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

• Bukit Gantang - 70 Houses with 15 or More Voters
• 90 Voters in a Big House in KT
• 83 Voters in the Same House - More SPR Negligence?

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 count	parl/DUN/DM/lokaliti	N25 Bukit Selambau NamaDM	NamaLokaliti	NoRumah Cleaned
85	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	7
84	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	19
83	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	11
82	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	3
74	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	9
73	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	6
73	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	12
72	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	14
71	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	2
71	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	16
70	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	1
69	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	29
66	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	4
65	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	20
62	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	17
58	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	18
58	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	24
57	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	15
57	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	31
56	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	8
56	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	11A
55	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	5
54	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	10
53	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	25
49	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	27
48	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	22
46	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	37
45	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	23
45	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	30
44	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	33
42	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	35
42	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	43
40	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	28
39	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	21
37	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	26
37	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	40
37	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	42
37	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	49
37	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	7
36	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	32
35	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	34
35	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	3
34	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	39
34	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	51
32	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	45
30	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	11
30	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	14
29	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	36
29	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	2
29	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	10
29	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	17
28	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	41
28	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	48
28	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	1
28	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	16
27	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	5
26	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	15
26	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	21
25	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	4
25	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	8
25	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	13
24	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	38
24	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	51
24	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	52
24	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	62
24	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	6
24	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	22
23	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	50
23	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	9
23	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	55
22	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	44
22	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	54
22	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	61
22	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	12
21	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	64
21	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	26
21	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	28
20	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	55
20	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	59
20	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	19
19	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	47
19	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	47
18	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	27
18	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	33
18	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	45
17	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	60
17	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	68
17	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	20
17	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	49
16	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	56
16	014/25/17/004	Pekan Bukit Selambau	Pekan Bukit Selambau	1
15	014/25/09/003	Air Menideh	Jalan Nuri	4
15	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	24
15	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	31

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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

• There are 60 "big houses" in 014/25/04/007 (or Merbok/Bukit Selambau/Taman Bandar Baru/Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang) where ther are 15 or more voters "living in the same big houses,"
• It looks like street names, such as "Jalan 1" or "Lorong 1" are missing, lumping voters into big house numbers,

• 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 count	parl/DUN/DM/lokaliti	N25 Bukit Selambau NamaDM	NamaLokaliti	NoRumah Cleaned
70	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	1
71	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	2
82	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	3
66	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	4
55	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	5
73	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	6
85	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	7
56	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	8
74	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	9
54	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	10
83	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	11
73	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	12
72	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	14
57	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	15
71	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	16
62	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	17
58	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	18
84	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	19
65	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	20
39	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	21
48	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	22
45	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	23
58	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	24
53	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	25
37	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	26
49	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	27
40	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	28
69	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	29
45	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	30
57	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	31
36	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	32
44	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	33
35	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	34
42	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	35
29	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	36
46	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	37
24	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	38
34	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	39
37	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	40
28	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	41
37	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	42
42	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	43
22	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	44
32	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	45
19	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	47
28	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	48
37	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	49
23	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	50
24	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	51
24	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	52
22	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	54
20	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	55
16	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	56
20	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	59
17	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	60
22	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	61
24	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	62
21	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	64
17	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	68
56	014/25/04/007	Taman Bandar Baru	Taman Bandar Baru Sg Lalang	11A
15	014/25/09/003	Air Menideh	Jalan Nuri	4
28	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	1
29	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	2
35	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	3
25	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	4
27	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	5
24	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	6
37	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	7
25	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	8
23	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	9
29	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	10
30	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	11
22	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	12
25	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	13
30	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	14
26	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	15
28	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	16
29	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	17
20	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	19
17	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	20
26	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	21
24	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	22
15	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	24
21	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	26
18	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	27
21	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	28
15	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	31
18	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	33
18	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	45
19	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	47
17	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	49
34	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	51
23	014/25/11/002	Taman Peruda	Taman Peruda	55
16	014/25/17/004	Pekan Bukit Selambau	Pekan Bukit Selambau	1

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.
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Understanding P203 N29 - Batang Air State Seat of Lubok Antu, Sarawak

Where is the P203 N29 state seat Batang Air on the map? How big is it? How many voters are there? How have they voted previously? Isn't Malaysia's largest hydroelectric dam called Batang Ai Dam?

