Sungai Air Tawar (state constituency)

Sungai Air Tawar
Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
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Constituency created	1974 (as Sungei Ayer Tawar)
First contested	1974
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	16,274

Sungai Air Tawar is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1974.

The state constituency was created in the 1974 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 Sungai Air Tawar is Rizam Ismail from Barisan Nasional (BN).

It is currently the smallest constituency by the number of voters in Selangor.

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Parit Baharu Baruh, Sungai Tengar Utara, Sungai Air Tawar, Sungai Bernam, Sungai Air Tawar Selatan, Sungai Tengar Selatan, Kampung Parit Baharu, Kampung Teluk Belanga, Beting Kepah, Kampung Teluk Rhu, Simpang Empat, Kampung Sekendi, Kampung Banting, Kampung Batu 38 Baruh, Kampung Baharu.

2016–present:[2] The constituency contains the polling districts of Parit Baharu Baruh, Sungai Tengar Utara, Sungai Air Tawar, Sungai Bernam, Sungai Air Tawar Selatan, Sungai Tengar Selatan, Kampung Parit Baharu, Kampung Teluk Belanga, Beting Kepah, Kampung Teluk Rhu, Simpang Empat, Kampung Sekendi, Kampung Banting, Kampung Batu 38 Baruh, Kampung Baharu.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungai Air Tawar
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Sungei Ayer Tawar
4th	1974-1978	Jamaluddin Suhaimi	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982	Khalil Kasmijan
6th	1982-1986	Zainal Dahlan
Sungai Air Tawar
7th	1986-1990	Zainal Dahlan	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Mat Yasir Ikhsan
11th	2004-2008	Abdul Rahman Bakri
12th	2008-2013	Raja Ideris Raja Ahmad
13th	2013-2017	Kamarol Zaki Abdul Malik
13th	2017-2018	Vacant
14th	2018–present	Rizam Ismail	BN (UMNO)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rizam Ismail	5,437	40.71	- 14.83
	PAS	Wahid Rais	3,997	29.93	- 14.53
	PH	Mohd Hamizar Sulaiman	3,921	29.36	+ 29.36
Total valid votes			13,355	100.00
Total rejected ballots			220
Unreturned ballots			30
Turnout			13,605	83.60
Registered electors			16,274
Majority			1,440
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [3][4]

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kamarol Zaki Abdul Malik	7,096	55.54	+ 4.89
	PAS	Wahid Rais	5,680	44.46	- 4.89
Total valid votes			12,776	100.00
Total rejected ballots			194
Unreturned ballots			52
Turnout			13,022	85.74
Registered electors			15,187
Majority			1,416
	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.

Selangor state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Raja Ideris Raja Ahmad	4,791	50.65	- 11.33
	PAS	Azrulkhakim Suradi	4,668	49.35	+ 11.33
Total valid votes			9,459	100.00
Total rejected ballots			263
Unreturned ballots			29
Turnout			9,751	76.62
Registered electors			12,726
Majority			123
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [4]

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Bakri	5,569	61.98	+ 3.34
	PAS	Abd. Jalil Bajuri	3,416	38.02	- 3.34
Total valid votes			8,985	100.00
Total rejected ballots			294
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			9,283	73.61
Registered electors			12,611
Majority			2,153
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [4]

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mat Yasir Ikhsan	3,989	58.64	- 24.36
	PAS	Abd. Jalil Bajuri	2,814	41.36	+ 24.36
Total valid votes			6,803	100.00
Total rejected ballots			226
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			7,034	68.05
Registered electors			10,337
Majority			1,175
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zainal Dahlan	5,130	83.00	- 1.61
	PAS	Majudim @ A Razak Dawami	1,051	17.00	+ 17.00
Total valid votes			6,181	100.00
Total rejected ballots			265
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			6,465	60.80
Registered electors			10,633
Majority			4,079
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zainal Dahlan	5,191	81.39	+ 2.03
	S46	Mohamad Kawaid Ngadimin	1,187	18.61	+ 18.61
Total valid votes			6,378	100.00
Total rejected ballots			382
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,760	70.96
Registered electors			9,527
Majority			4,004
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Zainal Dahlan	4,929	79.36
	PAS	Shamsuddin A Rahman	1,282	20.64
Total valid votes			6,211	100.00
Total rejected ballots			210
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,421	68.09
Registered electors			9,430
Majority			3,647
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1982: Sungei Ayer Tawar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Zainal Dahlan	4,878	78.77
	PAS	Abdul Aziz Abdul Shukor	1,315	21.23
Total valid votes			6,193	100.00
Total rejected ballots			203
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,396	71.50
Registered electors			8,946
Majority			3,563
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1978: Sungei Ayer Tawar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Khalil Kasmijan	3,704	65.33
	PAS	Taiban Hassan	1,966	34.67
Total valid votes			5,670	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			8,438
Majority			1,738
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1974: Sungei Ayer Tawar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Jamaluddin Suhaimi
	Independent	Shahrani Johari @ Ahmad Atan
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			7,274
Majority
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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. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
"14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Selangor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
https://undi.info/selangor/r18/n1

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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. Retrieved 2016-06-19.

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

[undi-4] ttps://undi.info/selangor/r18/n1