Sungai Tua (state constituency)

Sungai Tua
Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Amirudin Shari; PH
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Constituency created	1994
Constituency abolished	2004
Constituency re-created	2018
First contested	1995
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	34,180

Sungai Tua is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2004, and then from 2018 onwards.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2016–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Wira Damai, Taman Jasa, Sungai Tua, Kampung Nakhoda, Kampung Laksamana, Selayang Baharu Empat, Selayang Baharu Lima, Taman Selayang, Taman Batu Caves, Pekan Batu Caves Lama, Batu Caves, Batu 8 Sungai Tua.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungai Tua
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Gombak Setia
9th	1995-1999	S. Gopala Krishnan	BN (MIC)
10th	1999-2004	Jagarasah Verasamy	BN (MIC)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Batu Caves
Constituency re-created from Batu Caves
14th	2018–present	Amirudin Shari	PH (PKR)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Amirudin Shari	17,446	61.61	+13.06
	BN	N. Rawisandran	6,072	21.44	-30.01
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ustaz Mad China	4,530	16.00	+16.00
	Independent	Badrul Acong	268	0.95	+0.95
Total valid votes			28,316	100.00
Total rejected ballots			277
Unreturned ballots			128
Turnout			28,721	84.0
Registered electors			34,180
Majority			11,374
	PH gain from BN		Swing		+21.54

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jagarasah Verasamy	7,950	51.45	-25.71
	PKR	Razali Ramli	7,501	48.55	+48.55
Total valid votes			15,451	100.00
Total rejected ballots			320
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,771	74.42
Registered electors			21,192
Majority			449
	BN hold		Swing		-37.13

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Gopala Krishnan V. Subramaniam	10,480	77.16
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Azmi Hussain	3,103	22.84
Total valid votes			13,583	100.00
Total rejected ballots			398
Unreturned ballots			96
Turnout			14,077	70.59
Registered electors			19,943
Majority			7,377
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

Bibliography

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

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[1] "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.