Batang Air, traditionally known as Batang Ai, is about 200km east of Kuching and less than 100km south of Sibu, in Sarawak. It includes the western end of the central Sarawak mountain range as well as a small portion of river valley. It used to be called N25 in the 2001 state election, but has since been renamed N29.

Batang Air contains Batang Ai Dam, the largest operating hydroelectric dam in Malaysia, only waiting to be eclipsed by the unfinished and infamous Bakun Dam.

To the south, Batang Air borders Indonesia by over 100 kms. To the west, Batang Air is limited by highways No. 2109 and No. 1. To the north of Batang Air is N28 Engkilili DUN, the other DUN under P203 Lubok Antu. The eastern half is covered by mountain range. See map at WikiMapia.org.

The map on the right is sourced from http://maps.ysm.org.my.


Please help MAFREL

More than 1/2 of Batang Air is mountainous, and very difficult for MAFREL observers to cover.

Batang Air is also a huge area. We crudely estimate it to be 1,500 sq km; Batang Air looks about 75km wide and average about 20 km deep, based on WikiMapia.org satellite map and Wikimapia.org terrain map (right), and constituency map. This will make Batang Air DUN roughly 1.5x Penang state (1,046sqkm), 2x Perlis (810sqkm), 30x Putrajaya, and 6x KL FT. That is 1/4 the size of Brunei (5,765sqkm), and 2x of Singapore (710sqkm)! Note the relative size of Singapore and of part of Johor in the map to the right, as compared to Batang Air. (updated Mar 27)


Mostly hilly and jungle area, with about 100km of winding border adjoining Indonesia too!

Please donate or contribute man power to MAFREL's monitoring of Batang Air. See:

• Kuching report: election campaign picks up! (2009-03-24)
  
• Mafrel met Sarawak SPR Chief: transport issues still a major challenge
• Observers training about to reach target-but fund is still short

Voters Summary. Table A shows that Batang Air is a small DUN constituency with about 8 thousand voters. This contrasts sharply with Kedah's N25 Bukit Selambau, which is also a state seat but which contains about 35 thousand voters. A vote in Batang Air is equivalent to more than 4 votes in Bukit Selambau! (There goes the one-person-one-vote principle.)

Batang Air contains:

• 7,963 non-postal voters and 43 postal voters, totaling 8,006 voters.
• has 24 DMs (Daerah Mengundi, voting district), and 24 TMs (Tempat Mengundi, voting station),
  
• Most of the DMs and TMs have only 1 saluran (voting stream) for voting (except 203/29/02, which contains 2 salurans)
• Therefore, in total, there are 25 salurans
• Separately, we have calculated that most of the salurans are small. Min size is 75 voters, max size is 673 voters
  

Table A: P0203 Lubok Antu N29 Batang Air 200902 By-Election
Summary of Data By DUN

Parl/DUN	NamaDUN	DM count	TM count	Saluran count	Voter count
203/29	Batang Air	24	24	25	7,963
Non-postal	1	24	24	25	7,963
Postal voters					43
Total including postal voteres					8,006

Past Election Results

The current by-election at Batang Air is at the state (DUN) level. Batang Air faced state election in 2001 and May 2006, and parliamentary elections in March 2004 and March 2008. There was a seat delineation before the 2004 GE, and Batang Air has been re-numbered from N25 to N29.

