Wangsa Maju (federal constituency)

Wangsa Maju

the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Tan Kee Kwong PKR
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

Wangsa Maju is a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

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

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Taman Melati, Taman Ibu Kota, Gombak Utara, Genting Kelang, Taman Setapak, Seksyen 2 Wangsa Maju, Seksyen 4 Wangsa Maju, Gombak Selatan, Seksyen 1 Wangsa Maju, Kampung Puah, Taman P. Ramlee, Rumah Pangsa Dewan Bandaraya Gombak, Jalan Gombak, Setapak Utara, Taman Desa Setapak, Taman Wangsa Melawati, Flat Taman Melati.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Wangsa Maju
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Kamal Mat Salih	BN
10th	1999-2004	Zulhasnan Rafique
11th	2004-2008	Yew Teong Lock
12th	2008-2013	Wee Choo Keong	PKR
13th	2013-present	Tan Kee Kwong

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Tan Kee Kwong	31,641
	BN	Shafei Abdullah	26,130
Total valid votes			57,771	100.00
Total rejected ballots			375
Unreturned ballots			145
Turnout			58,291	86.01
Registered electors			67,775
Majority			5,511
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s)  "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur [P.U. (B) 177/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-07. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur [P.U. (B) 218/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-07.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Wee Choo Keong	19,637
	BN	Yew Teong Lock	19,487
Total valid votes			39,124	100.00
Total rejected ballots			357
Unreturned ballots			317
Turnout			39,798	73.01
Registered electors			54,509
Majority			150
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yew Teong Lock	23,135
	KEADILAN	Sahri Bahari	12,950
Total valid votes			36,085	100.00
Total rejected ballots			340
Unreturned ballots			829
Turnout			37,254	73.51
Registered electors
Majority			10,185
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zulhasnan Rafique	29,997
	KEADILAN	Marina Mohd. Yusoff	24,379
Total valid votes			54,376	100.00
Total rejected ballots			710
Unreturned ballots			4,523
Turnout			59,609	79.38
Registered electors
Majority			5,618
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kamal Mat Salih	35,884
	S46	Aliah @ Nailah Nani	7,990
Total valid votes			43,874	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,704
Unreturned ballots			3,147
Turnout			48,725	74.73
Registered electors
Majority			27,894
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-07.