Sungai Air Tawar (state constituency)

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Sungai Air Tawar
Flag of Selangor.svg Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Rizam Ismail
BN
Constituency created1974 (as Sungei Ayer Tawar)
First contested1974
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Electors (2023) [1] 20,026

Sungai Air Tawar is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1974. It has been represented by Member of the State Executive Council (EXCO) Rizam Ismail of Barisan Nasional (BN) since 2018. It is also the smallest Selangor state constituency by the number of voters.

Contents

The state constituency was created in the 1974 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 Sungai Air Tawar's electorate as of 2023 [2]
  1. Malay (84.3%)
  2. Chinese (12.2%)
  3. Indian (2.72%)
  4. Other ethnicities (0.74%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Sungai Air Tawar constituency has a total of 15 polling districts. [3]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Sungai Air Tawar (N01)Parit Baharu Baruh092/01/01SJK (C) Poay Chneh Parit Baru Sungai Air Tawar
Sungai Tengar Utara092/01/02SRA Al-Ittikhadiah Sungai Tengar
Sungai Air Tawar092/01/03SK Seri Mawar Sungai Air Tawar
Sungai Bernam092/01/04SJK (T) Ladang Sungai Bernam
Sungai Air Tawar Selatan092/01/05SRA Tebuk Mufrad Sungai Air Tawar
Sungai Tengar Selatan092/01/06SK Sungai Tengar
Sungai Pelong092/01/07SK Parit Baharu
Kampung Teluk Belaga092/01/08SK Seri Cempaka
Beting Kepah092/01/09SJK (C) Phooi Min Telok Rhu
Kampung Teluk Rhu092/01/10SK Teluk Ru
Simpang Empat092/01/11SK Simpang 4 Bagan Nakhoda Omar
Kampung Sekendi092/01/12SK Sekendi Sabak Bernam
Kampung Banting092/01/13SK Kampong Banting
Kampung Batu 38 Buruh092/01/14SK Batu 38 Sabak Bernam
Kampung Baharu092/01/15SK Kampung Baharu Sabak Bernam

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungai Air Tawar
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Sabak
Sungei Ayer Tawar
4th 1974-1978Jamaluddin SuhaimiBN (UMNO)
5th 1978-1982Khalil Kasmijan
6th 1982-1986Zainal Dahlan
Sungai Air Tawar
7th 1986-1990Zainal DahlanBN (UMNO)
8th 1990-1995
9th 1995-1999
10th 1999-2004Mat Yasir Ikhsan
11th 2004-2008 Abdul Rahman Bakri
12th 2008-2013Raja Ideris Raja Ahmad
13th 2013-2017Kamarol Zaki Abdul Malik
2017-2018Vacant [N 1]
14th 2018–2023 Rizam Ismail BN (UMNO)
15th2023–present

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Rizam Ismail 7,87052.84Increase2.svg 12.13
PN Mohamad Zaidi Selamat7,02447.16Increase2.svg 47.16
Total valid votes14,894100.00
Total rejected ballots92
Unreturned ballots13
Turnout14,99974.90Decrease2.svg 8.70
Registered electors20,026
Majority8465.68Decrease2.svg 5.10
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Rizam Ismail 5,43740.71Decrease2.svg 14.83
PAS Wahid Rais3,99729.93Decrease2.svg 14.53
PH Mohd Hamizar Sulaiman3,92129.36Increase2.svg 29.36
Total valid votes13,355 100.00
Total rejected ballots220
Unreturned ballots30
Turnout13,60583.60Decrease2.svg 2.14
Registered electors16,274
Majority1,44010.78Decrease2.svg 0.30
BN hold Swing
Source(s)
[4] [5]
Selangor state election, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Kamarol Zaki Abdul Malik7,09655.54Increase2.svg 4.89
PAS Wahid Rais5,68044.46Decrease2.svg 4.89
Total valid votes12,776 100.00
Total rejected ballots194
Unreturned ballots52
Turnout13,02285.74Increase2.svg 9.12
Registered electors15,187
Majority1,41611.08Increase2.svg 9.78
BN 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% ∆%
BN Raja Ideris Raja Ahmad4,79150.65Decrease2.svg 11.33
PAS Azrulkhakim Suradi4,66849.35Increase2.svg 11.33
Total valid votes9,459 100.00
Total rejected ballots263
Unreturned ballots29
Turnout9,75176.62Increase2.svg 3.01
Registered electors12,726
Majority1231.30Decrease2.svg 22.66
BN hold Swing
Source(s)
[5]
Selangor state election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Abdul Rahman Bakri 5,56961.98Increase2.svg 3.34
PAS Abd. Jalil Bajuri3,41638.02Decrease2.svg 3.34
Total valid votes8,985 100.00
Total rejected ballots294
Unreturned ballots4
Turnout9,28373.61Increase2.svg 5.56
Registered electors12,611
Majority2,15323.96Increase2.svg 6.68
BN hold Swing
Source(s)
[5]
Selangor state election, 1999
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Mat Yasir Ikhsan3,98958.64Decrease2.svg 24.36
PAS Abd. Jalil Bajuri2,81441.36Increase2.svg 24.36
Total valid votes6,803 100.00
Total rejected ballots226
Unreturned ballots5
Turnout7,03468.05Increase2.svg 7.25
Registered electors10,337
Majority1,17517.28Decrease2.svg 48.72
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1995
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Zainal Dahlan5,13083.00Decrease2.svg 1.61
PAS Majudim @ A Razak Dawami1,05117.00Increase2.svg 17.00
Total valid votes6,181 100.00
Total rejected ballots265
Unreturned ballots19
Turnout6,46560.80Decrease2.svg 10.16
Registered electors10,633
Majority4,07966.00Increase2.svg 3.22
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1990
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Zainal Dahlan5,19181.39Increase2.svg 2.03
S46 Mohamad Kawaid Ngadimin1,18718.61Increase2.svg 18.61
Total valid votes6,378 100.00
Total rejected ballots382
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout6,76070.96Increase2.svg 2.87
Registered electors9,527
Majority4,00462.78Increase2.svg 4.06
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1986
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Zainal Dahlan4,92979.36Increase2.svg 0.59
PAS Shamsuddin A Rahman1,28220.64Decrease2.svg 0.59
Total valid votes6,211 100.00
Total rejected ballots210
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout6,42168.09Decrease2.svg 3.41
Registered electors9,430
Majority3,64758.72Increase2.svg 1.18
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1982 : Sungei Ayer Tawar
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Zainal Dahlan4,87878.77Increase2.svg 13.44
PAS Abdul Aziz Abdul Shukor1,31521.23Decrease2.svg 13.44
Total valid votes6,193 100.00
Total rejected ballots203
Unreturned ballots
Turnout6,39671.50
Registered electors8,946
Majority3,56357.54Increase2.svg 26.88
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1978 : Sungei Ayer Tawar
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Khalil Kasmijan3,70465.33Increase2.svg 65.33
PAS Taiban Hassan1,96634.67Increase2.svg 34.67
Total valid votes5,670 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors8,438
Majority1,73830.66
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1974 : Sungei Ayer Tawar
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Jamaluddin Suhaimi
Independent Shahrani Johari @ Ahmad Atan
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors7,274
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

Notes

  1. ↑ Vacant from 17 January 2017 until the 2018 Malaysian general election due to the incumbent died in office. No by-election was held due to the next general election was less than a year and half away.

References

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