Seri Andalas (state constituency)

Seri Andalas

Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	2003
Constituency abolished	2018
First contested	2004
Last contested	2013

Seri Andalas was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that had been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 2004 until 2018.[1]

The state constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Seri Andalas
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kota Raja
11th	2004-2008	Kamalam Annasamy	BN (MIC)
12th	2008-2013	Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam	PR (PKR)
13th	2013-2018
Constituency renamed to Sungai Kandis[2]

Election results

Selangor state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam	31,491	64.43	2.40
	BN	Mohan Thangarasu	15,858	32.45	0.72
	Independent	Hanafiah Husin	871	1.78	N/A
	Independent	Uthayakumar Ponnusamy	614	1.26	N/A
	Independent	Kottappan Suppaiah	41	0.08	N/A
Total valid votes			48,875	100.00
Total rejected ballots			582	1.19
Unreturned ballots			95
Turnout			49,552	87.30
Registered electors			56,763
Majority			15,633	31.98
	PKR hold		Swing		- 0.84
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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam	20,258	66.83	N/A
	BN	Kamalam Annasamy	10,055	33.17	31.89
Total valid votes			30,313	100.00
Total rejected ballots			725
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			31,039	79.93
Registered electors			38,833
Majority			10,203
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kamalam Annasamy	15,608	65.06
	PKR	Tan Ah Kow	7,914	32.99
	Independent	Pupalan Muthusamy	468	1.95
Total valid votes			23,990	100.00
Total rejected ballots			542
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,532	76.19
Registered electors			32,199
Majority			7,694
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.

1. Bakar, Adam Abu (2018-03-29). "18 kerusi Parlimen di Selangor berubah selepas persempadanan". Free Malaysia Today (FMT) (in Malay). Retrieved 2021-02-16.
2. "Cadang pinda nama 41 Parlimen, DUN | Berita Harian". www.bharian.com.my. Retrieved 2021-02-16.