The federal constituency was created from parts of the Telok Anson constituency in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the First-past-the-post voting system.

Ethnic breakdown of Bagan Datuk's electorate as of 2022[4] Age breakdown of Bagan Datuk's electorate as of 2022 Gender breakdown of Bagan Datuk's electorate as of 2022 According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Bagan Datuk constituency is divided into 41 polling districts.

[5] constituency "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perak [P.U.

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