Bukit Selambau - 15 centenerians among awakened young voters

N25 Bukit Selambau of P059 Merbok has 15 voters of age 100 or more, and 63 voters of age 90-99. More than 1/4 of voters are of age 40-49. The most noticeable slice is the large 16% of voters in the 21-29 age range, compared to 8% in Batang Air and 13% in Bukit Gantang.

Table A shows that:

• Bukit Selambau's voters has increased by 163 between end of 2007Q4 (voters roll gazetted 2008 Feb 5 for GE12) and end of 2008Q3 (this by-election roll),
• Most of the increase came from the youngest slice of voters, aged 20-29, with an increase of 289 voters or 5%,
• During the period, SPR deleted 4, 10, and 40 voters from the 100+, 90-99, and 80-89 age groups, respectively.
• The 40-49 year-olds make up the largest group at 26.5% of voters, followed by the 30-39 year-olds at 22.8%.
  

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	5,480	5,769	289	5.3%		15.7%	16.4%
30-39	1969	1978	7,898	7,997	99	1.3%		22.6%	22.8%
40-49	1959	1968	9,333	9,326	(7)	-0.1%		26.7%	26.5%
50-59	1949	1958	7,364	7,341	(23)	-0.3%		21.1%	20.9%
60-69	1939	1948	2,875	2,811	(64)	-2.2%		8.2%	8.0%
70-79	1929	1938	1,504	1,427	(77)	-5.1%		4.3%	4.1%
80-89	1919	1928	431	391	(40)	-9.3%		1.2%	1.1%
90-99	1909	1918	73	63	(10)	-13.7%		0.2%	0.2%
100+	1884	1908	19	15	(4)	-21.1%		0.1%	0.0%
Total			34,977	35,140	163	0.5%		100.0%	100.0%

Separately, we have vote details that show:

• The oldest voters were born in 1883 (1 person), 1901 (2), and 1902 (2), all having the new 12-digit IC numbers.
• Many of the older voters have addresses in the rubber estates, which may have made it difficult for SPR to track them down. They have addresses such as Thye Seng Estate, Ladang Sg Tok Pawang Div 2, Ladang United Petani, etc.