Kota Alam Shah (state constituency)

Kota Alam Shah

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ganabatirau Veraman DAP
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2013

Kota Alam Shah is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 2004.

The state constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Teluk Pulai Utara, Kampung Attap, Jalan Tengku Kelana, Bukit Istana, Simpang Tujuh, Taman Gembira 1, Taman Selatan 1, Teluk Gadung Besar, Taman Chi Liung, Teluk Pulai Selatan, Taman Selatan 2, Taman Bayu Perdana, Taman Gembira 2.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Teluk Pulai Utara, Kampung Attap, Jalan Tengku Kelana, Bukit Istana, Simpang Tujuh, Taman Gembira 1, Taman Selatan 1, Teluk Gadung Besar, Taman Chi Liung, Teluk Pulai Selatan, Taman Selatan 2, Taman Bayu Perdana, Taman Gembira 2.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kota Alam Shah
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
11th	2004-2008	Ching Su Chen	BN
12th	2008-2013	Manoharan Malayalam	DAP
13th	2013-present	Ganabatirau Veraman

Election results

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Ganabatirau Veraman	18,971	76.37	+ 6.65
	BN	Maglin Dennis D'Cruz	5,602	22.55	- 7.73
	Independent	Loo Hok Chai	186	0.75	+ 0.75
	Independent	Pannerselvam G. Letchumanan	82	0.33	+ 0.33
Total valid votes			24,841	100.00
Total rejected ballots			386
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			25,266	85.63
Registered electors			29,507
Majority			13,369
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)  "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Selangor state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Manoharan Malayalam	12,699	69.72	+ 28.36
	BN	Ching Su Chen	5,515	30.28	- 28.36
Total valid votes			18,214	100.00
Total rejected ballots			211
Unreturned ballots			46
Turnout			18,471	76.43
Registered electors			24,168
Majority			7,184
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ching Su Chen	9,309	58.64
	DAP	Thye Kim Kiong	6,566	41.36
Total valid votes			15,875	100.00
Total rejected ballots			248
Unreturned ballots			50
Turnout			16,173	70.11
Registered electors			23,068
Majority			2,743
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

1. "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 2016-06-19.