Meru (state constituency)

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Meru
Flag of Selangor.svg Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Mariam Abdul Rashid
PH
Constituency created1994
First contested1995
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)65,801

Meru is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1995.

Contents

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Meru's electorate as of 2023 [1]
  1. Malay (57.12%)
  2. Indian (24.48%)
  3. Chinese (16.74%)
  4. Other ethnicities (1.66%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Meru constituency is divided into 12 polling districts. [2]

State constituencyPolling DistrictsCodeLocation
Meru (N42)Kampung Meru109/42/01SRA Bukit Kapar Timur
Kampung Haji Shariff109/42/02SK Meru (2)
Kampung Nenas109/42/03SRA Pekan Meru
Pekan Meru109/42/04SMK Meru
Jalan Haji Salleh109/42/05SJK (C) Tiong Hua Kok Bin
Taman Meru Indah109/42/06SK Meru (Jalan Tap) Persiaran Hamzah Alang
Pekan Kapar109/42/07SMK Tengku Idris Shah Kapar
Batu 9 Kapar109/42/08SK Kapar
Batu 10 Kapar019/01/09SMK (P) Kapar
Sungai Kapar Indah109/42/10SK Sungai Kapar Indah
Taman Kapar Indah109/42/11SJK (C) Soo Jin Kapar
Kampung Budiman109/42/12Balai JKKK Kampung Budiman

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Meru
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency split from Sementa
9th 1995-1999Jaei IsmailBN (UMNO)
10th 1999-2004
11th 2004-2008
12th 2008-2013 Abd Rani Osman PR (PAS)
13th 2013-2018
14th 2018-2020Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd MokhtarPH (AMANAH)
2020-2023PH (PKR)
15th2023–present Mariam Abdul Rashid PH (AMANAH)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PH Mariam Abdul Rashid 26,98052.45Increase2.svg 0.39
PN Hasnizam Adham23,55845.78Increase2.svg 45.78
Parti Sosialis Malaysia Sivaranjani Manickam8991.75Increase2.svg 1.75
Total valid votes51,437 100.00
Total rejected ballots308
Unreturned ballots63
Turnout51,80876.73Decrease2.svg 11.39
Registered electors65,801
Majority3,4226.67Decrease2.svg 21.64
PH hold Swing
Selangor state election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PH Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar17,66552.04Increase2.svg 52.04
BN Khairul Anuar Saimun8,05723.74Decrease2.svg 13.32
PAS Noor Najhan Mohamad Salleh 7,80422.99Decrease2.svg 39.95
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Manikavasagam Sundaram 3461.02Increase2.svg 1.02
Independent Shee Chee Weng720.21Increase2.svg 0.21
Total valid votes33,944 100.00
Total rejected ballots430
Unreturned ballots74
Turnout34,44888.12Decrease2.svg 1.91
Registered electors39,091
Majority9,60828.31Increase2.svg 2.43
PH gain from PAS Swing .
Selangor state election, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PAS Abd Rani Osman 22,08662.94Increase2.svg 1.52
BN Sukaiman Ahmad13,00737.06Decrease2.svg 1.52
Total valid votes35,093 100.00
Total rejected ballots343
Unreturned ballots87
Turnout35,52390.03Increase2.svg 7.61
Registered electors39,457
Majority9,07925.88Increase2.svg 3.04
PAS hold Swing
Source(s)

"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
Selangor state election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PAS Abd Rani Osman 14,82661.42Increase2.svg 21.88
BN Md Ghazali Md Amin9,31338.58Decrease2.svg 21.88
Total valid votes24,139 100.00
Total rejected ballots339
Unreturned ballots37
Turnout24,51582.42Increase2.svg 7.98
Registered electors29,745
Majority5,51322.84Increase2.svg 1.92
PAS gain from BN Swing ?
Selangor state election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Jaei Ismail11,85060.46Increase2.svg 2.85
PAS Abd Rani Osman 7,75139.54Decrease2.svg 2.85
Total valid votes19,601 100.00
Total rejected ballots299
Unreturned ballots4
Turnout19,90474.44Decrease2.svg 4.84
Registered electors26,737
Majority4,09920.92Increase2.svg 5.70
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1999
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Jaei Ismail10,08457.61Decrease2.svg 22.80
PAS Noor Najhan Mohd. Salleh7,42142.39Increase2.svg 42.39
Total valid votes17,505 100.00
Total rejected ballots274
Unreturned ballots13
Turnout17,79279.28Increase2.svg 1.64
Registered electors22,441
Majority2,66315.22Decrease2.svg 45.60
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1995
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Jaei Ismail12,71680.41
S46 Shareh Mansor3,09819.59
Total valid votes15,814 100.00
Total rejected ballots413
Unreturned ballots29
Turnout16,25677.64
Registered electors20,937
Majority9,61860.82
This was a new constituency created.

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