Kulai (federal constituency)

Kulai (P163)
Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
;
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	99,147
Area (km²)[2]	737

Kulai is a federal constituency in Kulai District, Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kulai's electorate as of 2018[3]

Chinese (54.05%)

Malay (34.96%)

Indian (10.24%)

Other ethnicities (0.75%)

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Murni Jaya, Bukit Permai, Inas, Sedenak Utara, Sedenak Selatan, Ladang Fraser, Pekan Sengkang, FELDA Taib Andak, Ladang Swee Lam, Ladang Kelan, Bandar Kulai Utara, Kampong Pertanian, Kampong Rahmat, Bukit Batu, Ayer Manis, FELDA Bukit Batu, Ayer Bemban, Midland Kulai Young, Pekan Kelapa Sawit Barat, Pekan Kelapa Sawit Tengah, Pekan Kelapa Sawit Timor, Kampong Sri Paya, Kota Kulai, Taman Putri, Taman Permai, Bandar Kulai Barat, Bandar Kulai Tengah, Bandar Kulai Timor, Kulai, Ladang Kulai Besar, Saleng, Taman Aman, Bandar Senai Utara, Bandar Senai Tengah, Bandar Senai Selatan, Senai Baru, Seelong, Taman Muhibbah, Lengkongan, Taman Selatan.

2016–present:[4] The constituency contains the polling districts of Murni Jaya, Bukit Permai, Inas, Sedenak Utara, Sedenak Selatan, Ladang Fraser, Pekan Sengkang, FELDA Taib Andak, Ladang Swee Lam, Ladang Kelan, Bandar Kulai Utara, Kampong Pertanian, Kampong Rahmat, Bukit Batu, Ayer Manis, FELDA Bukit Batu, Ayer Bemban, Midland Kulai Young, Pekan Kelapa Sawit Barat, Pekan Kelapa Sawit Tengah, Pekan Kelapa Sawit Timor, Kampong Sri Paya, Kota Kulai, Taman Putri, Taman Permai, Bandar Kulai Barat, Bandar Kulai Tengah, Bandar Kulai Timor, Kulai, Ladang Kulai Besar, Saleng, Taman Aman, Bandar Senai Utara, Bandar Senai Tengah, Bandar Senai Selatan, Senai Baru, Seelong, Taman Muhibbah, Lengkongan, Taman Selatan, Dawani.

