Port Dickson (federal constituency)

Port Dickson (P132)
Negeri Sembilan constituency
Federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
MP
Aminuddin Harun
PH
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished1974
Constituency re-created2018
First contested1959
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]128,954
Electors (2026)[2]111,066
Area (km²)[3]571
Pop. density (per km²)225.8

Port Dickson is a federal constituency in Port Dickson District, Negeri Sembilan and Alor Gajah District (Tanjung Tuan), Malacca, Malaysia that is represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974 and from 2018 to present. This is only constituency located in two states at same parliamentary seat.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution, but it was abolished in the 1974 redistribution. However, in 2018 the Port Dickson federal constituency was re-created and replaced the Telok Kemang federal constituency following the 2018 redelineation and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.[4]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Port Dickson's electorate as of 2022[5]
  1. Malay (44.2%)
  2. Chinese (31.4%)
  3. Indian (21.1%)
  4. Other ethnicities (3.30%)

As of 2020, Port Dickson has a population of 128,954 people.[6]

Age breakdown of Port Dickson's electorate as of 2022
  1. 18-20 (6.60%)
  2. 21-29 (21.4%)
  3. 30-39 (22.4%)
  4. 40-49 (17.1%)
  5. 50-59 (14.1%)
  6. 60-69 (10.9%)
  7. 70-79 (5.35%)
  8. 80-89 (1.75%)
  9. above 90 (0.38%)
Gender breakdown of Port Dickson's electorate as of 2022
  1. Male (51.1%)
  2. Female (48.9%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 23 July 2026, the Port Dickson constituency has a total of 32 polling districts.[7]

State constituency Polling districts Code Location
Chuah（N29） Tanah Merah 132/29/01
  • SJK (T) Ladang Tanah Merah
  • SJK (C) Kampung Baru Tanah Merah Site A
  • SMK Tanah Merah
Kampung Pachitan 132/29/02 SK Kg Sawah
Bukit Pelandok 132/29/03 SJK (C) Yik Chiao
Sungai Nipah 132/29/04 SJK (C) Kg Baru Sg Nipah
Chuah 132/29/05 SMA Chuah
Lukut (N30） Kampung Jimah Baru 132/30/01 SK Jimah Baru
Bandar Spring Hill 132/30/02
  • SA Rakyat An Nur Bandar Spring Hill
  • SJK (T) Bandar Springhill
Taman Indah Jaya 132/30/03 SK Lukut
Kuala Lukut 132/30/04 SMK Raja Jumaat
Lukut 132/30/05 SJK (T) Ladang Sungai Salak
Sri Parit 132/30/06 SJK (C) Chung Hua Lukut
Tanjong Gemok 132/30/07 SJK (C) Bradwall
Bagan Pinang（N31） Ladang Atherton 132/31/01 SJK (T) Ladang Atherton
Pekan Siliau 132/31/02 SJK (T) Ldg Siliau
Ladang Bradwall 132/31/03 SJK (T) Ldg Bradwall
Sua Betong 132/31/04 SJK (T) Ldg Sua Betong
Sunggala 132/31/05 SK Si-Rusa
Kampung Bagan Pinang 132/31/06 SK Panglima Adnan
Si Rusa 132/31/07 SK Kampung Baru Sirusa
Telok Kemang 132/31/08
  • SK Telok Kemang
  • SK Intan Perdana
Linggi（N32） Ayer Kuning 132/32/01 Balai Raya Kampung Barisan
Linggi 132/32/02 SK Linggi
Kampung Pengkalan Durian 132/32/03 Pusat Pemulihan Dalam Komuniti Cahaya Ikhsan Linggi
Pengkalan Kempas 132/32/04 SK Permatang Pasir
Ladang Sengkang 132/32/05 SJK (T) Ladang Sengkang
Kampong Sungai Raya 132/32/06 SK Tanjong Agas
Pasir Panjang 132/32/07
  • SJK (C) Chung Hua Pasir Panjang
  • Balai Raya Kampung Orang Asli Palebar Baru
Bandar Baru Sunggala 132/32/08
  • SMA Telok Kemang
  • SMK Intan Perdana
Sri Tanjong（N33） Kampung Paya 132/33/01
  • KV Port Dickson
  • SRA Taman Desa Permai
Kampung Arab 132/33/02 SK Kampong Gelam
Kampung Chokra 132/33/03 SJK (T) Port Dickson
Pekan Port Dickson 132/33/04
  • SK Port Dickson
  • SMK Datuk Haji Abdul Samad

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Port Dickson
Parliament No YearsMemberParty Vote Share
Constituency created from Negri Sembilan Selatan
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st P082 1959–1963T. Mahima Singh (ਮਹਿਮਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਥਾਲੀਵਾਲ)Alliance (MIC) Uncontested
Parliament of Malaysia
1st P082 1963–1964T. Mahima Singh (ਮਹਿਮਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਥਾਲੀਵਾਲ)Alliance (MIC) Uncontested
2nd1964–1969 7,911
49.35%
1969–1971Parliament was suspended[8][9]
3rd P082 1971–1974Soorian Arjunan (சூரியன் அர்ஜுனன்)DAP 10,266
53.89%
Constituency abolished, renamed to Telok Kemang
Constituency re-created, renamed from Telok Kemang
14th P132 2018Danyal Balagopal Abdullah
(டான்யல் பலகோபால் அப்துல்லா)		PH (PKR) 26,225
59.06%
2018–2022Anwar Ibrahim (انوار ابراهيم) 31,016
71.32%
15th2022–presentAminuddin Harun (أمين الدين هارون) 42,013
52.40%

