituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Ipoh Barat					Bercham
					Buntong
						Kepayang

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member
N28	Bercham	Ong Boon Piow
N29	Kepayang
N30	Buntong	Thulsi Thivani Manogaran

Local governments & postcodes

!No.!State Constituency!Local Government!Postcode
N28	Bercham	Ipoh City Council	30000, 30010, 30020, 30100, 30250, 30300, 30350, 30450, 30500, 30502, 30503, 31350, 31400 Ipoh
N29	Kepayang
N30	Buntong

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. 15. ms. 25 April 2018. 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: Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election . Attorney General's Chambers . 31 October 2022 . 3 November 2022 . 19 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119123334/https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1747650/PUB514.pdf . dead .