Sentosa (state constituency)

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Sentosa
Flag of Selangor.svg Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Gunarajah George
PH
Constituency created2018
First contested 2018
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Electors (2023) [1] 90,270

Sentosa is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia.

Contents

Sentosa was created in the 2016 redistribution and was first represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly in 2018. The seat was called Kota Alam Shah prior to the 2018 redelineation. Sentosa is represented under the Kota Raja parliamentary constituency. It has been represented by Gunarajah George of Pakatan Harapan (PH) since May 2018.

Sentosa is the first and only Indian majority state constituency in the state of Selangor. It consists of 43% Indian, 38% Chinese, 17% Malay and 1% other voters. [2]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Sentosa's electorate as of 2023 [3]

   Chinese (41.0%)
   Indian (41.0%)
   Malay (15.0%)
  Other ethnicities (2.95%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Sentosa constituency is divided into 13 polling districts. [4]

State constituencyPolling DistrictsCodeLocation
Sentosa (N48）Taman Klang Jaya 1111/48/01SMK Raja Mahadi Taman Klang Jaya
Sentosa Dato Yusof Shahbuddin111/48/02Dewan Sentosa Majlis Perbandaran Klang Jalan Sungai Jati
Taman Desawan111/48/03SK Taman Klang Jaya
Sentosa Dato Abdul Hamid 1111/48/04SRA Taman Klang Jaya
Sentosa Dato Dagang111/48/05Dewan Orang Ramai Apartment Impian Sentosa
Taman Klang Jaya 2111/48/06SMK Raja Mahadi Taman Klang Jaya
Sentosa Dato Abdul Hamid 2111/48/07Taman Bimbingan Kanak-Kanak (KEMAS) Cawangan Taman Sentosa
Bandar Bukit Tinggi 1111/48/08SK Bukit Tinggi
Taman Maznah111/48/09SMJK Chung Hwa Seksyen 36 Shah Alam
Batu 4 Jalan Kebun111/48/10SJK (T) Batu Ampat Jalan Kota Raja
Taman Menara Maju111/48/11SK Kampung Jawa (2)
Bandar Bukit Tinggi 2111/48/12SMK Bukit Tinggi Klang
Bandar Botanic111/48/13SJK (T) Ladang Highlands

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sentosa
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency renamed from Kota Alam Shah
14th 2018–2023 Gunarajah George PH (PKR)
15th2023–present

Election Results

Selangor state election, 2023
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PH Gunarajah George 54,60183.53Decrease2.svg 2.09
PN Parameswaran Ganason8,25212.62Increase2.svg 12.62
MUDA Thanusha Ramanieswaran2,3573.61Increase2.svg 3.61
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Jeichandran Wadivelu1560.24Increase2.svg 0.24
Total valid votes65,366 100.00
Total rejected ballots423
Unreturned ballots84
Turnout65,87372.97Decrease2.svg 14.39
Registered electors90,270
Majority46,34970.91Decrease2.svg 4.58
PH hold Swing
Selangor state election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PH Gunarajah George 38,10685.62
BN Subramaniam Retam4,50610.12
PAS Rajan Manikesavan1,7223.87
Independent Sundarajoo Periasamy950.21
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Telaiamblam Mariappan790.18
Total valid votes44,508 100.00
Total rejected ballots344
Unreturned ballots92
Turnout44,94487.36
Registered electors51,444
Majority33,60075.49
This was a new constituency created

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References

  1. ↑ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 16 April 2018. p. 12. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Surach, G. (19 April 2018). "First Indian-majority seat may see five-way fight". The Sun (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2023– via PressReader.
  3. ↑ "15th Selangor State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com.my. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "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. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.[ permanent dead link ]

The Redelineation Report issued by the Election Commission of Malaysia

http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20160429_P.U.(B)197.pdf

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