Kota Raja (Selangor state constituency)

Kota Raja

Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1994
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1995
Last contested	1999

Kota Raja was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2004.

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.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kota Raja
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Shahbandar Raya
9th	1995-1999	Rajakupal Sinathamby	BN (MIC)
10th	1999-2004	Kamala Ganapathy
Constituency abolished, split into Kota Alam Shah and Seri Andalas

Election results

Selangor state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kamala Ganapathy	12,686	55.04
	PAS	Khalid Abdul Samad	10,361	44.96
Total valid votes			23,047	100.00
Total rejected ballots			451
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			23,509	76.90
Registered electors			30,571
Majority			2,325
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rajakupal Sinathamby	15,483	74.49
	S46	Salmah Safarman	5,301	25.51
Total valid votes			20,784	100.00
Total rejected ballots			548
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			21,332	75.18
Registered electors			28,376
Majority			10,182
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 2016-05-25.