Sungai Tua
Selangor constituency
State constituency
LegislatureSelangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Amirudin Shari
PH
Constituency created1994
Constituency abolished2004
Constituency re-created2018
First contested1995
Last contested2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)[1]49,055

Sungai Tua is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2004, and then from 2018 onwards.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Taman Templer is Amirudin Shari from PKR, which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH), and is currently the incumbent Menteri Besar

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Sungai Tua's electorate as of 2018[2]

  Malay (59.92%)
  Indian (24.32%)
  Chinese (13.33%)
  Other ethnicities (3.43%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Sungai Tua constituency is divided into 12 polling districts.[3]

State constituency Polling districts Code Location
Sungai Tua (N16) Wira Damai 098/16/01 SMK Sungai Kertas
Taman Jasa 098/16/02 SRA Kampung Sungai Tua Baru
Sungai Tua 098/16/03 SK Sungai Tua Baharu
Kampung Nakhoda 098/16/04 SA Rakyat (KAFA Integrasi) Al-Humaira
Kampung Laksamana 098/16/05 SK Sungai Kertas
Selayang Baharu Empat 098/16/06 SMK Selayang Bharu
Selayang Baharu Lima 098/16/07 SMK Darul Ehsan
Taman Selayang 098/16/08 SA Rakyat (Kafai) Al-Amaniah
Taman Batu Caves 098/16/09 SMK Taman Selayang
Pekan Batu Caves Lama 098/16/10 SJK (C) Kheow Bin
Batu Caves 098/16/11 SJK (T) Batu Caves
Batu 8 Sungai Tua 098/16/12 SK (2) Taman Selayang

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungai Tua
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created from Gombak Setia
9th 1995-1999 S. Gopala Krishnan BN (MIC)
10th 1999-2004 Jagarasah Verasamy
Constituency abolished, renamed to Batu Caves
Constituency re-created from Batu Caves
14th 2018–2023 Amirudin Shari PH (PKR)
15th 2023–present

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PH Amirudin Shari 19,678 56.87 Decrease 4.74
PN Muhammad Hanif Jamaluddin 14,493 41.89 Increase 41.89
Independent Suman Gopal 430 1.24 Increase 1.24
Total valid votes 34,601 100.00
Total rejected ballots 157
Unreturned ballots 33
Turnout 34,791 70.92 Decrease 13.08
Registered electors 49,055
Majority 5,185 14.98 Decrease 25.19
PH hold Swing
Selangor state election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PH Amirudin Shari 17,446 61.61 Increase 61.61
BN N. Rawisandran 6,072 21.44 Decrease 30.01
PAS Ustaz Mad China 4,530 16.00 Increase 16.00
Independent Badrul Acong 268 0.95 Increase 0.95
Total valid votes 28,316 100.00
Total rejected ballots 277
Unreturned ballots 128
Turnout 28,721 84.00
Registered electors 34,180
Majority 11,374 40.17
Pakatan Harapan (2018) gain from BN Swing Increase 21.54


Selangor state election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Jagarasah Verasamy 7,950 51.45 Decrease 25.71
PKR Razali Ramli 7,501 48.55 Increase 48.55
Total valid votes 15,451 100.00
Total rejected ballots 320
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 15,771 74.42 Increase 3.83
Registered electors 21,192
Majority 449 2.90 Decrease 51.42
BN hold Swing


Selangor state election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes %
BN Gopala Krishnan V. Subramaniam 10,480 77.16
PAS Azmi Hussain 3,103 22.84
Total valid votes 13,583 100.00
Total rejected ballots 398
Unreturned ballots 96
Turnout 14,077 70.59
Registered electors 19,943
Majority 7,377 54.32
This was a new constituency created.

References

  1. ^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  3. ^ "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.[permanent dead link]

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