Taiping (federal constituency) explained

Taiping (P060)
State:	Perak
Fed-Rep:	Wong Kah Woh
Fed-Rep-Party:	PH
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-Created:	1974
Fed-Election-First:	1974
Fed-Election-Last:	2022
Demo-Census-Date:	2020
Demo-Pop:	130712
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Electors:	121,566
Demo-Electors-Date:	2022
Demo-Electors-Ref:	^[2]
Demo-Area:	118
Demo-Area-Ref:	^[3]

Taiping 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 Taiping constituency is divided into 42 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kamunting (N16)	Sungai Relong	060/16/01	SMK Bukit Jana
	Expo	060/16/02	SMK Kamunitng
	Kamunting Baru	060/16/03	SK Kamunting
	Kamunting	060/16/04	SJK (C) Phui Choi
	Kampong Pinang Utara	060/16/05	SA Bantuan Kerajaan Maahad Al-Khair Lil Banat
	Kampong Pinang Timor	060/16/06	SK Long Jaafar
	Kampong Pinang Selatan	060/16/07	SK Long Jaafar
	Kamunting Road	060/16/08	SK All Saints
	Bukit Jana	060/16/09	SK Taman Jana SRA Rakyat Nurul Nizomiyyah
	Waterfall Road	060/16/10	SK King Edward VII (2)
Pokok Assam (N17)	Pokok Assam	060/17/01	SK Methodist SRA Rakyat Al-Ihsaniah
	Kampong Aman	060/17/02	SK Seri Aman
	Sekolah	060/17/03	Dewan Pokok Assam Tambahan
	Jalan Raja Muda	060/17/04	SJK (C) Pokok Assam
	Pasar	060/17/05	SJK (C) Pokok Asaam
	Sungai Tupai	060/17/06	SJK (C) Pokok Asaam
	Simpang Road	060/17/07	Dewan Sri Kota
	Kota Road	060/17/08	SJK (T) YMHA
	Market Street	060/17/09	SK St George 1
	Theatre Road	060/17/10	SMK Convent
	Tupai Lane	060/17/11	SJK (C) Hua Lian (3)
	Tupai	060/17/12	SMK Kampung Jambu
	Coronation Road	060/17/13	SMK Taman Tasik
	Birch Village	060/17/14	Sekolah Tinggi Hua Lian
	Eastern Road	060/17/15	Sekolah Tinggi Hua Lian
	Museum	060/17/16	SMK (P) Treacher Methodist
Aulong (N18)	Batu Dua	060/18/01	SK Asam Kumbang
	Assam Kumbang	060/18/02	SRA Rakyat Madrasah Al-Tarbiah Al-Islamiah
	Barrack Road	060/18/03	SK King Edward VII (1)
	Station	060/18/04	SJK (C) Hua Lian (1)
	Aulong	060/18/05	SK Taman Panglima
	Aulong Timor	060/18/06	SJK (C) Aulong
	Aulong Tengah	060/18/07	Arena Sukan Kampung Baru Aulong
	Aulong Barat	060/18/08	SJK (C) Aulong
	Aulong Selatan	060/18/09	SRA Rakyat Nurul Islam SK Convent Aulong
	Aulong Lama	060/18/10	SK Kampung Boyan
	Kampong Boyan	060/18/11	SRA Rakyat Al-Khairiah Al-Taufiqiah Dewan Serbaguna Kampong Boyan
	Taman Sening	060/18/12	SMK Doktor Burhanhddin
	Taman Marisa	060/18/13	SMK Sri Kota
	Kota Lama	060/18/14	SMK Sri Kota
	Pengkalan Aor	060/18/15	SK Simpang SRA Rakyat Al-Hidayah
	Simpang Baru	060/18/16	SJK (C) Sin Min

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Taiping
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Larut Selatan
	P049	1974–1978	Paul Leong Khee Seong (梁棋祥)
		1978–1982
		1982–1986
	P054	1986–1990
	P054	1990–1995	Kerk Choo Ting (郭洙镇)
	P057	1995–1999
	P057	1999–2004
	P060	2004–2008	M. Kayveas (எம் கேவியஸ்)
		2008–2013	Nga Kor Ming (倪可敏)
		2013–2018	Nga Kor Ming (倪可敏)
		2018–2022	Teh Kok Lim (郑国霖)
		2022–present	Wong Kah Woh (黄家和)

State constituency

Parliamentaryconstituency	State constituency
Parliamentaryconstituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Taiping				Asam Kumbang
					Aulong
			Kamunting
			Klian Pauh
					Pokok Assam

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member
N16	Kamunting	Mohd Fakhruddin Abdul Aziz
N17	Pokok Assam	Ong Seng Guan
N18	Aulong	Teh Kok Lim

Local governments & postcodes

!No.!State Constituency!Local Government!Postcode
N16	Kamunting	Taiping Municipal Council	34000 Taiping 34400 Simpang Ampat Semanggol 34600 Kamunting 34700 Simpang
N17	Pokok Assam
N18	Aulong

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. 14. 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.