Kuang (state constituency)

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

Kuang

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Sallehudin Amiruddin PEJUANG
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	26,481

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. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Kuang is Sallehudin Amiruddin from the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM), which is part of the state's opposition coalition, Perikatan Nasional (PN).

History

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2003.

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Batu Arang Barat, Batu Arang Timur, Batu Arang Selatan, Pengkalan Kundang, Sungai Serai, Pekan Kuang, Kampung Gombak, Kampung Kuang, Kampung Cempedak, Sri Kundang, Bandar Tasik Puteri.

2016–present:[2] The constituency contains the polling districts of Batu Arang Barat, Batu Arang Timur, Batu Arang Selatan, Pengkalan Kundang, Sungai Serai, Pekan Kuang, Kampung Gombak, Kampung Kuang, Kampung Cempedak, Sri Kundang, Bandar Tasik Puteri, Penjara Sungai Buloh.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Chong Shih Guan	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Oon Seng Lee
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Chou Yee Koh	Gerakan
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created
11th	2004-2008	Soohaimi Abdul Rahman	BN
12th	2008-2013	Abdul Shukur Idrus
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-2020	Sallehudin Amiruddin	PH (BERSATU)
	2020-present		IND (PEJUANG)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Sallehudin Amiruddin	9,845	43.67	- 2.79
	BN	Abdul Shukur Idrus	6,985	30.98	- 21.45
	PAS	Mohd Fauzan Madzlan	5,672	25.16	+ 25.16
	PRM	Mohd Rafie Mohammad Arif	44	0.19	+ 0.19
Total valid votes			22,546	100.00
Total rejected ballots			187
Unreturned ballots			125
Turnout			22,858	86.32
Registered electors			26,481
Majority			2,860
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) [3][4]

Selangor state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Shukur Idrus	11,027	52.43	+ 0.53
	PKR	Tenku Maraziyah Tenku Sulaiman	9,772	46.46	- 1.64
	Independent	Zahariman Abd Latip	233	1.11	+ 1.11
Total valid votes			21,032	100.00
Total rejected ballots			378
Unreturned ballots			53
Turnout			21,463	88.26
Registered electors			24,319
Majority			1,255
	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	Abdul Shukur Idrus	7,049	51.90	- 19.98
	PKR	Badrul Amin Bahron	6,532	48.10	+ 19.98
Total valid votes			13,581	100.00
Total rejected ballots			204
Unreturned ballots			413
Turnout			14,198	80.87
Registered electors			17,557
Majority			517
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [4]

Selangor state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Soohaimi Abdul Rahman	8,016	71.78
	KEADILAN	Abdul Rahim Abdul Wahab	3,151	28.22
Total valid votes			11,167	100.00
Total rejected ballots			288
Unreturned ballots			212
Turnout			11,667	76.12
Registered electors			15,328
Majority			4,865
	BN gain from Gerakan		Swing		?
Source(s) [4]

Selangor state election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Gerakan	Chou Yee Koh	3,119	42.52
	Alliance	Oon Seng Lee	3,088	42.09
	PMIP	Mohd. Yusuf Ma'aya	1,129	15.39
Total valid votes			7,336	100.00
Total rejected ballots			611
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			7,947	73.34
Registered electors			10,836
Majority			31
	Gerakan gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Oon Seng Lee	4,185	61.22
	Socialist Front	Azai Karim	1,700	24.87
	PMIP	Mohamed Anwar Hashim	951	13.91
Total valid votes			6,836	100.00
Total rejected ballots			362
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			7,198	79.30
Registered electors			9,077
Majority			2,485
	Alliance hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Chong Shih Guan	3,923	72.99
	PMIP	Abdullah Mat Junan	1,452	27.01
Total valid votes			5,375	100.00
Total rejected ballots			151
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,526	81.18
Registered electors			6,807
Majority			2,471
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.

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.
3. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Selangor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
4. https://undi.info/selangor/r18/n13