Petaling Jaya Selatan

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Petaling Jaya Selatan
Flag of Selangor.svg Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created1994
Constituency abolished2018
First contested 1995
Last contested 2013

Petaling Jaya Selatan was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1995 to 2018.

Contents

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
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Puchong and Petaling Jaya
9th P0951995-1999Donald Lim Siang Chai
(林祥才)
BN (MCA)
10th 1999-2004
11th P1052004-2008
12th 2008-2013 Hee Loy Sian
(许来贤)
PR (PKR)
13th 2013-2018
Constituency abolished, renamed to Petaling Jaya

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
Petaling Jaya SelatanBukit Gasing
Taman Medan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013 : Petaling Jaya Selatan
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PKR Hee Loy Sian 41,06263.80Increase2.svg 8.26
BN Sheah Kok Fah21,84633.95Decrease2.svg 10.51
Independent Ibrahim Khatib1,4472.25Increase2.svg 2.25
Total valid votes64,355 100.00
Total rejected ballots830
Unreturned ballots138
Turnout65,32382.11Increase2.svg 10.20
Registered electors79,558
Majority19,21629.85Increase2.svg 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. 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.
Malaysian general election, 2008 : Petaling Jaya Selatan
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PKR Hee Loy Sian 28,59855.54Increase2.svg 27.53
BN Donald Lim Siang Chai22,89244.46Decrease2.svg 27.53
Total valid votes51,490 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,044
Unreturned ballots97
Turnout52,63171.91Increase2.svg 4.24
Registered electors73,192
Majority5,70611.08Decrease2.svg 32.90
PKR gain from BN Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 2004 : Petaling Jaya Selatan
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Donald Lim Siang Chai35,05471.99Increase2.svg 18.29
PKR Sivarasa Rasiah 13,63828.01Increase2.svg 28.01
Total valid votes48,692 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,008
Unreturned ballots38
Turnout49,73867.67Decrease2.svg 1.25
Registered electors
Majority21,41643.98Increase2.svg 35.58
BN hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1999 : Petaling Jaya Selatan
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Donald Lim Siang Chai24,58153.70Decrease2.svg 9.03
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Syed Husin Ali20,73645.30Increase2.svg 9.94
Independent Selvanathan Savarimuthu4571.00Decrease2.svg 0.91
Total valid votes45,774 100.00
Total rejected ballots772
Unreturned ballots106
Turnout46,65268.92Increase2.svg 3.26
Registered electors
Majority3,8458.40Decrease2.svg 18.97
BN hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1995 : Petaling Jaya Selatan
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Donald Lim Siang Chai26,64662.73
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Syed Husin Ali15,02135.36
Independent Selvanathan Savarimuthu8111.91
Total valid votes42,478 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,022
Unreturned ballots354
Turnout43,85465.66
Registered electors
Majority11,62527.37
This was a new constituency created.

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