Seri Andalas (state constituency)

Seri Andalas

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam PKR
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2013

Seri Andalas 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 Seksyen 34 Shah Alam, Sungai Kandis, Teluk Menegun, LLN Connought Bridge, Kampung Pandan, Kampung Jawa, Kota Raja, Taman Seri Andalas 1, Taman Seri Andalas 2, Taman Klang Jaya 1, Sentosa Dato Yusof Shahbuddin, Bukit Jati, Taman Seri Andalas 3, Taman Desawan, Sentosa Dato Abdul Hamid 1, Sentosa Dato Dagang, Jalan Raya Timur, Taman Klang Jaya 2, Sentosa Dato Abdul Hamid 2, Taman Maznah.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Seksyen 34 Shah Alam, Sungai Kandis, Teluk Menegun, LLN Connought Bridge, Kampung Pandan, Kampung Jawa, Kota Raja, Taman Seri Andalas 1, Taman Seri Andalas 2, Taman Klang Jaya 1, Sentosa Dato Yusof Shahbuddin, Bukit Jati, Taman Seri Andalas 3, Taman Desawan, Sentosa Dato Abdul Hamid 1, Sentosa Dato Dagang, Jalan Raya Timur, Taman Klang Jaya 2, Sentosa Dato Abdul Hamid 2, Taman Maznah, Taman Menara Maju.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Seri Andalas
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
11th	2004-2008	Kamalam Annasamy	BN
12th	2008-2013	Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam	PKR
13th	2013-present

Election results

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam	31,491	64.43	- 2.40
	BN	Mohan Thangarasu	15,858	32.45	- 0.72
	Independent	Hanafiah Husin	871	1.78	+ 1.78
	Independent	Uthayakumar Ponnusamy	614	1.26	+ 1.26
	Independent	Kottappan Suppaiah	41	0.08	+ 0.08
Total valid votes			48,875	100.00
Total rejected ballots			582
Unreturned ballots			95
Turnout			49,552	87.30
Registered electors			56,763
Majority			15,633
	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	Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam	20,258	66.83	+ 33.84
	BN	Kamalam Annasamy	10,055	33.17	- 31.89
Total valid votes			30,313	100.00
Total rejected ballots			725
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			31,039	79.93
Registered electors			38,833
Majority			10,203
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kamalam Annasamy	15,608	65.06
	KEADILAN	Tan Ah Kow	7,914	32.99
	Independent	Pupalan Muthusamy	468	1.95
Total valid votes			23,990	100.00
Total rejected ballots			542
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,532	76.19
Registered electors			32,199
Majority			7,694
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.