Subang (federal constituency)

Subang

Selangor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Sivarasa Rasiah PKR
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

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

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.

History

2004–present: 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 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.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Subang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Shah Alam
9th	1995-1999	M. Mahalingam	BN
10th	1999-2004	Karnail Singh Nijhar
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Sivarasa Rasiah	PKR
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Sivarasa K. Rasiah	66,268	59.73
	BN	Pakas Rao Applanaidoo	39,549	35.65
	Berjasa	Mohamad Ismail	4,454	4.01
	Independent	Nazaruddin Mohamed Ferdoos	460	0.41
	Independent	Edros Abdullah	218	0.20
Total valid votes			110,949	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,669
Unreturned ballots			319
Turnout			112,937	87.86
Registered electors			128,543
Majority			26,719
	PKR hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Sivarasa K. Rasiah	35,024	55.30
	BN	Murugesan Sinnandavar	28,315	44.70
Total valid votes			63,339	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,079
Unreturned ballots			443
Turnout			65,861	78.02
Registered electors			84,414
Majority			6,709
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Karnail Singh Nijhar Amar Singh	32,941	65.33
	KEADILAN	Mohd Nasir Hashim	17,481	34.67
Total valid votes			50,422	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,063
Unreturned ballots			532
Turnout			52,017	75.67
Registered electors
Majority			15,460
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Karnail Singh Nijhar Amar Singh	36,137	55.49
	KEADILAN	Irene Fernandez	28,985	44.51
Total valid votes			65,122	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,509
Unreturned ballots			1,216
Turnout			67,847	73.11
Registered electors
Majority			7,152
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	M. Mahalingam Muthukrishnan	37,247	76.43
	S46	Usulludin Jamil	11,484	23.57
Total valid votes			48,731	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,142
Unreturned ballots			1,028
Turnout			51,901	70.26
Registered electors
Majority			25,763
This was a new constituency created out of Shah Alam which went to BN in the previous election.