Bukit Melawati (state constituency)

Bukit Melawati
Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
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Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	26,573

Bukit Melawati 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. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Bukit Melawati is Juwairiya Zulkifli from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kuala Selangor, Bandar Baru, Asam Jawa, Kampung Kuantan Kelab, Kampung Kuantan, Pasangan, Ladang Sungai Rambai, Bukit Rotan, Api-Api, Teluk Piai, Kampung Lubuk Jaya.

2016–present:[2] The constituency contains the polling districts of Kuala Selangor, Bandar Baru, Asam Jawa, Kampung Kuantan Kelab, Kampung Kuantan, Pasangan, Ladang Sungai Rambai, Bukit Rotan, Api-Api, Teluk Piai, Kampung Lubuk Jaya.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Melawati
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
11th	2004-2008	Mohamed Sayuti Said	BN
12th	2008-2013	Muthiah Maria Pillay	PKR
13th	2013–2018	Jakiran Jacomah	BN
14th	2018–present	Juwairiya Zulkifli	PH (PKR)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Juwairiya Zulkifli	11,050	48.75	+ 1.67
	BN	Jakiran Jacomah	8,355	36.86	- 16.06
	PAS	Muhmmad Rashid Muhmmad Kassim	3,261	14.39	+ 14.39
Total valid votes			22,666	100.00
Total rejected ballots			418
Unreturned ballots			57
Turnout			23,141	87.086
Registered electors			26,573
Majority			2,695
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) [3][4]

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jakiran Jacomah	7,296	52.92	+ 4.54
	PKR	Manikavasagam Sundaram	6,490	47.08	- 4.54
Total valid votes			13,786	100.00
Total rejected ballots			294
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			14,113	87.56
Registered electors			16,118
Majority			806
	BN gain from PKR		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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Selangor state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Muthiah Maria Pillay	4,741	51.62	+ 51.62
	BN	Parthiban Karuppiah	4,444	48.38	- 24.25
Total valid votes			9,185	100.00
Total rejected ballots			484
Unreturned ballots			38
Turnout			9,707	75.27
Registered electors			12,897
Majority			297
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) [4]

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohamed Sayuti Said	6,228	72.63
	PAS	Mohd Norman Toha	2,347	27.37
Total valid votes			8,575	100.00
Total rejected ballots			206
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			8,799	70.84
Registered electors			12,421
Majority			3,881
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Source(s) [4]

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References

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

"Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
"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.
"14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Selangor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
https://undi.info/selangor/r18/n10

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[1] "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[2] "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.

[star-3] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Selangor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.

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