Hulu Kinta (state constituency)

Hulu Kinta
Perak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad; PH
;
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	74,292

Hulu Kinta is a state constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perak State Legislative Assembly.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Hulu Kinta's electorate as of 2022

Malay (57.63%)

Chinese (25.00%)

Indian (13.34%)

Other ethnicities (4.04%)

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Hulu Kinta constituency has a total of 19 polling districts.^[1]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Hulu Kinta（N24）	Kanthan	063/24/01	SJK (C) Chong Hwa
	Kuang	063/24/02	SK Syed Idrus
	Kampong Ulu Chemor	063/24/03	SRA Rakyat Al-Mohsiniah
	Kampong Chik Zainal	063/24/04	SRA Al-Ikhlasiah
	Tanah Hitam	063/24/05	SJK (C) Tanah Hitam
	Changkat Kinding	063/24/06	SJK (T) Ladang Changkat Kinding
	Hospital Bahagia	063/24/07	SK Methodist
	Tanjong Rambutan	063/24/08	SK Seri Tanjung
	Tanjong Rambutan Utara	063/24/09	SJK (T) Tanjong Rambutan
	Tanjong Rambutan Barat	063/24/10	SK Tanjong Rambutan
	Kawasan Polis Hutan	063/24/11	SK Pasukan Polis Hutan
	Kampung Tersusun Batu 8	063/24/12	SRA Rakyat Asy Shukuriah
	Bandar Baru Putra	063/24/13	SK Bandar Baru Putera
	Pakatan Jaya	063/24/14	SK Pakatan Jaya
	Taman Perpaduan	063/24/15	SK Perpaduan
	Bandar Baru Sunway	063/24/16	SA Rakyat Nurul Hidayah
	Kampong Tersusun Batu 5	063/24/17	SMK Tambun
	Tambun	063/24/18	SK Tambun
	Jalan Tambun	063/24/19	SJK (C) Hing Hwa

Members of the Perak State Assembly for Hulu Kinta
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Chemor
9th	N21	1995 – 1999	Mazidah Zakariah	BN (UMNO)
10th	N21	1999 – 2004
11th	N24	2004 – 2008
12th		2008 – 2013	Rosnah Kassim
13th		2013 – 2018	Aminuddin Mohd Hanafiah
14th		2018 – 2022	Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad	PH (PKR)
15th		2022 – present	Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad	PH (PKR)

Perak state election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad	22,220	39.02	6.00
	PN	Puteri Holijah Muhamad Rali	18,057	31.71	31.71
	BN	Mazlan Abd Rahman	16,224	28.49	7.12
	Independent	Murugiah Subramaniam	437	0.77	0.77
Total valid votes			56,938	100.00
Total rejected ballots			846
Unreturned ballots			139
Turnout			57,923	77.97	3.42
Registered electors			74,292
Majority			4,163	7.31	14.13
	PH hold		Swing

Perak state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad	17,766	45.02	45.02
	BN	Aminuddin Mohd. Hanafiah	14,053	35.61	23.58
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mat Salleh Said	7,425	18.82	18.82
	Independent	Murugiah A/L Subramaniam	217	0.55	0.55
Total valid votes			39,461	97.05
Total rejected ballots			859	2.11
Unreturned ballots			339	0.83
Turnout			40,659	81.39	3.31
Registered electors			49,946
Majority			3,713	21.44	2.27
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Perak state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Aminuddin Mohd. Hanafiah	18,893	59.19	2.28
	PKR	Matinagaran A/L Arumugam	12,775	40.02	3.18
	Independent	Sulaiman Zakariya	250	0.78	0.77
Total valid votes			31,918	98.10
Total rejected ballots			616	1.70
Unreturned ballots			2	0.14
Turnout			32,536	84.70	9.27
Registered electors			38,399
Majority			6,118	19.17	5.51
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI".

Perak state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rosnah Kassim	13,057	61.47	9.24
	PKR	Ayyathurai A/L Achutharaman	7,825	36.84	36.84
	Independent	Sathiya Seelan A/L Munisamy	360	1.63	1.63
Total valid votes			21,242	96.02
Total rejected ballots			629	2.84
Unreturned ballots			251	1.13
Turnout			22,122	75.43	1.98
Registered electors			29,326
Majority			5,232	24.68	16.74
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 2008".

Perak state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mazidah Zakariah	14,104	70.71	8.70
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Zulkurnaini Ibrahim	5,843	29.29	8.70
Total valid votes			19,947	95.96
Total rejected ballots			800	3.85
Unreturned ballots			40	0.19
Turnout			20,787	73.45	0.02
Registered electors			28,313
Majority			8,261	41.42	17.40
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 2004".

Perak state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mazidah Zakariah	12,174	62.01	21.16
	S46	Yahya Ariff	7,457	37.99	21.16
Total valid votes			19,631	88.34
Total rejected ballots			654	2.94
Unreturned ballots			1,938	8.72
Turnout			22,223	73.42	1.94
Registered electors			29,791
Majority			4,717	24.02	43.72
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1999".

Perak state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mazidah Zakariah	16,009	83.17
	S46	Meor Termizi Mior Yusof	3,240	16.83
Total valid votes			19,249	91.68
Total rejected ballots			497	2.37
Unreturned ballots			1,251	5.96
Turnout			20,997	75.36
Registered electors			27,862
Majority			12,769	67.74
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1995".

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