• 2006 state election at Wikipedia.org was held on May 20, 2006.
• 2001 state election results in detail from Utusan.com.my. Lubok Antu was still called P177 then, Batang Ai was then N25. http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/SpecialCoverage/Sarawak2001/index.asp?pg=kawasan.htm
• http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/SpecialCoverage/Sarawak2001/index.asp?pg=p177_lubuk_antu.htm
  
• 2001 seat map from Utusan.com.my
  

• 2004 and 2008 parliamentary election results (P203 Lubok Antu) at http://undi.info/ax/state/sw/2008/parliament/P203.html
  
• 2004 and 2008 state-wide parliamentary results and map for Sarawak at http://undi.info/state/sw.html
  

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Understanding P014N25 - Bukit Selambau State Seat, Kedah

Where is the P014 N25 state seat Bukit Selambau? What do the maps look like? How many postal and non-postal voters are there now? How have voters there voted?

Foothill rubber plantations

Bukit Selambau (N25 ) is one of two state assembly seats under the Merbok parliamentary seat (P014) in southern Kedah. Bukit Selambau is located east of the coastal highway No.1, and east of the old rail road and two golf courses. It is is northeast of Sungai Petani, hence has a couple of industrial areas to its south. See Wikimapia.org map of highways.

Bukit Selambau is centered on a low hill east of Gunung Jerai and west of middle-section of Sungai Muda (where it runs north-south), which itself skirts the west of the Malaysian-Thai border mountain range.

Bukit Selambau's slopes and proximity to railroad and its northwest-peninsula's drier seasons historically made it a rubber plantation area with large ethnic Indian descendant population of rubber plantation labourer. This background is reflected in many locality names, and the non-specific voter addresses without house numbers, an issue we will discuss in later blog entries. See WikiMapia.org satellite + highway map hybrid.

The two maps on the right show the state assembly and parliamentary seats in Kedah state. Source is http://undi.info.


Table A below shows that:

• N25 Bukit Selambau is a state-assembly-level (DUN) constituency, as opposed to the other parliamentary seat of Bukit Gantang in Perak (with 3 DUNs).
• Bukit Selambau is a large one for a state-level seat, with 35,125 voters. In contrast, the largest DUN in Bukit Gantang has only nearly 25 thousand voters . Sarawak's Batang Air DUN by-election will involve only about 8 thousand voters.
• There are 22 DMs (Daerah Mengundi, voting districts).
• There are 22 TMs (Tempat Mengundi, voting stations), which means there are no sharing of voting stations across voting districts. This also means NGOs need to send at least 22 observers to just cover each voting station with one person.
• There are 64 voting streams, typically a voting classroom.

• Not shown in the table: Of the 15 postal voters, 10 are police personnel in 2 police stations. Five are absentee voters currently not living locally.
  

Table A: P014 Merbok N25 Bukit Selambau 200902 By-Election

Parl/DUN	NamaDUN	DM count	TM count	Saluran count	Voter count
014/25/01	Bukit Selambau	22	22	64	35,125
Total Count	1	22	22	64	35,125	non-postal voters
					15	postal voters
Total including postal voters					35,140	Total

To view voting history, candidate names, and racial breakdown, please see Undi.info at:

• N27 Bukit Selambu http://undi.info/ax/state/kd/2008/states/N25/P14.html
• P014 Merbok http://undi.info/ax/state/kd/2008/parliament/P14.html

Table B: Voting History in P014's N27 Bukit Selambu

2008 KEDAH: N25 - Bukit Selambau			Voters: 34,977
Party	Candidate	Votes	Majority
MIC	S Krishnan	10863
IND	V Arumugam	13225	2,362
Racial Breakdown
Malay: 50.20%, Chinese: 19.30%, Indian: 29.50%, Others: 1.00%
2004 KEDAH: N25 - Bukit Selambau			Voters: 30,322
Party	Candidate	Votes	Majority
MIC	Datuk V Saravanan	14196	7,695
PKR	Mustafa Khalid Hanafi	6501
DAP	G Ghanagaru a/l Ganisan	2120
Racial Breakdown
Malay: 48.3%, Chinese: 22.0%, Indian: 28.8%, Others: 0.8%
State Seats / Polling Districts
Kuala Sin, Kampong Sungkap, Bukit Lembu, Kongsi Enam, Sungai Lallang Luar, Sungai Lallang Utara, Bandar Laguna Merbok, Tasek Apong, Ayer Menideh, Jalan Badlishah, Taman Peruda, Taman Ria, Taman Ria Jaya, United Petani, Petani Para, Bukit Rusa, Pekan Bukit Selambau, Kampong Pokok Machang, Batu Belachan, Titi Panjang,

