Manek Urai voters - young and getting younger

48% of Manek Urai voter are younger than 40 years of age. The 21-29 year-old segment has increased 7.8% since March 2008, while other age groups have remained the same or reduced in number.

Table A shows that:

• Manek Urai voter count has increased by only 1 to 12,293 between 2008 Feb 5 gazetted roll and 2009 June 4 roll (about 16 months).
• The voters are mostly young, falling in the 21-29 and 30-39 age groups.
• The 21-29 age group is the only group that saw an increase in voters, jumping by nearly 8% in 15-16 months.
• Even the 30-39 age group remained flat (-1).
• All other age groups fell in voter numbers.
• SPR has eliminated the last 100-or-older voter from the roll.
  
• The 21-29 and 30-39 groups add up to 47.9% of all voters, or nearly half in the latest roll, up from 49.3%.
• The 21-49 groups total 67.7%, up from 66.4% of all voters.
  

Table A: N41 Manek Urai By-Election Roll of 20090604 by Age Groups - Comparison with GE12 Roll of 20080205
GE12 By-Election GE12 By-Election

Age	Tahunlahir	Tahunlahir	Gazetted	Data date				Percentage	Percentage
Group	From	To	20080205	20090604	Change	Change %		20080205	20090604
21-29	1979	1987	2,457	2,651	194	7.9%		20.0%	21.6%
30-39	1969	1978	3,234	3,233	(1)	0.0%		26.3%	26.3%
40-49	1959	1968	2,465	2,437	(28)	-1.1%		20.1%	19.8%
50-59	1949	1958	2,001	1,970	(31)	-1.5%		16.3%	16.0%
60-69	1939	1948	1,192	1,149	(43)	-3.6%		9.7%	9.3%
70-79	1929	1938	739	678	(61)	-8.3%		6.0%	5.5%
80-89	1919	1928	189	163	(26)	-13.8%		1.5%	1.3%
90-99	1909	1918	14	12	(2)	-14.3%		0.1%	0.1%
100+	1884	1908	1	-	(1)	-100.0%		0.0%	0.0%
Total			12,292	12,293	1	0.0%		100.0%	100.0%