Sungai Siput is a federal constituency in

Kuala Kangsar District The Kuala Kangsar District (Perak Malay: ''Kole Kangso'') is a district in Perak, Malaysia. Kuala Kangsar shares its borders with Larut, Matang and Selama at the west, Hulu Perak at the north, Gua Musang of Kelantan at the east, Kinta at the sou ...

and Hulu Perak District,

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, that has been represented in the

Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (; Jawi script, Jawi: ), is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Malaysia, Parliament which is the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitu ...

since 1959. The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. This seat was formerly a stronghold for the Malaysian Indian Congress during the presidency of Tun Sambanthan and Tun Samy Vellu. MIC lost this seat in the 2008 general election and has since failed to regain the seat. MIC has previously represented this seat since its creation

Demographics

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Sungai Siput constituency has a total of 38 polling districts.

Representation history

State constituency

Current state assembly members

Local governments & postcodes

Election results

References

* {{Malaysian federal constituencies Perak federal constituencies Constituencies established in 1958