Jelapang (state constituency)

Jelapang
Perak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Cheah Pou Hian; PH
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Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	35,088

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

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Jelapang's electorate as of 2022^[1]

Chinese (66.83%)

Indian (27.29%)

Malay (5.28%)

Other ethnicities (0.60%)

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Jelapang constituency has a total of 11 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Jelapang（N31）	Jelapang Timor	066/31/01	Dewan Orang Ramai Jelapang
	Jelapang Utara	066/31/02	SJK (C) Jelapang
	Jelapang Selatan	066/31/03	Tadika Jelapang
	Jelapang Barat	066/31/04	Dewan Orang Ramai Jelapang
	Jelapang	066/31/05	SJK (C) Jelapang
	Silibin	066/31/06	SK Silibin
	Taman Pertama	066/31/07	SJK (C) Yuh Hua
	Taman Rishah	066/31/08	SJK (C) Yuh Hua
	Jelapang Tengah	066/31/09	SJK (C) Jelapang
	Bukit Kledang	066/31/10	SJK (C) Wan Hwa 2
	Papan	066/31/11	SJK (C) Papan

Members of the Perak State Assembly for Jelapang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Lahat
11th	2004 – 2008	Hee Yit Foong	DAP
12th	2008 – 2009		PR (DAP)
12th	2009 - 2013		Independent
13th	2013 – 2018	Teh Hock Ke	PR (DAP)
14th	2018 – 2022	Cheah Pou Hian	PH (DAP)
15th	2022–present	Cheah Pou Hian	PH (DAP)

Perak state election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Cheah Pou Hian	21,554	88.71	2.44
	BN	Hamidah Muhamad	1,443	5.94	2.99
	PN	Navinten Sundarajan	1,299	5.35	5.35
Total valid votes			24,296	100.00
Total rejected ballots			214
Unreturned ballots			80
Turnout			24,590	70.08	10.43
Registered electors			35,088
Majority			20,111	82.77	5.43
	PH hold		Swing

Perak state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Cheah Pou Hian	16,940	86.27	86.27
	BN	Thankaraj Krishnan	1,753	8.93	10.35
	Parti Sosialis Malaysia	Sarasyathy Muthu	944	4.81	5.83
Total valid votes			19,637	98.63
Total rejected ballots			206	1.03
Unreturned ballots			67	0.34
Turnout			19,910	80.51	1.59
Registered electors			24,729
Majority			15,187	77.34	26.54
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES". Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

Perak state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Hock Ke	16,921	70.08	5.79
	BN	Mokan Supramaniam	4,655	19.28	9.75
	Parti Sosialis Malaysia	Sarasyathy Muthu	2,568	10.64	10.64
Total valid votes			24,144	97.87
Total rejected ballots			431	1.75
Unreturned ballots			95	0.39
Turnout			24,670	82.10	7.90
Registered electors			30,032
Majority			12,266	50.80	15.51
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI". Archived from the original on 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2022-03-18.

Perak state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Hee Yit Foong	12,219	64.29	14.61
	BN	Loh Koi Pin	5,512	29.00	19.16
	Independent	Sarasyathy Muthu	1,275	6.71	6.71
Total valid votes			19,006	97.92
Total rejected ballots			402	2.07
Unreturned ballots			1	0.01
Turnout			19,409	74.20	3.81
Registered electors			26,157
Majority			6,707	35.29	33.77
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 2008".

Perak state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DAP	Hee Yit Foong	8,231	49.68
	BN	Mah Hang Soon	7,978	48.16
	PKR	Foo Tiew Kok	358	2.16
Total valid votes			16,567	97.91
Total rejected ballots			306	1.81
Unreturned ballots			48	0.28
Turnout			16,921	70.39
Registered electors			24,039
Majority			253	1.52
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 2004".

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