Bayan Baru (federal constituency)

Bayan Baru

Penang constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Sim Tze Tzin PKR
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2013

Bayan Baru is a federal constituency in Penang, 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.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Minden Heights, Universiti Sains, Batu Uban, Sungai Dua, Bukit Jambol, Bukit Gambir, Taman Jubilee, Taman Pekaka, Pantai Jerejak, Taman Seri Nibong, Pintasan Bahagia, Jalan Mahsuri, Bandar Bayan Baru, Jalan Tengah, Taman Melati, Kampong Sungai Ara, Taman Desa Ara, Sungai Tiram, Sungai Kluang, Kampong Naran, Permatang Damar Laut, Batu Maung, Taman Sri Bayan, Taman Bukit Gedung, Teluk Tempoyak.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bayan Baru
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986-1990	Peter Paul Dason	DAP
8th	1990-1995	Ahmad Nor
9th	1995-1999	Wong Kam Hoong	BN
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2010	Zahrain Mohamed Hashim	PKR
	2010-2013		Independent
13th	2013-present	Sim Tze Tzin	PKR

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Sim Tze Tzin	43,558	64.24
	BN	Tang Heap Seng	24,251	35.76
Total valid votes			67,809	100.00
Total rejected ballots			850
Unreturned ballots			187
Turnout			68,846	86.98
Registered electors			79,155
Majority			19,307
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Zahrain Mohamed Hashim	27,618	62.47
	BN	Ooi Siew Kim	16,589	37.53
Total valid votes			44,207	100.00
Total rejected ballots			655
Unreturned ballots			1,556
Turnout			46,418	76.45
Registered electors			60,713
Majority			11,029
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Kam Hoong	29,430	73.56
	KEADILAN	Ong Ping Cheow	10,579	26.44
Total valid votes			40,009	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,010
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			41,020	74.03
Registered electors
Majority			18,851
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Kam Hoong	35,762	57.64
	DAP	Zulkifli Mohd Noor	26,281	42.36
Total valid votes			62,043	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,144
Unreturned ballots			201
Turnout			63,388	74.84
Registered electors
Majority			9,481
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong Kam Hoong	32,190	55.32
	DAP	Ahmad Nor	25,351	43.57
	PBS	Lakhbir Singh Sadu Singh	648	1.11
Total valid votes			58,189	100.00
Total rejected ballots			908
Unreturned ballots			176
Turnout			59,273	75.55
Registered electors
Majority			6,839
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ahmad Nor	25,853	52.37
	BN	Khoo Gark Kim	23,513	47.63
Total valid votes			49,366	100.00
Total rejected ballots			814
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			50,180	74.25
Registered electors
Majority			2,340
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Peter Paul Dason	19,610	48.98
	BN	Lee Jong Ki	19,348	48.33
	SDP	Lim Kah Bin	1,075	2.69
Total valid votes			40,033	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,084
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			41,117	70.23
Registered electors			58,545
Majority			262
This was a new constituency created.