Subang (federal constituency)

Subang is a federal constituency in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

Subang (P104)
Selangor constituency
Federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
MP
 
 
 
Wong Chen
PH
Constituency created1994
Constituency abolished2018
Constituency re-created2018
First contested1995
Last contested2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]146,422
Area (km²)[2]69

The federal constituency was created from parts of the Shah Alam constituency in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. Noted that in 2018 redelineation exercise this Subang constituency is now shifted south to Subang Jaya city centre from former Kelana Jaya constituency, not Subang, Selangor in Shah Alam where the Subang Skypark located which now renamed as Sungai Buloh.

Demographics

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

  Chinese (56.49%)
  Malay (26.62%)
  Indian (15.15%)
  Other ethnicities (5.4%)

History

(P107)2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Desa Jaya Jalan 1 - Jalan 19, Seri Damansara Jalan SD 1 - SD 5, Sri Damansara Jalan SD 7 - Jalan SD 9, Bukit Lanjan, Bandar Utama BU 1 & BU 2, Sungai Kayu Ara Utara, Desa Jaya Jalan 20 - Jalan 38, Desa Jaya Jalan 39 - Jalan 56, Damansara Damai, Bandar Utama BU 3 - BU 8, Bandar Utama BU 10 - BU 12, Sungai Kayu Ara Selatan, Sri Damansara Jalan SD 10, Sri Damansara Jalan SD 12, Taman Ehsan Jalan 5, Sungai Buloh, Petempatan Sungai Buloh, Bandar Baru Sungai Buloh Utara, Bukit Rahman Putra, Merbau Sempak, Paya Jaras, Taman Ehsan Jalan 2, Desa Aman Puri, Bandar Baru Sungai Buloh Selatan, Sungai Pelong, Taman Ehsan Jalan 4, Paya Jaras Hilir, Matang Pagar, Kubu Gajah, Kem Sungai Buloh, Kampung Baharu Sungai Buloh Sekolah, RRI Sungai Buloh, Pinggiran Subang, Taman Subang Baru, Kampung Melayu Subang, Subang Perdana, Seksyen 4, 5 dan 6 Kota Damansara, LTSSAAS Subang, Kampung Baharu Subang, Ara Damansara, Seksyen 7, 8, 9, 10 dan 11 Kota Damansara, Kampung Baharu Sungai Buloh Dewan, Jalan Merbau Kampung Melayu Subang, Taman Glenmarie.

(P104)2016–present:[4] The constituency contains the polling districts of PJS 7 Bandar Sunway, SS 12, SS 15, SS 16 & SS 17, SS 19/1, SS 18, SS 14/1-4, SS 13, USJ 1, USJ 2/1-4, USJ 3, USJ 4, USJ 5, USJ 6, USJ 7 & 8, USJ 9 & USJ 10, USJ 11, USJ 12, USJ 13, USJ 14 & 15, SS 19/2 - SS 19/5, SS 19/6 - SS 19/19, PJS 9 & 11 Bandar Sunway, SS 14/5-8, USJ 2/5-7, Glenmarie, SS 6, SS 5D, SS 5B & 5C, SS 5A, Seri Setia, PJS 5 Kampung Penaga, PJS 6/4 - PJS 6/6, PJS 10/1 - PJS 10/16, Rumah Pangsa Sungai Way, PJS 5/1 - PJS 5/12, PJS 6/1 - PJS 6/3, PJS 8, PJS 10/17 - PJS 10/34, SS 7, Kampung Lindungan, PJS 5/13 - PJS 5/30.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Subang
ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Shah Alam
9th1995-1999M. MahalingamBN (MIC)
10th1999-2004Karnail Singh Nijhar
11th2004-2008
12th2008-2013Sivarasa RasiahPKR
13th2013-2018
Constituency abolished, renamed to Sungai Buloh
Constituency shifted south, renamed from Kelana Jaya
14th2018–presentWong Chen (黄基全)PH (PKR)

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present
Subang Bukit Lanjan
Kelana Jaya
Kinrara
Kota Damansara
Paya Jaras
Subang Jaya Subang Jaya

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
PHWong Chen104,43083.08+83.08
BNTan Seong Lim12,0779.61-26.04
PASMohd Shahir Mohd Adnan9,0257.18+7.18
IndependentToh Sin Wah1730.14+0.14
Total valid votes 125,705 100.00
Total rejected ballots 610
Unreturned ballots 568
Turnout 126,88386.66
Registered electors 146,422
Majority 92,35373.47
PH hold Swing
Source(s)

"His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 239/2018]" (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 Selangor [P.U. (B) 313/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
Malaysian general election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
PKRSivarasa K. Rasiah66,26859.73+ 4.43
BNPakas Rao Applanaidoo39,54935.65- 9.05
BerjasaMohamad Ismail4,4544.01+ 4.01
IndependentNazaruddin Mohamed Ferdoos4600.41+ 0.41
IndependentEdros Abdullah2180.20+ 0.20
Total valid votes 110,949 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,669
Unreturned ballots 319
Turnout 112,93787.86
Registered electors 128,543
Majority 26,719
PKR hold Swing {{{3}}}
Malaysian general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
PKRSivarasa K. Rasiah35,02455.30+ 20.63
BNMurugesan Sinnandavar28,31544.70- 20.63
Total valid votes 63,339 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,079
Unreturned ballots 443
Turnout 65,86178.02
Registered electors 84,414
Majority 6,709
PKR gain from BN Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNKarnail Singh Nijhar Amar Singh32,94165.33+ 9.84
KEADILANMohd Nasir Hashim17,48134.67- 9.84
Total valid votes 50,422 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,063
Unreturned ballots 532
Turnout 52,01775.67
Registered electors
Majority 15,460
BN hold Swing {{{3}}}
Malaysian general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNKarnail Singh Nijhar Amar Singh36,13755.49- 21.02
KEADILANIrene Fernandez28,98544.51+ 44.51
Total valid votes 65,122 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,509
Unreturned ballots 1,216
Turnout 67,84773.11
Registered electors
Majority 7,152
BN hold Swing {{{3}}}
Malaysian general election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNM. Mahalingam Muthukrishnan37,24776.43
S46Usulludin Jamil11,48423.57
Total valid votes 48,731 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,142
Unreturned ballots 1,028
Turnout 51,90170.26
Registered electors
Majority 25,763
This was a new constituency created out of Shah Alam which went to BN in the previous election.

References

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