Banting (state constituency)

Banting is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1995 and is currently represented in 2018.

Banting

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Lau Weng San PH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2018

The state constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was 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.

Teluk Datuk was renamed as Banting following the redelineation exercise in 2018. Banting is currently represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Banting
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Hormat Rafei	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Fatimah Suhaimi
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created, renamed from Teluk Datuk
14th	2018-present	Lau Weng San	PH(DAP)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Lau Weng San	21,846	81.81
	BN	Ng Siok Hwa	4,547	17.03
	PRM	Tan Choon Swee	311	1.16
Total valid votes			26,704	100.00
Total rejected ballots			386
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			27,145	87.55
Registered electors			31,006
Majority			17,299	64.78
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fatimah Suhaimi	9,264	67.15
	PAS	Mohd Mesari Jasman	4,532	32.85
Total valid votes			13,796	100.00
Total rejected ballots			690
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,486	78.60
Registered electors			18,430
Majority			4,732
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fatimah Suhaimi	8,258	74.67
	PAS	Amat Suliman	2,801	25.33
Total valid votes			11,059	100.00
Total rejected ballots			447
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,506	74.65
Registered electors			15,413
Majority			5,457
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fatimah Suhaimi	6,943	66.59
	PAS	Basir Salleh	1,773	17.00
	Independent	Ang Poi Chai	1,711	16.41
Total valid votes			10,427	100.00
Total rejected ballots			342
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,769	79.36
Registered electors			13,570
Majority			5,170
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hormat Rafei	5,852	70.17
	PAS	Basir Salleh	2,488	29.83
Total valid votes			8,340	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			11,262
Majority			3,364
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Hormat Rafei won uncontested.
	BN	Hormat Rafei
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			8,814
Majority
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 2016-05-25.