Petaling Jaya (federal constituency)
 Selangor constituency | |
|---|---|
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| Federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| MP | |
| Constituency created | 1984 |
| Constituency abolished | 1995 |
| Constituency re-created | 2018 |
| First contested | 1986 |
| Last contested | 2022 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2020)[1] | 362,290 |
| Electors (2023)[2] | 196,588 |
| Area (km²)[3] | 55 |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 6,587.1 |
Petaling Jaya is a federal constituency in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 1995 and 2018 to present.
The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics
History
It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed but re-created in 2018 redelineation exercise.
Polling districts
According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Petaling Jaya constituency is divided into 44 polling districts.[5]
| State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seri Setia (N32) | Glenmarie | 105/32/01 | Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah |
| SS 6 | 105/32/02 | SK Kelana Jaya (2) | |
| SS 5d | 105/32/03 | SK Kelana Jaya (1) | |
| SS 5b & 5c | 105/32/04 | SK Sri Kelana Jaya | |
| SS 5a | 105/32/05 | Dewan Serbaguna SS 5a/15 | |
| Seri Setia | 105/32/06 | SK Sungai Way | |
| PJS 5 Kampung Penanga | 105/32/07 | Balai Raya MBPJ | |
| PJS 6/4 - PJS 6/6 | 105/32/08 | SJK (T) Seaport | |
| PJS 10/1 - PJS 10/16 | 105/32/09 | SK Kampung Lindungan | |
| Rumah Pangsa Sungai Way | 105/32/10 | SK Sungai Way | |
| PJS 5/1 - PJS 5/12 | 105/32/11 | Kolej Tingkatan 6 Petaling Jaya | |
| PJS 6/1 - PJS 6/3 | 105/32/12 | Sekolah KAFA Integrasi Al-Islamiah Kampung Lindungan | |
| PJS 8 | 105/32/13 | Dewan Seberguna Dato' Hormat | |
| PJS 10/17 - PJS 10/34 | 105/32/14 | SK Kampung Lindungan | |
| SS 7 | 105/32/15 | Dewan Sri Kelana, Komplek Sukan Kelana Jaya | |
| Kampung Lindungan | 105/32/16 | Dewan Komuniti Jalan PJS 6 | |
| PJS 5/13 - PJS 5/30 | 105/32/17 | Kolej Tingkatan 6 PJS 5/26 Petaling Jaya | |
| Taman TTDI Jaya | 105/32/18 | SK Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Jaya Shah Alam | |
| Ara Damansara | 105/32/19 | SMK Lembah Subang Kelana Jaya | |
| Taman Glenmarie | 105/32/20 | Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah | |
| Taman Medan (N33) | Seksyen 51 | 105/33/01 | SJK (T) Vivekananda Petaling Jaya Taman Templer |
| Seksyen 4 Petaling Jaya | 105/33/02 |
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| Kawasan Melayu | 105/33/03 | SK Petaling Jaya | |
| PJS 1 | 105/33/04 | SJK (C) Yuk Chyun | |
| Medan Pejasa | 105/33/05 | Dewan Masyarakat Taman Sri Manja | |
| Taman Dato Harun 1 | 105/33/06 | SRA Taman Datuk Harun | |
| Taman Dato Harun 2 | 105/33/07 | SK Taman Dato' Harun (1) | |
| PJS 3 | 105/33/08 | Dewan Seberguna Jalan Medan 12 | |
| PJS 4 | 105/33/09 | SRA Kampung Medan 2 | |
| Baiduri | 105/33/10 | SRA Kampung Baiduri | |
| Petaling Utama | 105/33/11 | KAFA Integrasi Kampung Pinang Tunggal | |
| PJS 2 | 105/33/12 | SK Taman Medan | |
| PJS 2c/12 | 105/33/13 | SMK Taman Dato' Harun | |
| PJS 2d | 105/33/14 | Balai Raya PJS 2d/11 Taman Medan | |
| Kampung Medan | 105/33/15 | SRA Medan Harun | |
| PJS 2c | 105/33/16 | Dewan Seberguna PJS 2c/6 | |
| Bukit Gasing (N34) | Seksyen 17 Utara | 105/34/01 | SK Sri Damai |
| Seksyen 17 Barat | 105/34/02 | SK Sri Damai | |
| Seksyen 17 Tengah | 105/34/03 | SK Sri Damai | |
| Seksyen 17 Selatan | 105/34/04 | Dewan Al-Malik Faisal (Pusat Asasi UIAM) | |
| Seksyen 16 | 105/34/05 | SMK Sultan Abdul Samad | |
| Jalan Bukit | 105/34/06 |
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| Jalan Semangat | 105/34/07 | SMK (Laki-Laki) Bukit Bintang Jalan Utara | |
| Seksyen 5 Utara | 105/34/08 | SMK La Salle PJ | |
| Taman Jaya | 105/34/09 | SMJK Katholik | |
| Kawasan Assunta Convent | 105/34/10 | SMK Assunta | |
| Kawasan Bandar Baharu | 105/34/11 | SK La Salle PJ | |
| Jalan Sungai Jernih | 106/35/12 |
