Petaling Jaya Selatan

Petaling Jaya Selatan
Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
Constituency created1994
Constituency abolished2018
First contested1995
Last contested2013

Petaling Jaya Selatan was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1995 to 2018.

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2018 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Petaling Jaya Selatan
Parliament No Years Member Party
Constituency created from Puchong and Petaling Jaya
9th P095 1995-1999 Donald Lim Siang Chai
(林祥才)		 BN (MCA)
10th 1999-2004
11th P105 2004-2008
12th 2008-2013 Hee Loy Sian
(许来贤)		 PR (PKR)
13th 2013-2018
Constituency abolished, renamed to Petaling Jaya

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present
Petaling Jaya Selatan Bukit Gasing
Taman Medan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013: Petaling Jaya Selatan
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PKR Hee Loy Sian 41,062 63.80 Increase 8.26
BN Sheah Kok Fah 21,846 33.95 Decrease 10.51
Independent Ibrahim Khatib 1,447 2.25 Increase 2.25
Total valid votes 64,355 100.00
Total rejected ballots 830
Unreturned ballots 138
Turnout 65,323 82.11 Increase 10.20
Registered electors 79,558
Majority 19,216 29.85 Increase 18.77
PKR hold Swing
Source(s)

"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 176/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-08.

"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) 217/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
Malaysian general election, 2008: Petaling Jaya Selatan
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PKR Hee Loy Sian 28,598 55.54 Increase 27.53
BN Donald Lim Siang Chai 22,892 44.46 Decrease 27.53
Total valid votes 51,490 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,044
Unreturned ballots 97
Turnout 52,631 71.91 Increase 4.24
Registered electors 73,192
Majority 5,706 11.08 Decrease 32.90
PKR gain from BN Swing ?


Malaysian general election, 2004: Petaling Jaya Selatan
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Donald Lim Siang Chai 35,054 71.99 Increase 18.29
PKR Sivarasa Rasiah 13,638 28.01 Increase 28.01
Total valid votes 48,692 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,008
Unreturned ballots 38
Turnout 49,738 67.67 Decrease 1.25
Registered electors
Majority 21,416 43.98 Increase 35.58
BN hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1999: Petaling Jaya Selatan
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Donald Lim Siang Chai 24,581 53.70 Decrease 9.03
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Syed Husin Ali 20,736 45.30 Increase 9.94
Independent Selvanathan Savarimuthu 457 1.00 Decrease 0.91
Total valid votes 45,774 100.00
Total rejected ballots 772
Unreturned ballots 106
Turnout 46,652 68.92 Increase 3.26
Registered electors
Majority 3,845 8.40 Decrease 18.97
BN hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1995: Petaling Jaya Selatan
Party Candidate Votes %
BN Donald Lim Siang Chai 26,646 62.73
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Syed Husin Ali 15,021 35.36
Independent Selvanathan Savarimuthu 811 1.91
Total valid votes 42,478 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,022
Unreturned ballots 354
Turnout 43,854 65.66
Registered electors
Majority 11,625 27.37
This was a new constituency created.

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