Semenyih (state constituency)

Semenyih
Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Zakaria Hanafi; BN
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Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2019

Semenyih is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1959.

The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History[]

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2003.

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Sungai Jeluk, Semenyih Barat, Hulu Semenyih, Tarun, Kampung Tanjong, Kampung Baharu, Semenyih, Semenyih Selatan, Rinching Hulu, Rinching, Sesapan Kelubi, Sesapan Batu, Sungai Jai, Beranang, Kuala Pajam, Sungai Kembung, Taman Asa Jaya, Bandar Teknologi Kajang, Sesapan Batu Rembau, Kampung Batu 26 Beranang.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Sungai Jeluk, Semenyih Barat, Hulu Semenyih, Tarun, Kampung Tanjong, Kampung Baharu Semenyih, Pekan Semenyih, Semenyih Selatan, Kampung Rinching, Bandar Rinching Seksyen 1 - 4, Sesapan Kelubi, Sesapan Batu, Sungai Jai, Beranang, Kuala Pajam, Sungai Kembung, Taman Asa Jaya, Bandar Teknologi Kajang, Sesapan Batu Rembau, Kampung Batu 26 Beranang, Kajang Perdana, Penjara Kajang, Semenyih Indah, Bandar Rinching Seksyen 5 - 6, Bandar Tasik Kesuma.

Representation history[]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Semenyih
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1959-1964		Alliance (UMNO)
	1964-1969		Alliance (UMNO)
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
	1971-1973		Alliance (UMNO)
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
	1974-1978
	1978-1982
	1982-1986
	1986-1990
	1990-1995
Constituency abolished, renamed to Beranang
Constituency re-created from Beranang
	2004-2008		BN (UMNO)
	2008-2013
	2013-2018
	2018-2019	Bakhtiar Mohd Nor	PH (PPBM)
	2019–present	Zakaria Hanafi	BN (UMNO)

Election results[]

Selangor state by-election, March 2, 2019
Upon the death of incumbent, Bakhtiar Mohd Nor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zakaria Hanafi	19,780	50.44	+ 19.1
	PH	Muhammad Aiman Zainali	17,866	45.58	- 5.18
	Parti Sosialis Malaysia	Nik Aziz Afiq Abdul	847	2.16	- 0.60
	Independent	Kuan Chee Heng	725	1.82
Total valid votes			38,518	100.00
Total rejected ballots			650
Unreturned ballots			50
Turnout			39,218	73.3	- 14.15
Registered electors			54,503
Majority			1,914	4.96
	BN gain from PH		Swing		.

Selangor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Bakhtiar Mohd Nor	23,428	50.76	+ 14.84
	BN	Johan Abd Aziz	14,464	31.34	- 17.55
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mad Shahmiour Mat Kosim	6,966	15.09	+ 15.09
	Parti Sosialis Malaysia	Arutchelvan Subramaniams	1,293	2.80	- 12.39
Total valid votes			46,151	100.00
Total rejected ballots			366
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			46,572	87.45
Registered electors			53,257
Majority			8,964	19.42
	PH gain from BN		Swing		.

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Johan Abd Aziz	17,922	48.89	- 3.70
	PKR	Hamidi A. Hasan	13,165	35.92	- 11.49
	Parti Sosialis Malaysia	Arutchelvan Subramaniams	5,568	15.19	+ 15.19
Total valid votes			36,655	100.00
Total rejected ballots			701
Unreturned ballots			216
Turnout			37,572	88.73
Registered electors			42,344
Majority			4,757
	BN 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	%	∆%
	BN	Johan Abd Aziz	11,588	52.59	- 18.41
	PKR	Arutchelvan Subramaniams	10,448	47.41	+ 47.41
Total valid votes			22,036	100.00
Total rejected ballots			544
Unreturned ballots			348
Turnout			22,928	81.30
Registered electors			28,203
Majority			1,140
	BN hold		Swing


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Ahmad Kuris Mohd Nor	13,280	71.00
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd Khairuddin Othman	5,425	29.00
Total valid votes			18,705	100.00
Total rejected ballots			350
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,055	76.17
Registered electors			25,018
Majority			7,855
	BN hold		Swing


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shoib Md. Silin	10,645	66.40	+ 6.83
	S46	Kamaruzzaman Jamal	5,386	33.60	- 6.83
Total valid votes			16,031	100.00
Total rejected ballots			556
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,587	75.17
Registered electors			22,065
Majority			5,259
	BN hold		Swing


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abdul Jalil Mohd. Nazir	7,340	59.57
	DAP	Abdul Karim Busu	4,194	34.04
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Abd Kadir Ismail	788	6.40
Total valid votes			12,322	100.00
Total rejected ballots			341
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,663	69.58
Registered electors			18,199
Majority			3,146
	BN hold		Swing


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Marwilis Yusof	6,761	68.65
	DAP	Lam Man Yoon	3,087	31.35
Total valid votes			9,848	100.00
Total rejected ballots			307
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,155	76.11
Registered electors			13,342
Majority			3,674
	BN hold		Swing


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abdul Hamid Mohamed Said	4,390	54.85
	PEKEMAS	Kamarulzaman Ibrahim	1,972	24.64
	Independent	Amran Umar	1,009	12.61
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Hassan Soud	479	5.99
	Independent	Mokhtar Hitam	153	1.91
Total valid votes			8,003	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			10,787
Majority			2,418
	BN hold		Swing


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Salmah Mohd. Salleh	3,957	61.05
	Independent	Chong Teck Lai	1,771	27.32
	Independent	Mosdaram Othman	370	5.71
	PEKEMAS	Abdul Kassim Busu	254	3.92
	DAP	Aziz Mohamed Sarip	130	2.01
Total valid votes			6,482	100.00
Total rejected ballots			384
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,866	82.32
Registered electors			8,341
Majority			2,186
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Salmah Mohd. Salleh	3,102	54.01
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	Tang Kun Kek	2,641	45.99
Total valid votes			5,743	100.00
Total rejected ballots			552
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,295	75.73
Registered electors			8,312
Majority			461
	Alliance hold		Swing


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Zainuddin Mohamed Sidin	4,110	69.43
	Socialist Front	Mohamed Samah Arshad	1,810	30.57
Total valid votes			5,920	100.00
Total rejected ballots			512
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,432	81.74
Registered electors			7,869
Majority			2,300
	Alliance hold		Swing


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Kampo Radjo Baginda Kayo	3,734	72.97
	National Party	Dagang Silin	791	15.46
	PMIP	Yunus Yatim	592	11.57
Total valid votes			5,117	100.00
Total rejected ballots			295
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,412	60.94
Registered electors			8,881
Majority			2,943
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. 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. Retrieved 2016-06-19.

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