Petaling Jaya Selatan (federal constituency)

Petaling Jaya Selatan
Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1994
Constituency abolished	2018
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

Petaling Jaya Selatan was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1995 to 2018.

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History[]

It was abolished in 2018 when it was redistributed.

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Petaling Jaya Selatan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Puchong and Petaling Jaya
9th	1995-1999	Donald Lim Siang Chai (林祥才)	BN (MCA)
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Hee Loy Sian (许来贤)	PKR
13th	2013-2018	Hee Loy Sian (许来贤)	PKR
Constituency abolished, renamed to Petaling Jaya

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Petaling Jaya Selatan					Bukit Gasing
Petaling Jaya Selatan					Taman Medan

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Hee Loy Sian	41,062	63.80	+ 8.26
	BN	Sheah Kok Fah	21,846	33.95	- 10.51
	Independent	Ibrahim Khatib	1,447	2.25	+ 2.25
Total valid votes			64,355	100.00
Total rejected ballots			830
Unreturned ballots			138
Turnout			65,323	82.11
Registered electors			79,558
Majority			19,216
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 176/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-08. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 217/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-08.^{[permanent dead link]}

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Hee Loy Sian	28,598	55.54	+ 27.53
	BN	Donald Lim Siang Chai	22,892	44.46	- 27.53
Total valid votes			51,490	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,044
Unreturned ballots			97
Turnout			52,631	71.91
Registered electors			73,192
Majority			5,706
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Donald Lim Siang Chai	35,054	71.99	+ 18.29
	KEADILAN	Sivarasa Rasiah	13,638	28.01	+ 28.01
Total valid votes			48,692	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,008
Unreturned ballots			38
Turnout			49,738	67.67
Registered electors
Majority			21,416
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Donald Lim Siang Chai	24,581	53.70	- 9.03
	PRM	Syed Husin Ali	20,736	45.30	+ 9.94
	Independent	Selvanathan Savarimuthu	457	1.00	- 0.91
Total valid votes			45,774	100.00
Total rejected ballots			772
Unreturned ballots			106
Turnout			46,652	68.92
Registered electors
Majority			3,845
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Donald Lim Siang Chai	26,646	62.73
	PRM	Syed Husin Ali	15,021	35.36
	Independent	Selvanathan Savarimuthu	811	1.91
Total valid votes			42,478	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,022
Unreturned ballots			354
Turnout			43,854	65.66
Registered electors
Majority			11,625
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 2016-05-09.