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| Seksyen Satu Petaling Jaya | 105/34/13 |
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| Kawasan Bangunan K.K.P.L | 105/34/14 | SMK (P) Taman Petaling | |
| Seksyen 5 Selatan | 105/34/15 | SMK (P) Taman Petaling | |
| Seksyen 17 A | 105/34/16 | SJK (C) Chung Hwa Damansara | |
| Seksyen 19 | 105/34/17 | Gelanggang Bola Keranjang, SK Taman Sea | |
| Seksyen 14 Utara | 105/34/18 | SK Sri Petaling | |
| Seksyen 14 Selatan | 105/34/19 | SMK Sri Utama | |
| Seksyen 2 Petaling Jaya | 105/34/20 | SJK (C) Chen Moh |
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Petaling Jaya | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created, renamed from Petaling | ||||
7th
|
P090 | 1986–1990 | Eng Seng Chai (黄生财) |
DAP |
8th |
1990–1995 | Kua Kia Soong (柯嘉逊) | ||
| Constituency abolished, split into Petaling Jaya Selatan and Subang
| ||||
| Constituency re-created from Petaling Jaya Selatan, Kelana Jaya and Shah Alam
| ||||
14th
|
P105 | 2018 | Maria Chin Abdullah (مارية چين بنت عبدالله) |
PH (Direct)[6] |
| 2018–2022 | PH (PKR) | |||
15th |
2022–present | Lee Chean Chung (李健聪) | ||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Petaling Jaya | Bukit Gasing | ||||||
| Damansara Utama | |||||||
| Kelana Jaya | |||||||
| Seri Setia | |||||||
| Taman Aman | |||||||
| Taman Medan | |||||||
Current state assembly members
| No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
|---|---|---|---|
| N32 | Seri Setia | Mohammad Fahmi Ngah | PH (PKR) |
| N33 | Taman Medan | Afif Bahardin | PN (BERSATU) |
| N34 | Bukit Gasing | Rajiv Rishyakaran | PH (DAP) |
Local governments
| No. | State Constituency | Local Government |
|---|---|---|
| N32 | Seri Setia |
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| N33 | Taman Medan | Petaling Jaya City Council |
| N34 | Bukit Gasing |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH | Lee Chean Chung | 83,311 | 57.12 |  11.40
| ||
| PN | Theng Book | 32,736 | 22.44 |  22.44
| ||
| BN | Chew Hian Tat | 23,253 | 15.94 | 3.01
| ||
| GTA | Mazween Mokhtar | 4,052 | 2.78 | 2.78
| ||
| Parti Rakyat Malaysia | Ezam Mohd Nor | 2,049 | 1.40 | 1.40
| ||
| Independent | KJ John | 461 | 0.32 | 0.32
| ||
| Total valid votes | 145,862 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,664 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 495 | |||||
| Turnout | 148,021 | 74.74 | 8.00
| |||
| Registered electors | 195,148 | |||||
| Majority | 50,575 | 34.68 | 14.88
| |||
| PH hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PH |
Maria Chin Abdullah | 78,984 | 68.52 | |||
| BN | Chew Hian Tat | 21,847 | 18.95 | |||
PAS |
Noraini Hussin | 14,448 | 12.53 | |||
| Total valid votes | 115,279 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 968 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 350 | |||||
| Turnout | 116,597 | 82.74 | ||||
| Registered electors | 140,920 | |||||
| Majority | 57,137 | 49.56 | ||||
PH hold
|
Swing | |||||
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 239/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "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) 313/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Kua Kia Soong | 40,685 | 62.19 | 6.31
| |
| BN | Soh Chee Wen | 24,735 | 37.81 | 1.73
| |
| Total valid votes | 65,420 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,161 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 66,581 | 67.68 | 0.07
| ||
| Registered electors | 98,383 | ||||
| Majority | 15,950 | 24.38 | 27.96
| ||
| DAP hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Eng Seng Chai | 29,929 | 55.88 | |||
| BN | Lee Phon Yong | 21,176 | 39.54 | |||
| SDP | Wong Sai Hou | 2,454 | 4.58 | |||
| Total valid votes | 53,559 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 801 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 54,360 | 67.61 | ||||
| Registered electors | 80,403 | |||||
| Majority | 8,753 | 52.34 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
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