# Merbok (federal constituency)

Merbok is a federal constituency in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1986.
The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

## Demographics

https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/parliament/KEDAH
Ethnic breakdown of Merbok's electorate as of 2022
Age breakdown of Merbok's electorate as of 2022
Gender breakdown of Merbok's electorate as of 2022

## History
### Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Merbok constituency is divided into 40 polling districts.
| State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Kuala Sin | 014/25/01 | SK Kampung Kuala Sin |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Kampung Sungkap | 014/25/02 | SK Bukit Selambau |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Bukit Lembu | 014/25/03 | SK Aman Jaya |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Taman Bandar Baru | 014/25/04 | SMK Aman Jaya SK Bandar Baru Sungai Lalang |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Sungai Lalang | 014/25/05 | SJK (C) Chung Hwa |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Taman Desa Aman | 014/25/06 | SK Sungai Lalang |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Bandar Laguna Merbok | 014/25/07 | SK Bandar Laguna Merbok |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Tasek Apong | 014/25/08 | SK Tasek Apong |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Air Mendidih | 014/25/09 | SJK (T) Saraswathy |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Jalan Badlishah | 014/25/10 | Dewan Kompleks Penyayang, Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat Derah Kuala Muda |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Taman Peruda | 014/25/11 | SMK Bandar Sungai Petani |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Taman Ria Utara | 014/25/12 | SK Taman Ria |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | United Petani | 014/25/13 | SJK (T) Arumugam Pillai |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Patani Para | 014/25/14 | SK Patani Para |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Bukit Rusa | 014/35/15 | SJK (T) Palanisamy Kumaran SMK Taman Ria |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Pekan Bukit Selambau | 014/25/16 | SJK (C) Fuh Sun |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Kampung Pokok Machang | 014/25/17 | SMK Bukit Selambau |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Batu Belachan | 014/25/18 | SK Seri Wangsa |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Titi Panjang | 014/25/19 | SK Dataran Muda |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Ambangan Height | 014/25/20 | SK Ambangan Height |
| Bukit Selambau (N25） | Taman Ria Selatan | 014/25/21 | Kolej Vokasional Sungai Petani 1 |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Bujang | 014/26/01 | MRSM Merbok |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Pekan Sabtu Merbok | 014/26/02 | SJK (C) Sin Hwa |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Simpang Tiga Pasir | 014/26/03 | SK Merbok (Pusat) |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Pekan Merbok | 014/26/04 | SMK Merbok |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Kampung Pasir | 014/26/05 | SK Kampong Pasir |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Kampung Huma | 014/26/06 | SK Tanjong Dawai |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Tanjong Dawai | 014/26/07 | SJK (C) Choong Cheng |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Batu Hampar | 014/26/08 | SK Batu Hampar |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Pengkalan Bujang | 014/26/09 | SK Haji Omar Tahir |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Sungai Gelam | 014/26/10 | SK Sultan Mudzaffar Shah |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Sungai Jagong | 014/26/11 | SA Daris |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Sungai Layar | 014/26/12 | SK Sungai Layar |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Semeling Kanan | 014/26/13 | SK Semeling |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Semeling Kiri | 014/26/14 | SJK (C) Ching Chong |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Kampung Bedong | 014/16/15 | SMK Bedong |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Taman Orkid | 014/26/16 | SMK Sungai Layar |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Taman Sri Tanjong | 014/26/17 | SK Tuan Syed Jan Al-Jaffri |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Bunga Raya | 014/26/18 | SMK Ibrahim |
| Tanjong Dawai (N26) | Sekolah Ibrahim | 014/26/19 | SK Ibrahim |

### Representation history

Members of Parliament for Merbok :
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created, renamed from Kuala Muda |||||
| 7th | P011 | 1986–1990 | Abdul Daim Zainuddin (دائم زين الدين) | BN (UMNO) |
| 8th | P011 | 1990–1995 | Abdul Daim Zainuddin (دائم زين الدين) | BN (UMNO) |
| 9th | P014 | 1995–1999 | Abdul Daim Zainuddin (دائم زين الدين) | BN (UMNO) |
| 10th | P014 | 1999–2004 | Abdul Daim Zainuddin (دائم زين الدين) | BN (UMNO) |
| 11th | P014 | 2004–2008 | Zainuddin Maidin (زين الدين بن ميدين) | BN (UMNO) |
| 12th | P014 | 2008–2013 | Rashid Din (رشيد دين) | PR (PKR) |
| 13th | P014 | 2013–2018 | Ismail Daut (إسماعيل داود) | BN (UMNO) |
| 14th | P014 | 2018–2022 | Nor Azrina Surip (نورعصرنا بنت سوريڤ) | PH (PKR) |
| 15th | P014 | 2022–present | Mohd Nazri Abu Hassan (محمد نازري ابو حسن) | PN (BERSATU) |

### State constituency

| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency | State constituency |
| Parliamentary constituency | 1955–1959* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present |
| Merbok | | | | | Bukit Selambau | Bukit Selambau | Bukit Selambau |
| Merbok | | | | Gurun | Gurun | | |
| Tanjong Dawai ||||

### Current state assembly members

| No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
| N25 | Bukit Selambau | Azizan Hamzah | PN (PAS) |
| N26 | Tanjong Dawai | Hanif Ghazali | PN (PAS) |

### Local governments & postcodes

| No. | State Constituency | Local Government | Postcode |
| N25 | Bukit Selambau | Sungai Petani Municipal Council | 08000, 08010, Sungai Petani |
| N26 | Tanjong Dawai | Sungai Petani Municipal Council | 08000, 08010, Sungai Petani |