Bintong

Bintong
Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Fakhrul Anwar Ismail; PN
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Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	16,366

Bintong is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was first contested in 1958 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2022^[update], the State Assemblyman for Bintong is Fakhrul Anwar Ismail from Perikatan Nasional (PN).

Definition

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Bintong constituency is divided into 6 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bintong (N06)	Nesam	002/06/01	SK Padang Kota
	Abi	002/06/02	SK Abi
	Kechor	002/06/03	SR Islam 1
	Hutan Melintang	002/06/04	SK Behor Empiang
	Telok Kachang	002/06/05	SK Stella Maris
	Wang Bintong	002/06/06	SK Bintong

Ethnic breakdown of Bintong's electorate as of 2022^[3]

Malay (95.40%)

Chinese (2.99%)

Indian (1.01%)

Other ethnicities (0.59%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district	Electors
Nesam	1,906
Abi	2,059
Kechor	724
Hutan Melintang	1,811
Telok Kachang	2,311
Wang Bintong	2,075
Total	10,886
Source: Malaysian Election Commission^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bintong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959–1964	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964–1969	Syed Omar Syed Hussin	Alliance (UMNO)
	1969–1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971–1973	Syed Omar Syed Hussin	Alliance (UMNO)
3rd	1973–1974	Syed Omar Syed Hussin	BN (UMNO)
4th	1974–1978	Jaafar Hassan
5th	1978–1982	Jaafar Hassan
6th	1982–1986	Shuib Mohamad	PAS
7th	1986–1990	Md Isa Sabu	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995	Md Isa Sabu
9th	1995–1999	Sopiah Ahmad
10th	1999–2004	Md Isa Sabu
11th	2004–2008	Rusli Mat Husin
12th	2008–2013	Md Isa Sabu
13th	2013–2018	Rela Ahmad
14th	2018–2022	Azlan Man
15th	2022–present	Fakhrul Anwar Ismail	PN (PAS)

Perlis state election, 2022: Bintong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Fakhrul Anwar Ismail	7,325	57.58	57.58
	BN	Azlan Man	2,996	23.55	17.04
	PH	Azhari Ahmad	2,029	15.95	16.02
	Independent	Hashim Suboh	157	1.52	1.52
	GTA	Shazwan Suban	157	1.52	1.52
	Sabah Heritage Party	Mohamad Khair Mohd Noor	57	0.45	0.45
Total valid votes			12,721	100.00
Total rejected ballots			172
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			12,926	79.00	3.92
Registered electors			16,366
Majority			4,239
	PN gain from BN		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 2013: Bintong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rela Ahmad	5,255	56.67	7.11
	PAS	Abd Jamil Kamis	4,018	43.33	7.11
Total valid votes			9,273	100.00
Total rejected ballots			188
Unreturned ballots			42
Turnout			9,503	87.10	3.32
Registered electors			10,911
Majority			1,237
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 185/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27.^{[permanent dead link‍]} "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 226/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Perlis state election, 2008: Bintong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Md Isa Sabu	4,882	63.78	2.43
	PAS	Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir	2,772	36.22	2.43
Total valid votes			7,654	100.00
Total rejected ballots			184
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			7,864	83.78	2.30
Registered electors			9,386
Majority			2,110
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 2004: Bintong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rusli Mat Husin	4,076	61.35	8.91
	PAS	Abdul Zakaria	2,568	38.65	8.91
Total valid votes			6,644	100.00
Total rejected ballots			107
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			6,757	86.08	3.52
Registered electors			7,850
Majority			1,508
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1982: Bintong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Shuib Mohamad won uncontested.
	PAS	Shuib Mohamad
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			6,498
Majority
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1974: Bintong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jaafar Hassan	3,114	82.10	29.19
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Saad Ahmad	679	17.90	17.90
Total valid votes			3,793	100.00
Total rejected ballots			331
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,124	84.46	0.6
Registered electors			4,883
Majority			2,435
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1959: Bintong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	1,948	62.88
	PMIP	Shaffie Omar	1,150	37.12
Total valid votes			3,098	100.00
Total rejected ballots			39
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,137	84.56
Registered electors			3,710
Majority			798
This was a new constituency created.