Bakar Arang

Bakar Arang

Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Adam Loh Wei Chai PH
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	57,867

Bakar Arang (Chinese: 峇甲亚兰) 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 2023

  Malay (47.57%)

  Chinese (36.99%)

  Indian (14.65%)

  Other ethnicities (0.78%)

History

Polling districts

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

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)

Representation history

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
11th	2004–2008	Seng Kooh Huat
12th	2008–2009	Tan Wei Shu	PR (PKR)
	2009–2013		IND
13th	2013–2018	Simon Ooi Tze Min	PR (PKR)
14th	2018–2023		PH (PKR)
15th	2023–present	Adam Loh Wei Chai

Election results

Kedah state election, 2023: Bakar Arang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Adam Loh Wei Chai	21,889	54.41	3.79
	PN	Tai Kuang Tee	18,206	45.25	45.25
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Tan Kee Chye	138	0.34	0.16
Total valid votes			40,233	100.00
Total rejected ballots			217
Unreturned ballots			54
Turnout			40,504	69.99	12.26
Registered electors			57,867
Majority			3,683	9.16	25.03
	PH hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2018: Bakar Arang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Ooi Tze Min	18,440	58.20	58.20
	PAS	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	3.05
Registered electors			38,991
Majority			10,833	34.19	11.81
	PH 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	10.97
Registered electors			34,743
Majority			6,534	22.38	15.70
	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	0.80
Registered electors			27,574
Majority			1,330	6.68	38.94
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2004: Bakar Arang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Seng Kooh Huat	14,204	72.81	8.64
	PKR	Johari Abdul	5,304	27.19	27.19
Total valid votes			19,509	100.00
Total rejected ballots			269
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,778	75.13	2.58
Registered electors			26,326
Majority			8,899	45.62	17.28
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1999: Bakar Arang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Hong Eng	11,066	64.17	3.40
	PAS	Abdul Halim Mohd Nasir	6,179	35.83	16.75
Total valid votes			17,245	100.00
Total rejected ballots			246
Unreturned ballots			2,477
Turnout			19,968	77.71	1.62
Registered electors			25,694
Majority			4,887	28.34	12.28
	BN hold		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
	PAS	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	40.62
This was a new constituency created.