2009-03-25

No Street Names Despite Modern Housing in Bukit Selambau

Another problem with SPR data is the many voters registered without street names in modern housing areas, despite having a house number. More than 2/3 of voters in Taman Bandar Baru (the "new town garden"), eg, are registered with house number, but without street address.

While the previous blog entry highlighted a large number of voters registered without house number, this article questions those registered even with house numbers but without the street name. Such vague registration opens the ground for possible electoral frauds and phantom voters.

Why should SPR repeat the address information of Taman Peruda/Taman Peruda (DM/lokaliti), or Taman Bandar Baru/Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang, but miss out the street name (such as Lorong 1 or Jalan 1)?

This issue is similar to the "big houses" issue discussed in


Table A shows that in Bukit Selambau (N25 under P014) in Kedah:
  • 94 addresses of "big houses" are each registered with 15 or more voters ,
  • these are addresses with specific house number,
  • an example is that 85 voters live in 014/25/04/007 (Merbok/Bukit Selambau/Taman Bandar Baru/Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang ), registered WITH the house number 7
  • What's going on? Why such a "big house?"
  • Why does SPR repeat the information "Taman Bandar Baru" twice but not give information on what "Jalan" or "Lorong"?
  • Table B will group them into mainly 2 large clusters of such voters.
Table A: P014 Merbok N25 Bukit Selambau 200902 By-Election
List of NON-BLANK large unique addresses with 15 or more voters, WITH a house number (NoRumah)
Voter countparl/DUN/DM/lokalitiN25 Bukit Selambau NamaDMNamaLokalitiNoRumah Cleaned
85014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang 7
84014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang19
83014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang11
82014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang3
74014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang9
73014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang6
73014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang12
72014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang14
71014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang2
71014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang16
70014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang1
69014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang29
66014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang4
65014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang20
62014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang17
58014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang18
58014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang24
57014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang15
57014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang31
56014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang8
56014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang11A
55014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang5
54014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang10
53014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang25
49014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang27
48014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang22
46014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang37
45014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang23
45014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang30
44014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang33
42014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang35
42014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang43
40014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang28
39014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang21
37014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang26
37014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang40
37014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang42
37014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang49
37014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda7
36014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang32
35014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang34
35014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda3
34014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang39
34014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda51
32014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang45
30014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda11
30014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda14
29014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang36
29014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda2
29014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda10
29014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda17
28014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang41
28014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang48
28014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda1
28014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda16
27014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda5
26014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda15
26014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda21
25014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda4
25014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda8
25014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda13
24014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang38
24014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang51
24014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang52
24014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang62
24014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda6
24014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda22
23014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang50
23014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda9
23014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda55
22014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang44
22014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang54
22014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang61
22014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda12
21014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang64
21014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda26
21014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda28
20014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang55
20014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang59
20014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda19
19014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang47
19014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda47
18014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda27
18014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda33
18014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda45
17014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang60
17014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang68
17014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda20
17014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda49
16014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang56
16014/25/17/004Pekan Bukit SelambauPekan Bukit Selambau1
15014/25/09/003Air MenidehJalan Nuri4
15014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda24
15014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda31

Click this or "Read More ..." at the bottom to view this long table


Table B contains the same data as Table A, but re-grouped by Kodlokaliti, so that similar addresses are clustered together.


Table B shows that:
  • There are 2 clusters of houses where SPR recorded specific "house numbers" but failed to record or publish the "street name and numbers," such as "Jalan 1" or "Lorong 1".
Cluster 1: Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang
  • This makes it difficult to verify the existence of these voters, and easy to commit election fraud with phantom voters.
  • The voters in these 60 houses total 2,729 persons, and represents 65% of the 4,179 voters within this DM (014/25/04 or Merbok/Bukit Selambau/Taman Bandar Baru)
  • There must be more cases below 15 voters in the same addresses, and the percentage of those who appear to live in "big houses" must be higher than 65%.
  • These are not old "kampong" or village addresses, or apartments,
  • They appear to be modern housing areas, judging from the name (Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang) and map of the neighbourhood on WikiMapia.org (see right).
  • When we Google for "kedah 'taman bandar baru' lorong or jalan" we readily found specific examples of Lorong or Jalan names and numbers (eg, Lorong Jati) for this housing estate.
Our questions:
  • Had SPR been negligent and not properly registering and publishing these voter's "Lorong/Jalan" names and numbers?
  • Doesn't this make it difficult for election observers, even SPR itself, to verify the existence of these voters?
  • Doesn't this make it easy for someone to commit election fraud and plant phantom voters?
  • If SPR had strictly followed a voters' ICs (MyKad) because the ICs contain incomplete address, how can the National Registration Department be so careless about the full address?
Cluster 2: Taman Peruda
  • Another cluster is 014/25/11/002 or Merbok/Bukit Selambau/Taman Peruda/Taman Peruda
  • There are 33 houses here that appear to house 15 or more voters each.
  • When we Google for "kedah 'taman peruda' lorong or jalan" we readily found specific examples of Lorong or Jalan names and numbers (eg, Lorong 2) for this housing estate.
Table B: P014 Merbok N25 Bukit Selambau 200902 By-Election
List of NON-BLANK large unique addresses with 15 or more voters, WITH a house number (NoRumah)
GROUPED BY KODLOKALITI AND HOUSE NUMBER

Voter countparl/DUN/DM/lokalitiN25 Bukit Selambau NamaDMNamaLokalitiNoRumah Cleaned
70014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang 1
71014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang2
82014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang3
66014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang4
55014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang5
73014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang6
85014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang7
56014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang8
74014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang9
54014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang10
83014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang11
73014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang12
72014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang14
57014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang15
71014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang16
62014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang17
58014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang18
84014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang19
65014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang20
39014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang21
48014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang22
45014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang23
58014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang24
53014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang25
37014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang26
49014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang27
40014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang28
69014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang29
45014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang30
57014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang31
36014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang32
44014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang33
35014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang34
42014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang35
29014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang36
46014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang37
24014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang38
34014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang39
37014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang40
28014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang41
37014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang42
42014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang43
22014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang44
32014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang45
19014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang47
28014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang48
37014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang49
23014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang50
24014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang51
24014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang52
22014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang54
20014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang55
16014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang56
20014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang59
17014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang60
22014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang61
24014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang62
21014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang64
17014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang68
56014/25/04/007Taman Bandar BaruTaman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang11A





15014/25/09/003Air MenidehJalan Nuri4





28014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda1
29014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda2
35014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda3
25014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda4
27014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda5
24014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda6
37014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda7
25014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda8
23014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda9
29014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda10
30014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda11
22014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda12
25014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda13
30014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda14
26014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda15
28014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda16
29014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda17
20014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda19
17014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda20
26014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda21
24014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda22
15014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda24
21014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda26
18014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda27
21014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda28
15014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda31
18014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda33
18014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda45
19014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda47
17014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda49
34014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda51
23014/25/11/002Taman PerudaTaman Peruda55





16014/25/17/004Pekan Bukit SelambauPekan Bukit Selambau1


What can be done?

Use our phone camera to take photo of ICs with specific street name in these 2 clusters, to prove that SPR has not registered voters properly, or not publishing the information for voter verification.

Go here for more details about this suggestion.

In the above link, we suggest how field observers can verify whether these voters really do not have house numbers in the IC/MyKad. If so, then the pressure should be on NRIC to include these crucial information in ICs.