Taman Medan (state constituency)

Taman Medan

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Haniza Mohamed Talha PKR
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

Taman Medan is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 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 14 Utara, Seksyen 14 Selatan, Seksyen 51, Seksyen 4 Petaling Jaya, Kawasan Melayu, Seksyen 2 Petaling Jaya, PJS 1, Medan Pejasa, Taman Dato Harun 1, Taman Dato Harun 2, PJS 3, PJS 4, Baiduri, Petaling Utama, PJS 2, PJS 2 C / 12, PJS 2 D, Kampung Medan, PJS 2C.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Seksyen 14 Utara, Seksyen 14 Selatan, Seksyen 51, Seksyen 4 Petaling Jaya, Kawasan Melayu, Seksyen 2 Petaling Jaya, PJS 1, Medan Pejasa, Taman Dato Harun 1, Taman Dato Harun 2, PJS 3, PJS 4, Baiduri, Petaling Utama, PJS 2, PJS 2 C / 12, PJS 2 D, Kampung Medan, PJS 2C.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Taman Medan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Zahar Hashim	BN
10th	1999-2004	Norkhaila Jamaluddin
11th	2004-2008	Ab Wahab Ibrahim
12th	2008-2013	Haniza Mohamed Talha	PKR
13th	2013-present

Election results

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Haniza Mohamed Talha	20,478	54.59	- 3.01
	BN	Ab Wahab Ibrahim	16,747	44.64	+ 2.44
	Independent	Kamarul Jaman Seeni Mohideen	213	0.57	+ 0.57
	KITA	Johan Asik	55	0.15	+ 0.15
	Independent	Muhammad Zarqasyi Zulkarnain	21	0.06	+ 0.06
Total valid votes			37,514	100.00
Total rejected ballots			494
Unreturned ballots			93
Turnout			38,101	84.72
Registered electors			44,974
Majority			3,731
	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	Haniza Mohamed Talha	16,803	57.60	+ 45.31
	BN	Munaliza Hamzah	12,370	42.40	- 25.51
Total valid votes			29,173	100.00
Total rejected ballots			440
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			29,652	74.11
Registered electors			40,009
Majority			4,433
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ab Wahab Ibrahim	18,191	67.91	+ 11.23
	PAS	Ghazali Shaari	4,663	17.41	- 25.91
	KEADILAN	Wan M. Razali Wan A. Kadir	3,292	12.29	+ 12.29
	Independent	Kamarul Jaman Seeni Mohideen	641	2.39	+ 2.39
Total valid votes			26,787	100.00
Total rejected ballots			612
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			27,419	70.47
Registered electors			38,910
Majority			13,528
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Norkhaila Jamaluddin	13,258	56.68	- 24.53
	PAS	Supian Md Nordin	10,135	43.32	+ 43.32
Total valid votes			23,393	100.00
Total rejected ballots			367
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			23,773	70.97
Registered electors			33,498
Majority			3,123
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zahar Hashim	17,504	81.21
	S46	Zahari Abd Hamid	4,050	18.79
Total valid votes			21,554	100.00
Total rejected ballots			442
Unreturned ballots			73
Turnout			22,069	67.10
Registered electors			32,892
Majority			13,454
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.