Damansara (Selangor federal constituency)

For Kuala Lumpur, see Damansara (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency).

Damansara (P106)

Selangor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Gobind Singh Deo PH
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
Constituency re-created	2018
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	468,939
Electors (2023) [2]	241,978
Area (km²) [3]	65
Pop. density (per km²)	7,214.4

Damansara is a federal constituency in Petaling District and Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974 and from 2018 to the present.

The federal constituency was created in the 2018 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. The seat has the record for largest majority won in Malaysian electoral history in 2018 by Tony Pua and 2022 by Gobind Singh Deo, with the victorious candidate obtaining over 80% of the vote. ^[4]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Damansara's electorate as of 2022

   Chinese (66.2%)

   Malay (22.9%)

   Indian (9.9%)

  Other ethnicities (1.0%)

History

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed but re-created in the 2018 redelineation exercise.

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Damansara constituency is divided into 57 polling districts. ^[5]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kampung Tunku (N35)	Seksyen 21 Timur	106/35/01	SMK (P) Sri Aman
	Seksyen 20 Utara	106/35/02	SMK (P) Sri Aman
	Seksyen 20 Selatan	106/35/03	SMK (P) Sri Aman
	Seksyen 22	106/35/04	SMK (P) Sri Aman
	Kampung Tunku Utara	106/35/05	SK Kampung Tunku
	Kampung Tunku Selatan	106/35/06	SK Kampung Tunku
	SS 3 Utara	106/35/07	SMK Sri Permata
	SS 3 Barat	106/35/08	SMK Sri Permata
	SS 3 Timur	106/35/09	Dewan Seberguna SS 3/14 Petaling Jaya
	Sungai Way Utara	106/35/10	SJK (C) Sungai Way
	Sungai Way Tengah Dua	106/35/11	SJK (C) Sungai Way
	Sungai Way Tengah Satu	106/35/12	SJK (C) Sungai Way
	Sungai Way Selatan Dua	106/36/13	SJK (C) Sungai Way
	Sungai Way Selatan Satu	106/35/14	SJK (C) Sungai Way
	SS 2 Utara	106/35/15	SK Taman Sea
	SS 2 Tengah	106/35/16	SJK (C) Puay Chai
	SS 2 Selatan	106/35/17	SMK Taman S.E.A
	Seksyen 21 Barat	106/35/18	SMK Taman S.E.A
Bandar Utama (N36)	SS 21 Utara	106/36/01	SK Damansara Utama
	SS 20	106/36/02	SMK Damansara Utama
	Damansara Jaya Utara	106/36/03	SMK Damansara Jaya
	SS 23	106/36/04	SK Taman Megah
	SS 24	106/36/05	SK Taman Megah
	SS 26	106/36/06	SJK (C) Yuk Chai
	Kampung Chempaka	106/36/07	SMK Tropicana Petaling Jaya
	SS 25	106/36/08	SK Taman Megah
	SS 4	106/36/09	SMK Kelana Jaya SS4
	SS 21 Selatan	106/36/10	Dewan Seberguna MBPJ SS 21/12
	Damansara Jaya Selatan	106/36/11	SK Damansara Jaya (1) SK Damansara Jaya (2)
	Bandar Utama BU 1 & BU 2	106/36/12	SMK Bandar Utama
	Sungai Kayu Ara Utara	106/36/13	SRA Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara
	Bandar Utama BU 3 - BU 10	106/36/14	SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (3)
	Bandar Utama BU 11 - BU 12	106/36/15	SJK (T) Effingham Bandar Utama
	Sungai Kayu Ara Selatan	106/36/16	SK Bandar Utama Damansara
	Kayu Ara Indah	106/36/17	SK Bandar Utama Damansara (2)
	Sunway Damansara PJU 3	106/36/18	SJK (C) Damansara
Bukit Lanjan (N37)	Desa Jaya Jalan 1 - Jalan 19	106/37/01	SJK (C) Desa Jaya
	Sri Damansara Jalan SD 1 - Jalan SD 5	106/37/02	SK Bandar Baru Sri Damansara
	Sri Damansara Jalan SD 7 - Jalan SD 9	106/37/03	SK Bandar Sri Damanaara 3
	Bukit Lanjan	106/37/04	SK Bukit Lanjan (Asli) Bandar Damansara Perdana
	Desa Jaya Jalan 20 - Jalan 38	106/37/05	SJK (C) Desa Jaya
	Desa Jaya Jalan 39 - Jalan 56	106/37/06	SJK (C) Desa Jaya
	Damansara Damai PJU 10	106/37/07	SMK Damansara Damai 1
	Sri Damasara Jalan SD 10	106/37/08	SMK Bandar Sri Damansara (2)
	Sri Damansara Jalan SD 12	106/37/09	SK Bandar Sri Damansara (2)
	Saujana Damansara PJU 10	106/37/10	SK Damansara Damai 1
	Taman Ehsan Jalan 5	106/37/11	SK Taman Ehsan
	Taman Ehsan Jalan 2	106/37/12	SMK Taman Ehsan
	Desa Aman Puri	106/37/13	SK Desa Amanpuri
	Taman Ehsan Jalan 4	106/37/14	SRA Taman Ehsan Kepong
	Sungai Buloh	106/37/15	SJK (T) Saraswathy
	Selayang Utama	106/37/16	SK Selayang Utama
	Kepong Utara	106/37/17	SK Kepong, FRIM
	Selayang Jaya	106/37/18	SK Selayang Jaya
	Taman Daya	106/37/19	SMK Kepong
	Taman Indah Perdana	106/37/20	Padang Awam Taman Indah Perdana Kepong
	Taman Bidara	106/37/21	Dewan Seberguna Taman Bidara

