1984 Delimitation of Peninsular Malaysia (DUN)
Last updated: 30 Dec 2025
Boundaries of DUN constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia following the 1984 delimitation exercise.
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| state | String | State in which the parliamentary constituency is located, e.g. 'Perlis' |
| parlimen | String | Code (P.xxx) and name of the parliamentary constituency, e.g. 'P.001 Padang Besar' |
| code_parlimen | String | Official code of the parliamentary constituency, e.g. 'P.001' |
| dun | String | Code (N.xx) and name of the DUN constituency, e.g. 'N.01 Titi Tinggi' |
| code_dun | String | Official code of the DUN constituency, e.g. 'N.01' |
Download (351 features x 5 attributes)
Programmatic Access
import geopandas as gpd
URL = "https://lake.electiondata.my/maps/delimitations/peninsular_1984_dun.parquet"
gdf = gpd.read_parquet(URL)
print(gdf.shape) # (351, 5)
print(gdf.crs)
gdfCite
Users wishing to reference this dataset in an academic context should cite Thevananthan and Chacko (2025), which documents the digitisation and validation of the boundary data.
APA
Thevananthan, T., & Chacko, D. P. (2025). The Malaysian Election Corpus (MECo): Electoral Maps and Cartograms from 1954 to 2025. arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.24211.
Harvard
Thevananthan, T. and Chacko, D.P. 2025, The Malaysian Election Corpus (MECo): Electoral Maps and Cartograms from 1954 to 2025. arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.24211.
MLA
Thevananthan, Thevesh, and Chacko, Danesh Prakash. "The Malaysian Election Corpus (MECo): Electoral Maps and Cartograms from 1954 to 2025." arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.24211 (2025).
Chicago
Thevananthan, Thevesh, and Chacko, Danesh Prakash. "The Malaysian Election Corpus (MECo): Electoral Maps and Cartograms from 1954 to 2025." arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.24211 (2025).
BibTeX
@article{thevananthan2025malaysian,
author = {Thevananthan, Thevesh and Chacko, Danesh Prakash},
title = {The Malaysian Election Corpus (MECo): Electoral Maps and Cartograms from 1954 to 2025},
journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.24211},
year = {2025}
}