Bukit Gantang - A Dozen Centenerians

About 1/4 of voters in P059 Bukit Gantang are aged 40-49. Bukit Gantang still contains 12 voters over 100 years old, after the SPR aggressively deleted 31 in the past year.

Table A shows that :

• most of the voters in rural Bukit Gantang are aged 30-59, totaling 67% or two-third.
• The largest group is 40-49 year-old, totaling 24.2%.
• In the past year, SPR aggressively deleted voters who are 100 years or older from the electoral roll, reducing the number from 43 to 12. The remaining ones are likely those whose documentations are difficult to trace.
  
• SPR deleted 27 voters in the 90-99 year age group, leaving 168 on the list.
  

Table A: P059 Bukit Gantang Voters by Age Groups - Comparison with Earlier Electoral Roll

			GE12	By-Election				GE12	By-Election
Age	Tahunlahir	Tahunlahir	Gazetted	Gazetted				Percentage	Percentage
Group	From	To	20080205	20090219?	Change	Change %		20080205	20090219?
21-29	1979	1987	6,477	7,056	579	8.9%		11.7%	12.7%
30-39	1969	1978	11,820	11,931	111	0.9%		21.3%	21.5%
40-49	1959	1968	13,424	13,442	18	0.1%		24.2%	24.2%
50-59	1949	1958	11,937	11,847	(90)	-0.8%		21.5%	21.3%
60-69	1939	1948	6,749	6,603	(146)	-2.2%		12.2%	11.9%
70-79	1929	1938	3,643	3,446	(197)	-5.4%		6.6%	6.2%
80-89	1919	1928	1,183	1,057	(126)	-10.7%		2.1%	1.9%
90-99	1909	1918	195	168	(27)	-13.8%		0.4%	0.3%
100+	1884	1908	43	12	(31)	-72.1%		0.1%	0.0%
Total			55,471	55,562	91	0.2%		100.0%	100.0%