Sentosa (state constituency)

Sentosa

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Gunarajah George PH
Constituency created	2018
First contested	2018
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023) [1]	90,270

Sentosa is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia.

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 plurality 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]

1. Chinese (41%)
2. Indian (41%)
3. Malay (15%)
4. 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 constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Sentosa (N48）	Taman Klang Jaya 1	111/48/01	SMK Raja Mahadi Taman Klang Jaya
	Sentosa Dato Yusof Shahbuddin	111/48/02	Dewan Sentosa Majlis Perbandaran Klang Jalan Sungai Jati
	Taman Desawan	111/48/03	SK Taman Klang Jaya
	Sentosa Dato Abdul Hamid 1	111/48/04	SRA Taman Klang Jaya
	Sentosa Dato Dagang	111/48/05	Dewan Orang Ramai Apartment Impian Sentosa
	Taman Klang Jaya 2	111/48/06	SMK Raja Mahadi Taman Klang Jaya
	Sentosa Dato Abdul Hamid 2	111/48/07	Taman Bimbingan Kanak-Kanak (KEMAS) Cawangan Taman Sentosa
	Bandar Bukit Tinggi 1	111/48/08	SK Bukit Tinggi
	Taman Maznah	111/48/09	SMJK Chung Hwa Seksyen 36 Shah Alam
	Batu 4 Jalan Kebun	111/48/10	SJK (T) Batu Ampat Jalan Kota Raja
	Taman Menara Maju	111/48/11	SK Kampung Jawa (2)
	Bandar Bukit Tinggi 2	111/48/12	SMK Bukit Tinggi Klang
	Bandar Botanic	111/48/13	SJK (T) Ladang Highlands

Representation history

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

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Gunarajah George	54,601	83.53	2.09
	PN	Parameswaran Ganason	8,252	12.62	12.62
	MUDA	Thanusha Ramanieswaran	2,357	3.61	3.61
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Jeichandran Wadivelu	156	0.24	0.24
Total valid votes			65,366	100.00
Total rejected ballots			423
Unreturned ballots			84
Turnout			65,873	72.97	14.39
Registered electors			90,270
Majority			46,349	70.91	4.58
	PH hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Gunarajah George	38,106	85.62
	BN	Subramaniam Retam	4,506	10.12
	PAS	Rajan Manikesavan	1,722	3.87
	Independent	Sundarajoo Periasamy	95	0.21
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Telaiamblam Mariappan	79	0.18
Total valid votes			44,508	100.00
Total rejected ballots			344
Unreturned ballots			92
Turnout			44,944	87.36
Registered electors			51,444
Majority			33,600	75.49
This was a new constituency created.

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