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Damansara
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Selangor Tengah in the state of Selangor
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P073	1959–1963	Karam Singh Veriah (ਕਰਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਵੇਰਿਆ)	SF (Ra'ayat)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P073	1963–1964	Karam Singh Veriah (ਕਰਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਵੇਰਿਆ)	SF (Ra'ayat)
2nd		1964–1969	Michael Chen Wing Sum (曾永森)	Alliance (MCA)
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended [6] [7]
3rd	P073	1971–1974	Hor Cheok Foon (何卓欢)	DAP
Constituency abolished, split into Petaling, Shah Alam and Sungei Besi
Constituency re-created from Petaling Jaya Utara and Subang
14th	P106	2018–2022	Tony Pua Kiam Wee (潘俭伟)	PH (DAP)
15th		2022–present	Gobind Singh Deo (ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿਓ)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Damansara							Bandar Utama
							Bukit Lanjan
		Bukit Raja
							Kampung Tunku
		Serdang

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N35	Kampung Tunku	Lim Yi Wei	PH (DAP)
N36	Bandar Utama	Jamaliah Jamaluddin
N37	Bukit Lanjan	Pua Pei Ling	PH (PKR)

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N35	Kampung Tunku	Petaling Jaya City Council
N36	Bandar Utama
N37	Bukit Lanjan	Petaling Jaya City Council Selayang Municipal Council (Desa Aman Puri and Selayang Areas)

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Gobind Singh Deo	142,875	81.67	7.33
	PN	Lim Si Ching	18,256	10.44	10.44
	BN	Tan Gim Tuan	13,806	7.89	2.84
Total valid votes			174,937	100.00
Total rejected ballots			973
Unreturned ballots			715
Turnout			176,625	73.90	9.86
Registered electors			239,103
Majority			124,619	71.23	7.21
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753283/PUB612.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Tony Pua Kiam Wee	121,283	89.00
	BN	Ryan Ho Kwok Xheng	14,380	10.55
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Wong Mun Kheong	617	0.45
Total valid votes			136,280	100.00
Total rejected ballots			867
Unreturned ballots			492
Turnout			137,639	83.76
Registered electors			164,322
Majority			106,903	78.44
	PH hold		Swing
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Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Hor Cheok Foon	15,567	56.29	56.29
	Alliance	Michael Chen Wing Sum	12,089	43.71	2.63
Total valid votes			27,656	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,002
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,658	69.34	3.18
Registered electors			41,331
Majority			3,478	12.58	9.98
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Michael Chen Wing Sum	9,148	43.68	17.81
	Socialist Front	Tan Kai Hee	8,602	41.08	41.08
	PAP	Lam Khuan Kit	3,191	15.24	15.24
Total valid votes			20,941	100.00
Total rejected ballots			856
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			21,797	72.52	2.88
Registered electors			30,056
Majority			546	2.60	20.38
	Alliance gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Karam Singh Veriah	9,026	61.49
	Alliance	Lee Eng Teh	5,653	38.51
Total valid votes			14,679	100.00
Total rejected ballots			192
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,871	75.40
Registered electors			19,722
Majority			3,373	22.98
This was a new constituency created.

References

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