Lembah Pantai (federal constituency)

Lembah Pantai

the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Nurul Izzah Anwar BN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2013

Lembah Pantai is a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Bangsar Baru, Jalan Maarof, Bukit Travers, Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Taman Lucky, Bukit Bangsar, Kawasan Universiti, Pantai Baharu, Kampong Haji Abdullah Hukom, Bukit Kerinchi, Pantai Dalam, Kampong Pantai Halt, Taman Bukit Angkasa, Petaling Selatan, Taman Sri Sentosa Utara, Kampong Bahagia, Kampong Bohol, Taman Sri Sentosa Selatan, Pantai Hill Park.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Lembah Pantai
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986-1990	Abdul Razak Abu Samah	BN
8th	1990-1995	Mohamed Kamel Hussain
9th	1995-1999	Shahrizat Abdul Jalil
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Nurul Izzah Anwar	PKR
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Nurul Izzah Anwar	31,008	51.39
	BN	Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin	29,161	48.33
	Independent	Rusli Baba	167	0.28
Total valid votes			60,336	100.00
Total rejected ballots			519
Unreturned ballots			193
Turnout			61,048	84.33
Registered electors			72,396
Majority			1,847
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Nurul Izzah Anwar	21,728	52.93
	BN	Shahrizat Abdul Jalil	18,833	45.88
	Independent	Periasamy Nagarathnam	489	1.19
Total valid votes			41,050	100.00
Total rejected ballots			239
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			41,289	72.88
Registered electors			56,560
Majority			2,895
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shahrizat Abdul Jalil	26,474	70.30
	KEADILAN	Sanusi Osman	11,186	29.70
Total valid votes			37,660	100.00
Total rejected ballots			213
Unreturned ballots			85
Turnout			37,958	67.11
Registered electors
Majority			15,288
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shahrizat Abdul Jalil	18,726	52.02
	KEADILAN	Zainur Zakaria	17,272	47.98
Total valid votes			35,998	100.00
Total rejected ballots			193
Unreturned ballots			65
Turnout			36,256	68.91
Registered electors
Majority			1,454
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shahrizat Abdul Jalil	23,447	69.98
	PAS	Mohd Salleh Abas	10,058	30.02
Total valid votes			33,505	100.00
Total rejected ballots			286
Unreturned ballots			193
Turnout			33,984	65.22
Registered electors
Majority			13,389
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Kamel Hussain	25,643	58.34
	S46	Marina Mohd. Yusoff	18,309	41.66
Total valid votes			43,952	100.00
Total rejected ballots			541
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			44,493	66.13
Registered electors
Majority			7,334
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Razak Abu Samah	21,408	58.83
	DAP	Yap Kew Sing	8,868	24.37
	SDP	Ahmad Nor	6,112	16.80
Total valid votes			36,388	100.00
Total rejected ballots			415
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			36,803	58.48
Registered electors			62,937
Majority			12,540
This was a new constituency created.