Source: http://undi.info
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Understanding P059 - Bukit Gantang Parliamentary Seat, Perak

Where is P059 Bukit Gantang? What do the maps look like? How many postal and non-postal voters are there now? How have voters there voted?
P059, or the parliamentary seat Bukit Gantang of Perak, is located south and west of Taiping. Of the three state assembly seats (DUN), N13 is a sea side estuary famous for its crab and seafood, hence the name Kuala (river mouth) and Sapetang (crabs). Trong is the smallest (in voter count), yet the largest (in area). WikiMapia.org map view of Bukit Gantang and satellite-map-hybrid view.

Table A shows that in P036, the Bukit Gantang parliamentary constituency:

• there are 3 DUNs or state assembly seats: N13 Kuala Sapetang, N14 Changkat Jering, and N15 Trong
  
• there are 38 DMs, or Daerah Mengundi, voting districts
• but there are only 32 TM, Tempat Mengundi, or voting stations (because 5 sets of DMs share the same TMs).
  
• This means NGOs need 32 observers to station at least one at each place.
  

• there are 111 Salurans, or voting streams (rooms), with the most in Changkat Jering.
• total voters number 55,426 excluding postal voters.
• There are another 136 postal voters,
• total voter count is 55,562.
  
• Changkt Jering has the most number of voters, nearly 25 thousand.
• Trong has the smallest number of voters, at 10,743. But it has the largest area, seen from the map below.
  

Table A: P059 Bukit Gantang 200902 By-Election
Summary of Data By DUN

Parl/DUN	NamaDUN	DM count	TM count	Saluran count	Voter count
059/13	Kuala Sapetang	13	11	40	19,722
059/14	Changkat Jering	11	10	47	24,961
059/15	Trong	14	11	24	10,743
Total Count	3	38	32	111	55,426	non-postal voters
					136	postal voters
Total including postal voteres					55,562	Total

Tables B and C show that the 136 postal voters are split into:

• 128 police personnel postal voters at 6 locations, and
• another 8 absentee, non-police, postal voters.

Table B: P059 Bukit Gantang 200902 By-Election
Count POSTAL Voters By Localities
POLICE voters only

Kodlokaliti	NamaDUN	NamaDM		NamaLokaliti		NoRumah	TM	Count
0591305701	Kuala Sapetang	Kuala Sapetang		Balai Polis Kuala Sapetang			Pos	31
0591401701	Changkat Jering	Pengkalan Aor		Balai Polis Simpang			Pos	28
0591408701	Changkat Jering	Changkat Jering		Balai Polis Changkat Jering			Pos	16
0591502701	Trong	Pasir Hitam Trong		Balai Polis Pasir Hitam			Pos	9
0591505701	Trong	Trong Barat		Balai Polis Trong			Pos	24
0591512701	Trong	Padang Gajah		Balai Polis Padang Gajah			Pos	20
Subtotal								128

Table C: P059 Bukit Gantang 200902 By-Election
Count POSTAL Voters By Localities
Absentee, non-police, postal voters

Kodlokaliti	NamaDUN	NamaDM		NamaLokaliti		NoRumah	TM	Count
0591311801	Kuala Sapetang	Sungai Mati		Pemilih Tak Hadir		14.411	Pos	1
0591401801	Changkat Jering	Pengkalan Aor		Pemilih Tak Hadir		48 A	Pos	2
0591402801	Changkat Jering	Simpang Lama		Pemilih Tak Hadir		75	Pos	2
0591404801	Changkat Jering	Jalan Simpang		Pemilih Tak Hadir		NO 676	Pos	1
0591406801	Changkat Jering	Larut Tin		Pemilih Tak Hadir		179	Pos	1
0591408801	Changkat Jering	Changkat Jering		Pemilih Tak Hadir		JT 35	Pos	1
Subtotal								8

