Selayang (federal constituency)

Selayang

Selangor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	William Leong Jee Keen PKR
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Selayang is a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 Batu Arang Barat, Batu Arang Timur, Batu Arang Selatan, Pengkalan Kundang, Sungai Serai, Pekan Kuang, Kampung Gombak, Kampung Kuang, Kampung Cempedak, Sri Kundang, Bandar Tasik Puteri, Bandar Country Home 1, Kuala Garing, Kampung Rajah, Rawang, Kampung Melayu, Kampung Kenanga, Kampung Baharu Rawang, Taman Sri Hijau, Kanching, Taman Bersatu, Taman Bukit Rawang, Kampung Tanjung, Bandar Country Home 2, Batu 16 Rawang, Bandar Baru Selayang Utara, Bukit Idaman, Selayang Baharu Tiga, Selayang Baharu Dua, Selayang Baharu Satu, Taman Selayang Baharu, Selayang Pandang, Sri Melati, Selayang Utama, Kepong Utara, Bandar Baru Selayang Selatan, Kampung Bendahara, Lembah Mutiara, Selayang Jaya, Taman Daya, Taman Indah Perdana, Taman Bidara, Kampung Selayang Permai, Kampung Selayang Indah, Taman Selayang Indah.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Selayang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1975	Walter Loh Poh Khan	BN
	1975-1978	Rosemary Chow Poh Kheng
5th	1978-1982	Rafidah Aziz
6th	1982-1986	Rahmah Othman
7th	1986-1990	Zaleha Ismail
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999	Chan Kong Choy
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	William Leong Jee Keen	PKR
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	William Leong Jee Keen	52,343	57.60
	BN	Donald Lim Siang Chai	34,385	37.84
	Berjasa	Mohd Hazizi Abdul Rahman	4,152	4.57
Total valid votes			90,880	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,435
Unreturned ballots			213
Turnout			92,528	87.38
Registered electors			105,895
Majority			17,958
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	William Leong Jee Keen	30,701	51.89
	BN	Lee Li Yew	27,134	45.86
	PRM	Koh Swe Yong	1,332	2.25
Total valid votes			59,167	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,506
Unreturned ballots			247
Turnout			60,920	76.57
Registered electors			79,557
Majority			3,567
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chan Kong Choy	36,343	73.48
	KEADILAN	Koh Swe Yong	13,117	26.52
Total valid votes			49,460	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,444
Unreturned ballots			129
Turnout			51,033	71.72
Registered electors
Majority			23,226
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chan Kong Choy	34,979	57.23
	DAP	Zaitun Mohamed Kasim	26,144	42.77
Total valid votes			61,123	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,453
Unreturned ballots			699
Turnout			63,275	73.94
Registered electors
Majority			8,835
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chan Kong Choy	45,392	87.03
	Independent	Zainul Amri Abdul Aziz	6,765	12.97
Total valid votes			52,157	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,103
Unreturned ballots			471
Turnout			54,731	69.89
Registered electors
Majority			38,627
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zaleha Ismail	51,062	71.94
	DAP	Lee Yee Lian	19,920	28.06
Total valid votes			70,982	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,500
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			73,482	73.86
Registered electors
Majority			31,142
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zaleha Ismail	40,681	81.54
	PAS	Talib Bakti	9,209	18.46
Total valid votes			49,890	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,270
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			52,160	67.10
Registered electors			77,737
Majority			31,472
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rahmah Othman
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rafidah Aziz
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 14 June 1975 Upon the death of incumbent, Walter Loh Poh Khan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rosemary Chow Poh Kheng	19,338	70.96
	DAP	Idrus Idris	7,434	27.28
	Independent	Ismail Man	481	1.76
Total valid votes			27,253	100.00
Total rejected ballots			708
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			27,961	57.20
Registered electors			48,885
Majority			11,904
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Walter Loh Poh Khan
	DAP
	PEKEMAS
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			9,871
This was a new constituency created.