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

 State constituency
1955–59* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present
Port Dickson Bagan Pinang
Chuah
Jimah
Linggi Linggi
Lukut Lukut
Pasir Panjang
Si Rusa
Sri Tanjung

Historical boundaries

State Constiteuncy Area
1959 2018
Bagan Pinang
  • Bagan Pinang
  • Ladang Salak
  • Silau
  • Si Rusa
  • Telok Kemang
Chuah
  • Bukit Pelandok
  • Chuah
  • Sungai Nipah
  • Taman Merpati
  • Tanah Merah
Jimah
  • Bukit Pelandok
  • Chuah
  • Jimah
  • Taman Merpati
  • Tanah Merah
Linggi
  • Ladang Sua Betong
  • Ladang Tampin Linggi
  • Linggi
  • Kampung Kundur Tengah
  • Kampung Pengkalan Durian
  • Ayer Kuning
  • Linggi
  • Pasir Panjang
  • Pengkalan Kempas
  • Teluk Pelanduk
Lukut
  • Kampung Baru Sri Parit
  • Kampung Paya
  • Ladang Salak
  • Lukut
  • Silau
  • Bandar Dataran Segar
  • Bandar Springhill
  • Lukut
  • Taman Tun Sambathan
  • Taman Vista Jaya
Pasir Panjang
  • Kampung Bukit Tembok
  • Kampung Tanjung Agas
  • Lubok China
  • Pasir Panjang
  • Pengkalan Kempas
Si Rusa
  • Bagan Pinang
  • Kampung Gelam
  • Port Dickson
  • Telok Kemang
  • Telok Pelanduk
Sri Tanjung
  • Kampung Gelam
  • Kampung Paya
  • Port Dickson
  • Taman Intan Duyong
  • Taman Toh Kee Kah

Current state assembly members

No. State Constituency Member Coalition (Party)
N29ChuahYew Boon Lye PH (PKR)
N30Lukut Choo Ken Hwa PH (DAP)
N31Bagan Pinang Abdul Fatah Zakaria PN (PAS)
N32Linggi Mohd Faizal Ramli BN (UMNO)
N33Sri Tanjung Rajasekaran Gunasekaran PH (PKR)

Local governments & postcodes

No. State Constituency Local Government Postcode
N29 Chuah Port Dickson Municipal Council
  • 71000, 71010, 71050, 71960 Port Dickson
  • 71100 Rantau
  • 71150 Linggi
  • 71250 Si Rusa
  • 71900 Labu
N30 Lukut
N31 Bagan Pinang
N32 Linggi
  • Port Dickson Municipal Council
  • Alor Gajah Municipal Council (Tanjung Tuan area)
N33 Sri Tanjung Port Dickson Municipal Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
PHAminuddin Harun42,01352.40Decrease 18.92
BNP. Kamalanathan18,41222.96Decrease 7.23
PNRafei Mustapha18,23522.74Increase 22.74
PEJUANGAhmad Idham Ahmad Nazri1,0841.35Increase 1.35
IndependentAbdul Rani Kulup Abdullah4410.55Increase 0.55
Total valid votes 80,185 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,089
Unreturned ballots 162
Turnout 81,43678.00Increase 19.40
Registered electors 104,450
Majority 23,60129.44Decrease 24.74
PH hold Swing
Source(s)
https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753263/PUB615%20PARLIMEN%20NEGERI%20SEMBILAN.pdf
Malaysian general by-election, 13 October 2018
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Danyal Balagopal Abdullah
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
PHAnwar Ibrahim31,01671.32Increase 71.32
PASMohd Nazari Mokhtar7,45617.14Increase 6.39
IndependentMohd Isa Abdul Samad4,2309.73Increase 9.73
IndependentStevie Chan Keng Leong3370.77Increase 0.77
IndependentLau Seck Yan2140.49Increase 0.49
IndependentKan Chee Yuen1540.35Increase 0.35
IndependentSaiful Bukhari Azlan820.19Increase 0.19
Total valid votes 43,489
Total rejected ballots 598
Unreturned ballots 49
Turnout 44,13658.60Increase 29.73
Registered electors 75,317
Majority 23,56054.18Increase 25.31
PH hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
PKRDanyal Balagopal Abdullah36,22559.06
BNMohan Velayatham18,51530.19
PASMahfuz Roslan6,59410.75
Total valid votes 61334 100.00
Total rejected ballots 948
Unreturned ballots 266
Turnout 62,54883.16
Registered electors 75,212
Majority 17,71028.87
PKR hold Swing
Source(s)

"His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 242/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 316/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
Malaysian general election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
DAPSoorian Arjunan10,26653.89Increase 53.89
AllianceMahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh6,60634.68Decrease 14.69
PMIPMansor Abu Bakar1,8729.83Increase 9.83
United Malaysian Chinese OrganisationWong Tai Oon3071.61Increase 1.61
Total valid votes 19,051 100.00
Total rejected ballots 697
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 19,74874.18Decrease 6.64
Registered electors 26,623
Majority 3,66019.21Decrease 16.58
DAP gain from Alliance Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1964
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
AllianceMahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh7,91149.35Increase 49.35
UDPNg Hup Chwee2,17413.56Increase 13.56
IndependentNadchatiram Saraswathy Devi2,07412.94Increase 12.94
Socialist FrontR. Murugan2,02012.60Increase 12.60
PPPIbrahim Ahmad1,3498.41Increase 8.41
IndependentOng Boon Hong5043.14Increase 3.14
Total valid votes 16,032 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,219
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 17,25178.12
Registered electors 22,083
Majority 5,73735.79
Alliance hold Swing
Malayan general election, 1959
Party Candidate Votes%
On the nomination day, Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh won uncontested.
AllianceMahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors 15,763
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

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