Map of parliamentary and state assembly seats.
Source: http://undi.info








Also see map at: WikiMapia.org view of Bukit Gantang

To view voting history, candidate names, and racial breakdown, please see Undi.info at:

P059 Bukit Gantang http://undi.info/ax/state/pr/2008/parliament/P59.html
N13 Kuala Sapetang http://undi.info/ax/state/pr/2008/states/N13/P59.html
N14 Changkat Jering http://undi.info/ax/state/pr/2008/states/N14/P59.html
N15 Trong http://undi.info/ax/state/pr/2008/states/N15/P59.html

Table D: Voting History in P059 Bukit Gantang

2008
PERAK: P59 - Bukit Gantang			Voters: 55,471
Party	Candidate	Votes	Majority
UMNO	Datuk Azim Zabidi	18,449
PAS	Roslan Shaharum	20,015	1,566
IND	M Morgan	872
Racial Breakdown
Malay: 63.50%, Chinese: 27.10%, Indian: 9.10%, Others: 0.20%
2004
PERAK: P59 - Bukit Gantang			Voters: 53,880
Party	Candidate	Votes	Majority
GERAKAN	Tan Lian Hoe	16,846	8,888
PAS	Dr Lo Lo Mohamed Ghazli	10,144
Racial Breakdown
Malay: 62.60%, Chinese: 27.60%, Indian: 9.70%, Others: 0.10%
State Seats / Polling Districts
N13 - Kuala Sapetang
Kamunting Station, Ayer Puteh, Jebong, Simpang Halt, Sapetang, Kampong Port Weld, Sungai Sapetang Kechil, Pekan Port Weld, Jalan Mangala, Kampong Jaha, Sungai Limau, Matang Gelugor, Sungai Mati, Bendang Siam, Changkat Ibol,
N14 - Changkat Jering
Pengkalan Aor, Simpang Lama, Simpang Baru, Kawasan J.k.r, Larut Tin, Jalan Simpang, Ayer Kuning, Changkat, Changkat Jering, Jelutong, Bukit Gantang, Kampong Cheh,
N15 - Trong
Kuala Trong, Pasir Hitam Trong, Kampong Tebok Trong, Trong, Trong Barat, Bukit Gantang Selatan, Sungai Keluang, Ayer Terjun, Kampong Temerloh, Ayer Terjun Tengah, Padang Gajah, Padang Gajah Tengah, Sungai Tinggi, Permatang Raja, Batu Hampar, Sungai Rotan, Sungai Che Rahmat,

Source: http://undi.info
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Understanding P036 - Kuala Terengganu Parliamentary Constituency

What does the KT parliamentary seat look like on map? What are the state assembly seats (DUN)? How many voters are here and how have they voted in the past?

Background: Kuala Terengganu is a large parliamentary seat with 80,229 voters, split into four state assembly (DUN) seats. KT is larger than Permatang Pauh (P044), which contained 58,459 voters and 3 DUNS, where a by-election was held recently in August. The neighboring Marang (P037), green color in the map, is the only parliamentary seat held by PAS and the Opposition.

Under KT P036 itself during GE12, however, PAS won three out of the four DUNs, ie, N13 (Wakaf Mempelam), N15 (Ladang), and N16 (Batu Buruk), except N14 (Bandar). See http://undi.info/state/kt/2008/states.html. PAS won 8 out of the 32 DUNs in the state of Terengganu.

To view voting history, candidate names, and racial breakdown, please see Undi.info at:

• P36 - Kuala Terengganu http://undi.info/ax/state/kt/2008/parliament/P36.html
• N13 - Wakaf Mempelam http://undi.info/ax/state/kt/2008/states/N13/P36.html
• N14 - Bandar http://undi.info/ax/state/kt/2008/states/N14/P36.html
• N15 - Ladang http://undi.info/ax/state/kt/2008/states/N15/P36.html
• N16 - Batu Buruk http://undi.info/ax/state/kt/2008/states/N16/P36.html

Sources of map:

• Parliament http://undi.info/state/kt/2008/parliament.html
• State http://undi.info/state/kt/2008/states.html

Table A below shows that:

• Total number of voters decreases by 96 to 80,229 over 10 months, between the GE12 electoral roll gazetted on 2008 Feb 5 and this by-election roll gazetted on 2008 Dec 5.

