Kepong (federal constituency)
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 Kuala Lumpur constituency | |
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| Federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| MP | |
| Constituency created | 1974 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 2022 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2020)[1] | 106,199 |
| Electors (2022)[2] | 94,285 |
| Area (km²)[3] | 12 |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 8,849.9 |
Kepong is a federal constituency in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.
This federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
- 18-20 (4.14%)
- 21-29 (14.9%)
- 30-39 (16.2%)
- 40-49 (18.2%)
- 50-59 (19.4%)
- 60-69 (15.6%)
- 70-79 (8.54%)
- 80-89 (2.73%)
- above 90 (0.37%)
- Male (50.2%)
- Female (49.8%)
According to the August 2022 Electoral Roll used for the 2022 Malaysian general election, the Kepong constituency has 94,285 registered voters, of whom 4.00% are Malay, 90.5% are Chinese, 4.90% are Indian, and 0.50% are from other ethnic groups. In the 2018 general election, the constituency had 72,696 registered voters. The 2022 general election saw an increase of 21,589 voters, a 29.70% increase. In terms of percentage of voters by ethnic group, the Malay population decreased by 0.94%, the Chinese increased by 1.64%, the Indian population decreased by 1.09%, and the other ethnic groups increased by 0.29%.
| Change of electorate in Kepong (by percentage) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Electorate | Voters | Change | |||
| Malay | Chinese | Indian | Other | |||
| 2022 | 4.00 | 90.5 | 4.90 | 0.50 | 94,285 | +29.70% |
| 2018 | 4.94 | 88.86 | 5.99 | 0.21 | 72,696 | +6.85% |
| 2013 | 4.52 | 88.44 | 6.37 | 0.67 | 68,035 | +11.95% |
| 2008 | 4.28 | 90.31 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 60,775 | +0.83% |
| 2004 | 3.5 | 90.9 | 5.3 | 0.33 | 60,273 | -7.21% |
| 1999 | 5.5 | 89.8 | 4 | 0.7 | 64,956 | +8.06% |
| 1995 | 60,111 | -21.70% | ||||
| 1990 | 76,766 | +6.97% | ||||
| 1986 | 71,767 | -7.14% | ||||
| 1982 | 77,285 | +21.32% | ||||
| 1978 | 63,703 | +84.71% | ||||
| 1974 | 34,488 | － | ||||