State seat	Polling District	Code	Location	Electors （2016）
Bukit Permai（N50）	Murni Jaya	163/50/01	SK Murni Jaya	908
	Bukit Permai	163/50/02	SK LKTP Bukit Permai	1,005
	Inas	163/50/03	SK LKTP Inas	1,255
	Sedenak Utara	163/50/04	SK Sedenak	752
	Sedenak Selatan	163/50/05	SJK (C) Sedenak	1,289
	Ladang Fraser	163/50/06	Balai Raya Ladang Fraser	321
	Pekan Sengkang	163/50/07	SJK (C) Sengkang	1,724
	FELDA Taib Andak	163/50/08	SK Sinar Bahagia	3,501
	Ladang Swee Lam	163/50/09	SMK Bandar Putra	4,950
	Ladang Kelan	163/50/10	SJK (T) Ladang Kelan	213
	Bandar Kulai Utara	163/50/11	Dewan Serbaguna Taman Mewah	4,295
	Kampong Pertanian	163/50/12	SK Kampung Pertanian	802
Bukit Batu（N51）	Ulu Choh	163/51/01	Dewan Raya Ulu Choh	374
	Bandar Ulu Choh	163/51/02	SJK (C) Ching Yeh	1,333
	Kampong Rahmat	163/51/03	SK Polis Kem	2,043
	Bukit Batu	163/51/04	SJK (C) Batu	2,935
	Ayer Manis	163/51/05	SK Ayer Manis	897
	FELDA Bukit Batu	163/51/06	SK LKTP Bukit Batu	1,626
	Ayer Bemban	163/51/07	SJK (C) Bemban	1,522
	Midland Kulai Young	163/51/08	SK Sri Gunung Pulai	600
	Pekan Kelapa Sawit Barat	163/51/09	Sekolah Agama Batu 26	1,726
	Pekan Kelapa Sawit Tengah	163/51/10	SJK (C) Sawit	2,217
	Pekan Kelapa Sawit Timor	163/51/11	Tadika Sawit	2,049
	Kampong Sri Paya	163/51/12	SJK (T) Ladang Kulai Oil Palm	2,203
	Kota Kulai	163/51/13	SJK (C) Kulai Bedar	2,431
	Taman Putri	163/51/14	SMK Taman Putri	2,431
	Taman Permai	163/51/15	SMK Kota Kulai	2,477
Senai（N52）	Senai Baru	163/52/01	SJK (C) Senai	3,666
	Seelong	163/52/02	SJK (C) Seelong	909
	UTM	163/52/03	Sekolah Agama UTM	547
	Bandar Kulai Barat	163/52/04	SK Kulai	4,070
	Bandar Kulai Tengah	163/52/05	SJK (C) Kulai 1	1,906
	Bandar Kulai Timor	163/52/06	SK Kulai 1	2,110
	Kulai	163/52/07	SMK Kulai Besar	5,288
	Ladang Kulai Besar	163/52/08	SJK (T) Ladang Kulai Besar	442
	Saleng	163/52/09	SJK (C) Saleng	3,228
	Taman Aman	163/52/10	Dewan Serbaguna Taman Aman	2,634
	Bandar Senai Utara	163/52/11	SK Senai Utama	2,234
	Bandar Senai Tengah	163/52/12	SMK Senai	1,718
	Bandar Senai Selatan	163/52/13	SK Senai	2,708
	Taman Muhibbah	163/52/14	SK Taman Muhibbah	4,038
	Lengkongan	163/52/15	SMK Sultan Ibrahim	1,147
	Taman Selatan	163/52/16	SMK Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra	2,969
	Dawani	163/52/17	Balai Raya Serbaguna Taman Bukit Senang	1,645

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kulai
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Senai
11th	2004-2008	Lim Si Cheng (林思城)	BN (MCA)
12th	2008-2013	Ong Ka Ting (黄家定)	BN (MCA)
13th	2013-2018	Teo Nie Ching (张念群)	DAP
14th	2018-present	Teo Nie Ching (张念群)	PH (DAP)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kulai						Bukit Batu
						Bukit Permai
						Senai

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Teo Nie Ching	55,312	65.42	+ 65.42
	BN	Tang Nai Soon	22,564	26.69	- 14.00
	PAS	Juwahir Amin	6,667	7.89	+ 7.89
Total valid votes			84,543	100.00
Total rejected ballots			976
Unreturned ballots			168
Turnout			85,687	86.42
Registered electors			99,147
Majority			32,748	38.73
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 244/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. 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 Johore [P.U. (B) 318/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teo Nie Ching	43,338	58.99	+ 20.22
	BN	Tay Chin Hein	29,888	40.69	- 20.54
	Independent	Surendiran Kuppayah	238	0.32	+ 0.32
Total valid votes			73,464	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,432
Unreturned ballots			119
Turnout			75,015	89.31
Registered electors			83,991
Majority			13,450	18.30
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 181/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 222/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ong Ka Ting	32,017	61.23	- 8.32
	DAP	Ng Pack Siong	20,273	38.77	+ 8.32
Total valid votes			52,290	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,327
Unreturned ballots			59
Turnout			53,676	79.69
Registered electors			67,358
Majority			11,744
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Lim Si Cheng	32,278	69.55
	DAP	Ong Kow Meng	14,134	30.45
Total valid votes			46,412	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,935
Unreturned ballots			30
Turnout			48,377	77.69
Registered electors
Majority			18,144
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

"Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 37. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
"14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-08.

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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. 10 April 2018. p. 37. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[2] Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[3] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.

[4] "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-08.