Meru (state constituency)

Meru
Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar; PH
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Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2018

Meru 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 Kapar, Bukit Kapar Utara, Kampung Meru, Kampung Haji Shariff, Kampung Nenas, Pekan Meru, Jalan Haji Salleh, Kampung Batu Belah, Taman Klang, Jalan Meru, Bukit Kapar Selatan, Taman Meru Indah, Klang Kawasan 19, Kampung Budiman.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Kapar, Bukit Kapar Utara, Kampung Meru, Kampung Haji Shariff, Kampung Nenas, Pekan Meru, Jalan Haji Salleh, Kampung Batu Belah, Taman Klang, Jalan Meru, Bukit Kapar Selatan, Taman Meru Indah, Klang Kawasan 19, Kampung Budiman.

Representation history[]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Meru
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency split from Sementa
	1995-1999		BN (UMNO)
	1999-2004
	2004-2008
	2008-2013		PAS
	2013-2018		PAS
	2018-2020	Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar	PH (AMANAH)
	2020-present	Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar	PH (PKR)

Election results[]

Selangor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar	17,665	52.04	+ 52.04
	BN	Khairul Anuar Saimun	8,057	23.74	- 13.32
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Noor Najhan Mohamad Salleh	7,804	22.99	- 39.95
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Manikavasagam Sundaram	346	1.02	+ 1.02
	Independent	Shee Chee Weng	72	0.21	+ 0.21
Total valid votes			33,944	100.00
Total rejected ballots			430
Unreturned ballots			74
Turnout			34,448	88.12
Registered electors			39,091
Majority			9,608	28.31
	PH gain from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		.

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Abd Rani Osman	22,086	62.94	+ 1.52
	BN	Sukaiman Ahmad	13,007	37.06	- 1.52
Total valid votes			35,093	100.00
Total rejected ballots			343
Unreturned ballots			87
Turnout			35,523	90.03
Registered electors			39,457
Majority			9,079
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 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.


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Abd Rani Osman	14,826	61.42	+ 21.88
	BN	Md Ghazali Md Amin	9,313	38.58	- 21.88
Total valid votes			24,139	100.00
Total rejected ballots			339
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			24,515	82.42
Registered electors			29,745
Majority			5,513
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jaei Ismail	11,850	60.46	+ 2.85
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Abd Rani Osman	7,751	39.54	- 2.85
Total valid votes			19,601	100.00
Total rejected ballots			299
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			19,904	74.44
Registered electors			26,737
Majority			4,099
	BN hold		Swing


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jaei Ismail	10,084	57.61	- 22.80
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Noor Najhan Mohd. Salleh	7,421	42.39	+ 42.39
Total valid votes			17,505	100.00
Total rejected ballots			274
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			17,792	79.28
Registered electors			22,441
Majority			2,663
	BN hold		Swing


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Jaei Ismail	12,716	80.41
	S46	Shareh Mansor	3,098	19.59
Total valid votes			15,814	100.00
Total rejected ballots			413
Unreturned ballots			29
Turnout			16,256	77.64
Registered electors			20,937
Majority			9,618
This was a new constituency created.

References[]

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-06-19.

[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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-06-19.

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