Bakar Arang

Bakar Arang
Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ooi Tze Min; PH
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Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2018

Bakar Arang (Chinese: 芭甲亚廊) is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Bakar Arang's electorate as of 2018[1]

Malay (46.62%)

Chinese (39.02%)

Indian (13.90%)

Other ethnicities (0.46%)

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bakar Arang constituency has a total of 18 polling districts.[2]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Bakar Arang (N28）	Taman Dahlia	015/28/01	Pusat Bimbingan Islam Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah (PUSBA)
	Jalan Pengkalan	015/28/02	SMK Khir Johari
	Kolam Air	015/28/03	SK St. Theresa
	Bandar	015/28/04	SK Khir Johari
	Simpang Tiga Pekan Lama	015/28/05	Dewan Annasamy Pillai, Pekan Lama
	Peteri	015/28/06	SK Khir Johari
	Kampung Bahru	015/28/07	SK Petani Jaya
	Taman Sentosa	015/28/08	SJK (C) Sin Kwang
	Taman Delima	015/28/09	SMK Tunku Ismail
	Taman Intan	015/28/10	SK Tunku Ismail
	Bakar Arang	015/28/11	SMK Bakar Arang
	Taman Arked	015/28/12	SK Bakar Arang
	Taman Makmur	015/28/13	SMK Che Tom
	Sungai Pasir	015/28/14	SK Sungai Pasir
	Taman Nilam	015/28/15	SK Taman Intan
	Taman Sejati Indah	015/28/16	SK Seri Gedong
	Taman Sri Wang	016/28/17	SK Taman Sri Wang
	Taman Keladi	015/28/18	SMJK Sin Min (P)

Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Bakar Arang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Tikam Batu
9th	1995 – 1999	Tan Hong Eng	BN (MCA)
10th	1999 – 2004	Tan Hong Eng
11th	2004 – 2008	Seng Kooh Huat
12th	2008 – 2013	Tan Wei Shu	PKR
13th	2013 – 2018	Ooi Tze Min	PKR
14th	2018 – Present	Ooi Tze Min	PH (PKR)

Kedah state election, 2018: Bakar Arang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Ooi Tze Min	18,440	58.20	2.64
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Othman Che Mee	7,607	24.01	24.01
	BN	Ko Hung Weng	5,547	17.51	20.95
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Tan Kee Chye	58	0.18	0.18
	Independent	Tan Hock Huat	29	0.10	0.10
Total valid votes			31,681	100.00
Total rejected ballots			391
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			32,072	82.25
Registered electors			38,991
Majority			10,833
	PKR hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2013: Bakar Arang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Ooi Tze Min	17,757	60.84	8.22
	BN	Lee Yean Wang	11,223	38.46	7.48
	Independent	Ong Kah Soon	204	0.70	0.70
Total valid votes			29,184	100.00
Total rejected ballots			366
Unreturned ballots			69
Turnout			29,619	85.30
Registered electors			34,743
Majority			6,534
	PKR hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2008: Bakar Arang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Tan Wei Shu	10,489	52.62	25.43
	BN	Seng Kooh Huat	9,159	45.94	26.87
	Independent	Lim Pok Long	287	1.44	1.44
Total valid votes			19,935	100.00
Total rejected ballots			490
Unreturned ballots			71
Turnout			20,496	74.33
Registered electors			27,574
Majority			1,330
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 1995: Bakar Arang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Tan Hong Eng	9,882	60.77
	DAP	Lee Chuan Saw	3,276	20.15
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Haji Azizan Haji Maghribi	3,104	19.08
Total valid votes			16,262	100.00
Total rejected ballots			496
Unreturned ballots			663
Turnout			17,421	76.09
Registered electors			22,896
Majority			6,606
This was a new constituency created.

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