Shahbandar Raya (state constituency)

Shahbandar Raya

Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1986
Last contested	1990

Shahbandar Raya was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1984 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 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Shahbandar Raya
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bukit Raja
7th	1986-1990	M. Sellathevan	BN (MIC)
8th	1990-1994	T. M. Thurai
	1994-1995	Rajakupal Sinnathamby
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kota Raja

Election results

Selangor state by-election, 28 May 1994
Upon the death of incumbent, T. M. Thurai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	S. S. Rajagopal	13,909	77.88
	Independent	Subari Saman	3,080	17.25
	Independent	Pu Palan Muthusamy	871	4.88
Total valid votes			17,860	100.00
Total rejected ballots			247
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,107	48.21
Registered electors			37,559
Majority			10,829
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	T. M. Thurai	13,357	58.69
	S46	A. N. Mathurai	9,400	41.31
Total valid votes			22,757	100.00
Total rejected ballots			977
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,734	76.37
Registered electors			31,076
Majority			3,957
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	M. Sellathevan	10,959	79.38
	PAS	Md Ismat Habib Mohamad	2,846	20.62
Total valid votes			13,805	100.00
Total rejected ballots			565
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,370	63.44
Registered electors			22,652
Majority			8,113
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.