Rawang (state constituency)

Rawang

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Gan Pei Nei PKR
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Rawang is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1974.

The state constituency was created in the 1974 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 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.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of 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, Kota Emerald East & West, Garing Jaya.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Rawang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Lee Kim Sai	BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Tang See Hang
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Gan Pei Nei	PKR
13th	2013-present

Election results

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Gan Pei Nei	18,358	66.82	+ 6.82
	BN	Lee Li Yew	9,117	33.18	- 2.79
Total valid votes			27,475	100.00
Total rejected ballots			394
Unreturned ballots			54
Turnout			27,923	86.70
Registered electors			32,208
Majority			9,241
	PKR 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	%	∆%
	PKR	Gan Pei Nei	10,467	60.00	+ 60.00
	BN	Goh Ah Ling	6,275	35.97	- 41.92
	Independent	Chandrasegaran Arumugam	704	4.03	+ 4.03
Total valid votes			17,446	100.00
Total rejected ballots			288
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			17,768	76.11
Registered electors			23,345
Majority			4,192
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tang See Hang	10,534	77.89	+ 15.67
	Independent	Md Sabri Md Taib	2,990	22.11	+ 22.11
Total valid votes			13,524	100.00
Total rejected ballots			382
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			13,929	68.30
Registered electors			20,393
Majority			7,544
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tang See Hang	11,518	62.22	+ 62.22
	DAP	Lim Ching How	6,880	37.17	+ 37.17
	Independent	Surder Singh	114	0.62	+ 0.62
Total valid votes			18,512	100.00
Total rejected ballots			493
Unreturned ballots			112
Turnout			19,117	72.10
Registered electors			26,513
Majority			4,638
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Tang See Hang won uncontested.
	BN	Tang See Hang
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tang See Hang	11,998	65.42	+ 2.59
	DAP	Low Sek Moah	6,341	34.58	+ 3.53
Total valid votes			18,339	100.00
Total rejected ballots			793
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,132	74.00
Registered electors			25,853
Majority			5,657
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tang See Hang	9,446	62.83
	DAP	Tai Sing Ng	4,668	31.05
	PAS	Hasbolah Mohd Arif	921	6.12
Total valid votes			15,035	100.00
Total rejected ballots			635
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,670	72.49
Registered electors			21,617
Majority			4,778
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tang See Hang
	PAS	Abdul Rahman Yadi
	DAP	Eng Seng Chai @ Ng Sing Sai
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			18,941
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lee Kim Sai
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			15,291
Majority			3,196
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lee Kim Sai	3,701	48.72
	DAP	Tan Heng Swee	2,327	30.63
	PEKEMAS	J. P. Samuel Raj	847	11.15
	Independent	Chou Yew Koh	722	9.50
Total valid votes			7,597	100.00
Total rejected ballots			469
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			8,066	74.24
Registered electors			10,865
Majority			1,374
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.