Petaling Jaya Selatan
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Petaling Jaya Selatan was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1995 to 2018.
 Selangor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1994 |
| Constituency abolished | 2018 |
| First contested | 1995 |
| Last contested | 2013 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
History
It was abolished in 2018 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Petaling Jaya Selatan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created from Puchong and Petaling Jaya | |||||
| 9th | P095 | 1995–1999 | Donald Lim Siang Chai (林祥才) | BN (MCA) | 26,646 62.73% |
| 10th | 1999–2004 | 24,581 53.70% | |||
| 11th | P105 | 2004-2008 | 35,054 71.99% | ||
| 12th | 2008–2013 | Hee Loy Sian (许来贤) | PR (PKR) | 28,598 55.54% | |
| 13th | 2013–2015 | 41,062 63.80% | |||
| 2015–2018 | PH (PKR) | ||||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Petaling Jaya | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Petaling Jaya Selatan | Bukit Gasing | ||||||
| Taman Medan | |||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area | |
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| 1994 | 2003 | |
| Bukit Gasing |
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| Taman Medan |
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKR | Hee Loy Sian | 41,062 | 63.80 |  8.26 | ||
| BN | Sheah Kok Fah | 21,846 | 33.95 |  10.51 | ||
| Independent | Ibrahim Khatib | 1,447 | 2.25 | 2.25 | ||
| Total valid votes | 64,355 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 830 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 138 | |||||
| Turnout | 65,323 | 82.11 | 10.20 | |||
| Registered electors | 79,558 | |||||
| Majority | 19,216 | 29.85 | 18.77 | |||
| PKR hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 176/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2016-05-08. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 217/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-08. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKR | Hee Loy Sian | 28,598 | 55.54 | 27.53 | |
| BN | Donald Lim Siang Chai | 22,892 | 44.46 | 27.53 | |
| Total valid votes | 51,490 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,044 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 97 | ||||
| Turnout | 52,631 | 71.91 | 4.24 | ||
| Registered electors | 73,192 | ||||
| Majority | 5,706 | 11.08 | 32.90 | ||
| PKR gain from BN | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Donald Lim Siang Chai | 35,054 | 71.99 | 18.29 | |
| PKR | Sivarasa Rasiah | 13,638 | 28.01 | 28.01 | |
| Total valid votes | 48,692 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,008 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 38 | ||||
| Turnout | 49,738 | 67.67 | 1.25 | ||
| Registered electors | 73,503 | ||||
| Majority | 21,416 | 43.98 | 35.58 | ||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Donald Lim Siang Chai | 24,581 | 53.70 | 9.03 | |
| Parti Rakyat Malaysia | Syed Husin Ali | 20,736 | 45.30 | 9.94 | |
| Independent | Selvanathan Savarimuthu | 457 | 1.00 | 0.91 | |
| Total valid votes | 45,774 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 772 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 106 | ||||
| Turnout | 46,652 | 68.92 | 3.26 | ||
| Registered electors | 67,687 | ||||
| Majority | 3,845 | 8.40 | 18.97 | ||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Donald Lim Siang Chai | 26,646 | 62.73 | |||
| Parti Rakyat Malaysia | Syed Husin Ali | 15,021 | 35.36 | |||
| Independent | Selvanathan Savarimuthu | 811 | 1.91 | |||
| Total valid votes | 42,478 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,022 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 354 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,854 | 65.66 | ||||
| Registered electors | 66,786 | |||||
| Majority | 11,625 | 27.37 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-09.