Bekok_(state_constituency) References

Bekok
Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Tan Chong; BN
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Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	27,426
Area (km²)	1,068

Bekok is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Bekok's electorate as of 2018^[2]

Chinese (51.02%)

Malay (28.24%)

Indian (17.93%)

Other ethnicities (2.81%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 24 March 2018, the Bekok constituency has a total of 22 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bekok（N06）	Bandar Labis Selatan	142/06/01	SK Labis
	Bandar Labis Barat	142/06/02	SMK Munshi Ibrahim
	Sungai Karas	142/06/03	SJK (C) Sungai Karas
	Kampong Panchajaya	142/06/04	Balai Raya Kampung Panchajaya
	Kampong Kudong	142/06/05	SK Kampung Kudong
	Ladang Kempas	142/06/06	Pusat Jagaan Kanak-Kanak Ladang Gunung Mas (Div)
	Kampong Bahru Bekok Barat	142/06/07	SMK Bekok
	Kampong Bahru Bekok Tengah	142/06/08	SJK (C) Bekok
	Kampong Bahru Bekok Timor	142/06/09	SK Seri Bekok
	Bandar Bekok	142/06/10	SJK (T) Bekok
	Ladang Getah Eldred Bekok	142/06/11	Dewan Orang Ramai Ladang Eldred
	Johor Labis 'A'	142/06/12	Balai Raya Claire 1 Ladang Claire Chaah
	Chaah Barat	142/06/13	SMK Chaah
	Bandar Chaah Utara	142/06/14	Dewan Serbaguna Chaah
	Bandar Chaah Tengah	142/06/15	SJK (C) Chaah
	Bandar Chaah Selatan	142/06/16	Sekolah Agama Chaah
	Kampong Jawa Chaah	142/06/17	SK Seri Bali
	Chaah Timor	142/06/18	SJK (T) Cantuman Chaah
	Chan Wing	142/06/19	Dewan Orang Ramai Ladang Gunung Mas
	Ladang Gerchang	142/06/20	Balai Raya Ladang Sungai Gerchang Bahagian 2
	Desa Temu Jodoh	142/06/21	SK Desa Temu Jodoh
	Perling	142/06/22	SK Seri Labis

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bekok
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Phang Voon Liat	Independent
2nd	1964-1969	Sim Kim Chong @ Siew Ah See	Alliance (MCA)
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1969-1971	Sim Kim Chong @ Siew Ah See	Alliance (MCA)
3rd	1971-1974	Ng Nam Seng	Alliance (MCA)
4th	1974-1978		BN (MCA)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Siaw Siew Bee
7th	1986-1990	Tay Boon Chong
8th	1990-1995	Pang Hok Liong (彭学良)	DAP
9th	1995-1999	Tan Kok Hong @ Tan Yi	BN (MCA)
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018	Lim Eng Guan (林永源)	PR (DAP)
14th	2018-2022	S Ramakrishnan	PH (DAP)
15th	2022–present	Tan Chong (陳宗)	BN (MCA)

Election Results

Johor state election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Chong	7,036	51.31
	PH	M Kanan	3,467	25.28
	PN	Tan Lek Khang	2,881	21.01	21.01
	Sabah Heritage Party	Sandara Segaran Arumugam	330	2.41
Total valid votes			13,714	100.00
Total rejected ballots			271
Unreturned ballots			86
Turnout			14,071	51.31
Registered electors			27,426
Majority			3,569	26.03
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		PH
Source(s) ^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)". The Star. Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019. (Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)
^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
^ "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.^{[
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^ "Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR". prn.bernama.com. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
^ "Dashboard SPR".

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[GE14-1] "Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)". The Star. Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019. (Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)

[2] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.

[3] "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.^{[
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[4] "Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR". prn.bernama.com. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-03-29.

[5] "Dashboard SPR".

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