Sungkai (state constituency)

Sungkai
Perak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Sivanesan Achalingam; PH
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Constituency created	1986
First contested	1986
Last contested	2018

Sungkai is a state constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perak State Legislative Assembly. The constituency is mandated to return a single member to the Perak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungkai
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986-1990	Kumaran Karunagaran	BN (MIC)
8th	1990-1995	Veerasingam Suppiah
9th	1995-1999	Veerasingam Suppiah
10th	1999-2004	Ganesan Retanam
11th	2004-2008	Ganesan Retanam
12th	2008-2013	Sivanesan Achalingam	DAP
13th	2013-2018		DAP
14th	2018-present		PH (DAP)

Election Results

Perak state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Sivanesan Achalingam	9,631	70.75	+10.50
	BN	V. Elango	3,138	23.05	-14.49
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Appalasamy Jetakiah	505	3.71	+3.71
Total valid votes			13,274	97.52
Total rejected ballots			286	2.10
Unreturned ballots			52	0.38
Turnout			13,612	79.28
Registered electors			17,128
Majority			6,493
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Perak state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Sivanesan Achalingam	9,314	60.25	+6.29
	BN	Goh Kim Swee	5,803	37.54	-4.01
Total valid votes			15,117	97.78
Total rejected ballots			276	1.79
Unreturned ballots			67	0.43
Turnout			15,460	80.20
Registered electors			19,285
Majority			3,511
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI".

Perak state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Sivanesan Achalingam	6,323	53.96	+15.17
	BN	Veerasingam Suppiah	4,869	41.55	-14.42
Total valid votes			11,192	95.50
Total rejected ballots			485	4.14
Unreturned ballots			42	0.36
Turnout			11,719	67.78
Registered electors			17,290
Majority			1,454
	DAP gain		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 2008".

Perak state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ganesan Retanam	6,334	55.97	-1.33
	DAP	Sivanesan Achalingam	4,389	38.79	+0.13
Total valid votes			10,723	94.76
Total rejected ballots			548	4.84
Unreturned ballots			45	0.40
Turnout			11,316	64.23
Registered electors			17,618
Majority			1,945
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 2004".

Perak state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ganesan Retanam	7,545	57.30	-11.45
	DAP	Bathamanathan Rajoo	5,091	38.66	+12.28
Total valid votes			12,636	95.96
Total rejected ballots			470	3.57
Unreturned ballots			62	0.47
Turnout			13,168	59.34
Registered electors			22,190
Majority			2,454
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1999".

Perak state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Veerasingam Suppiah	9,337	68.75	+10.29
	DAP	Kalimuthu Ranggayah	3,583	26.38	-11.38
Total valid votes			12,920	95.13
Total rejected ballots			626	4.61
Unreturned ballots			36	0.27
Turnout			13,582	62.95
Registered electors			21,577
Majority			5,754
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1995".

Perak state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Veerasingam Suppiah	7,757	58.46	+5.85
	DAP	John Richard Woodworth	5,010	37.76	-3.86
Total valid votes			12,767	96.22
Total rejected ballots			502	3.78
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			13,269	67.10
Registered electors			19,774
Majority			2,747
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1995".

Perak state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Kumaran Karunagaran	6,771	52.61
	DAP	Loh Jee Mee	5,356	41.62
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ho Shing Chong @ Ghazali Ho	451	3.50
Total valid votes			12,578	97.74
Total rejected ballots			291	2.26
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			12,869	70.50
Registered electors			18,254
Majority			1,415
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1986".

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