Kota Damansara (state constituency)

Kota Damansara

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Halimaton Saadiah Bohan BN
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2013

Kota Damansara 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 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.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Kem Sungai Buloh, Kampung Baharu Sungai Buloh Sekolah, RRI Sungai Buloh, Pinggiran Subang, Taman Subang Baru, Kampung Melayu Subang, Subang Perdana, Kota Damansara Seksyen 4 dan 5, LTSSAAS Subang, Kampung Baharu Subang, Ara Damansara, Kota Damansara Seksyen 7, Kampung Baharu Sungai Buloh Dewan, Jalan Merbau Kampung Melayu Subang, Taman Glenmarie, Mutiara Subang, Kota Damansara Seksyen 6, Kota Damansara Seksyen 8 dan 9, Kota Damansara Seksyen 10 dan 11.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kota Damansara
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
11th	2004-2008	Mohd Mokhtar Ahmad Dahlan	BN
12th	2008	Mohd Nasir Hashim	PKR
	2008-2013		PSM
13th	2013-present	Halimaton Saadiah Bohan	BN

Election results

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Halimaton Saadiah Bohan	16,387	42.27	- 5.35
	PKR	Mohd Nasir Hashim	14,860	38.33	- 14.05
	PAS	Ridzuan Ismail	7,312	18.86	+ 18.86
	Independent	Halmi Omar	116	0.30	+ 0.30
	Independent	Edros Abdullah	57	0.15	+ 0.15
	Independent	Suppiah Anandan	39	0.10	+ 0.10
Total valid votes			38,771	100.00
Total rejected ballots			542
Unreturned ballots			101
Turnout			39,414	87.69
Registered electors			44,948
Majority			1,527
	BN gain from PKR		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	%	∆%
	PKR	Mohd Nasir Hashim	11,846	52.38	+ 52.38
	BN	Zein Isma Ismail	10,771	47.62	- 25.19
Total valid votes			22,617	100.00
Total rejected ballots			603
Unreturned ballots			346
Turnout			23,566	79.34
Registered electors			29,701
Majority			1,075
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Mokhtar Ahmad Dahlan	12,926	72.81
	PAS	Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof	4,827	27.19
Total valid votes			17,753	100.00
Total rejected ballots			406
Unreturned ballots			538
Turnout			18,697	77.84
Registered electors			24,019
Majority			8,099
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.