Bukit Lanjan (state constituency)

Bukit Lanjan is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1995.

Bukit Lanjan
Selangor constituency
State constituency
LegislatureSelangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping
PH
Constituency created1994
First contested1995
Last contested2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]64,217

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system. Since 2008, the State Assemblyman for Bukit Lanjan is Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Desa Jaya, Damansara Damai (PJU 10), Bandar Sri Damansara (PJU9), Damansara Perdana (PJU 8), Mutiara Damansara (PJU 7), Bandar Utama (PJU 6), Bukit Lanjan and Kayu Ara.

2016–present:[2] The constituency contains the polling districts of Desa Jaya, Damansara Damai (PJU 10), Bandar Sri Damansara (PJU9), Damansara Perdana (PJU 8), Mutiara Damansara (PJU 7), Bandar Utama (PJU 6), Bukit Lanjan, Kayu Ara, and Sunway Damansara PJU 3.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Lanjan
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created
9th1995-1999Pius MartinBN
10th1999-2004Lum Weng Keong
11th2004-2008Yong Dai Ying
12th2008-2013Elizabeth Wong Keat PingPKR
13th2013-2018
14th2018-presentPH (PKR)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
PHElizabeth Wong Keat Ping47,74886.40+ 11.41
BNSyed Abdul Razak Syed Long Alsagoff7,51513.60- 11.41
Total valid votes 55,263 100.00
Total rejected ballots 296
Unreturned ballots 173
Turnout 55,73286.79
Registered electors 64,217
Majority 40,233
PH hold Swing
Source(s)
Selangor state election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
PKRElizabeth Wong Keat Ping25,80874.99+ 11.49
BNChong Tuck Chiew8,60825.01- 11.49
Total valid votes 34,416 100.00
Total rejected ballots 336
Unreturned ballots 72
Turnout 34,82487.11
Registered electors 39,978
Majority 17,200
PKR 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
Selangor state election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
PKRElizabeth Wong Keat Ping12,12563.50+ 42.10
BNYong Dai Ying6,97036.50- 42.10
Total valid votes 19,095 100.00
Total rejected ballots 299
Unreturned ballots 26
Turnout 19,42076.01
Registered electors 25,550
Majority 5,155
PKR gain from BN Swing ?
Source(s)
Selangor state election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNYong Dai Ying11,46078.60+ 21.22
KEADILANPanneerselvam Varathan3,12121.40+ 21.40
Total valid votes 14,581 100.00
Total rejected ballots 314
Unreturned ballots 12
Turnout 14,90774.15
Registered electors 20,104
Majority 8,339
BN hold Swing
Source(s)
Selangor state election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNLum Weng Keong11,08257.38- 8.91
DAPSaw Cheong Teng8,23042.62+ 20.41
Total valid votes 19,312 100.00
Total rejected ballots 651
Unreturned ballots 1,231
Turnout 21,19475.56
Registered electors 28,050
Majority 2,852
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNPius Martin S Martin9,51166.29
DAPChang Chan Man3,18722.21
PASAriffin Shafie1,65011.50
Total valid votes 14,348 100.00
Total rejected ballots 776
Unreturned ballots 907
Turnout 16,03174.97
Registered electors 21,384
Majority 6,324
This was a new constituency created.

References

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