Sidam

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Sidam

Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Bau Wong Bau Ek PH
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2020)	122,656
Electors (2023)	60,983

Sidam is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Sidam constituency has a total of 13 polling districts.^[2]

Kedah state election, 2023: Sidam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Bau Wong Bau Ek	21,859	51.12	6.96
	PN	Juliana Abdul Ghani	20,905	48.88	48.88
Total valid votes			42,764	100.00
Total rejected ballots			260
Unreturned ballots			69
Turnout			43,093	70.66	11.54
Registered electors			60,983
Majority			954	2.24	34.12
	PH hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2018: Sidam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Robert Ling Kui Ee	17,344	58.08	58.08
	PAS	Nur Hidayah Foo Abdullah	6,484	21.72	21.72
	BN	Tan Kok Seong	5,951	19.93	14.04
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Mohd Hashim Saaludin	80	0.27	0.27
Total valid votes			29,859	100.00
Total rejected ballots			291
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			30,245	82.20	3.80
Registered electors			36,776
Majority			10,860	36.36	8.32
	PH hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2013: Sidam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Robert Ling Kui Ee	13,189	62.01	0.91
	BN	Bee Sieong Heng	7,225	33.97	3.11
	Independent	Zamil Ibrahim	347	1.63	1.63
	Independent	Ooi Beng Kooi	268	1.26	1.26
	Independent	Tan Hock Huat	197	0.92	0.92
	KITA	Uh Chorng Von	42	0.20	0.20
Total valid votes			21,268	100.00
Total rejected ballots			245
Unreturned ballots			129
Turnout			21,642	86.00	10.75
Registered electors			25,151
Majority			5,964	28.04	2.20
	PKR hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2008: Sidam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Tan Joon Long	9,470	62.92	33.16
	BN	Fong Chok Gin	5,852	37.08	33.16
Total valid votes			15,052	100.00
Total rejected ballots			392
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			15,747	75.25	0.69
Registered electors			20,926
Majority			3,618	25.84	15.64
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2004: Sidam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fong Chok Gin	10,287	71.24	4.72
	PKR	Lim Soo Nee	4,153	29.76	29.76
Total valid votes			14,440	100.00
Total rejected ballots			359
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			14,799	74.56	2.60
Registered electors			19,848
Majority			6,134	41.48	9.44
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1999: Sidam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fong Chok Gin	11,038	66.52	3.46
	DAP	Gnanaguru Ganisan	5,556	34.48	11.13
Total valid votes			16,594	100.00
Total rejected ballots			537
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			17,134	71.96	1,40
Registered electors			23,810
Majority			5,482	32.04	7.67
	BN hold		Swing

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.