Table A: Count of Voters and Postal Voters

Count of Voters
Election event		12th GE	By-Election
Roll gazetted		20080205	20081205	Change
Code	NamaDUN
N13	Wakaf Mempelam	20,573	20,629	56
N14	Bandar	18,953	18,833	-120
N15	Ladang	16,777	16,780	3
N16	Batu Buruk	24,022	23,987	-35
P036	Kuala Terengganu	80,325	80,229	-96

WikiMapia.org Maps

P036, Kuala Terengganu, is roughly outlined on the north and west by the Terengganu River, on the east by the South China Sea, and on the south by highways T101 and T100.

On Wikimapia.org map, you can see the following details, from the big-picture "woods" to the detailed "trees:"

1. Overview, but with few details on kampong or DM names
• http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=5.2969467&lon=103.1296062&z=14&l=0&m=m&v=1
2. Good details on kampong/DM name, but difficult to fit into one screen:
• http://tinyurl.com/kt-kampong (short cut URL, same as below)
• http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=5.3169022&lon=103.1320095&z=15&l=0&m=m&v=1
3. Good details street, building, and school names, but kampong/DM information not shown
• http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=5.3117532&lon=103.1029022&z=16&l=0&m=m&v=1

We have saved and marked a WikiMapia map to indicates general areas of voting districts (DM, often centered around villages or kampongs) which we can find. Please click the below for a larger image on a new window.


Help put the voting stations (Tempat Mengundi) on the WikiMapia.org!

You can help out by marking all the schools and buildings on the http://WikiMapia.org site, using the feature to "Add Place." Use this URL http://tinyurl.com/kt-kampong and the more detailed http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=5.3117532&lon=103.1029022&z=16&l=0&m=m&v=1) that will be used as voting stations, so that volunteers can find them more easily.

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Understanding Permatang Pauh P044 (updated 19/8/08)

This post links to basic data and maps for Permatang Pauh (and the specific voter numbers have been updated to reflect the official electoral roll).

Permatang Pauh parliamentary constituency (P044) is a large seat in the middle of Seberang Prai, stretching from roughly east of the north-south express way to the Kedah border. It contains 58,459 voters.

For voting history, including parliamentary and state seat candidates, voter racial background, and voting results, from 2004 and 2008, please see Undi.info at:

• http://www.undi.info/ax/state/pn/2008/parliament/P44.html
• http://undi.info/ax/state/pn/2008/states/N10/P44.html
• http://undi.info/ax/state/pn/2008/states/N11/P44.html
• http://undi.info/ax/state/pn/2008/states/N12/P44.html

The constituency delineation maps are originally from Undi.info, at

• http://undi.info/state/pn/2008/parliament.html
• http://undi.info/state/pn/2008/states.html

State Assembly Seat Breakdown

The official electoral roll we obtain on 15/8/08, with data as of 2008 Jul 31 for P044 contains three state assembly seats, or DUN, (N10, N11, and N12) and these number of voters each:

Parl / DUN code	NamaDUN	Voter Count
044/10	Seberang Jaya	22,790
044/11	Permatang Pasir	20,289
044/12	Penanti	15,380
	Total	58,459

WikiMapia.org Satellite and Map

Click for a larger image on a new window. Permatang Pauh is roughly east of PLUS and west of the Kedah border, in the middle section.

Sources:

• Map of Permatang Pauh area at http://wikimapia.org
• Satelite map of Permatang Pauh area at http://wikimapia.org

You can help out by marking all the schools at WikiMapia.org that will be used as voting stations, so that volunteers can find them more easily.
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