Sungai Tua (state constituency)

Sungai Tua
Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Amirudin Shari; PH
;
Constituency created	1994
Constituency abolished	2004
Constituency re-created	2018
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)[1]	49,055

Sungai Tua is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2004, and then since 2018. It has been represented by Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari of Pakatan Harapan (PH) since 2018.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Sungai Tua's electorate as of 2018[2]

Malay (59.92%)

Indian (24.32%)

Chinese (13.33%)

Other ethnicities (3.43%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Sungai Tua constituency is divided into 12 polling districts.[3]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Sungai Tua (N16)	Wira Damai	098/16/01	SMK Sungai Kertas
	Taman Jasa	098/16/02	SRA Kampung Sungai Tua Baru
	Sungai Tua	098/16/03	SK Sungai Tua Baharu
	Kampung Nakhoda	098/16/04	SA Rakyat (KAFA Integrasi) Al-Humaira
	Kampung Laksamana	098/16/05	SK Sungai Kertas
	Selayang Baharu Empat	098/16/06	SMK Selayang Bharu
	Selayang Baharu Lima	098/16/07	SMK Darul Ehsan
	Taman Selayang	098/16/08	SA Rakyat (Kafai) Al-Amaniah
	Taman Batu Caves	098/16/09	SMK Taman Selayang
	Pekan Batu Caves Lama	098/16/10	SJK (C) Kheow Bin
	Batu Caves	098/16/11	SJK (T) Batu Caves
	Batu 8 Sungai Tua	098/16/12	SK (2) Taman Selayang

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungai Tua
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Gombak Setia
9th	1995-1999	S. Gopala Krishnan	BN (MIC)
10th	1999-2004	Jagarasah Verasamy	BN (MIC)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Batu Caves
Constituency re-created from Batu Caves
14th	2018–2023	Amirudin Shari	PH (PKR)
15th	2023–present	Amirudin Shari	PH (PKR)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Amirudin Shari	19,678	56.87	4.74
	PN	Muhammad Hanif Jamaluddin	14,493	41.89	41.89
	Independent	Suman Gopal	430	1.24	1.24
Total valid votes			34,601	100.00
Total rejected ballots			157
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			34,791	70.92	13.08
Registered electors			49,055
Majority			5,185	14.98	25.19
	PH hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Amirudin Shari	17,446	61.61	61.61
	BN	N. Rawisandran	6,072	21.44	30.01
	PAS	Mohammad Bin Ibrahim	4,530	16.00	16.00
	Independent	Badrul Hisham Md Zin	268	0.95	0.95
Total valid votes			28,316	100.00
Total rejected ballots			277
Unreturned ballots			128
Turnout			28,721	84.00
Registered electors			34,180
Majority			11,374	40.17
This constituency were renamed from Batu Caves.

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jagarasah Verasamy	7,950	51.45	25.71
	PKR	Razali Ramli	7,501	48.55	48.55
Total valid votes			15,451	100.00
Total rejected ballots			320
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,771	74.42	3.83
Registered electors			21,192
Majority			449	2.90	51.42
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Gopala Krishnan V. Subramaniam	10,480	77.16
	PAS	Azmi Hussain	3,103	22.84
Total valid votes			13,583	100.00
Total rejected ballots			398
Unreturned ballots			96
Turnout			14,077	70.59
Registered electors			19,943
Majority			7,377	54.32
This was a new constituency created.

References

"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.
"14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
"Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.

Bibliography

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

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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] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.

[3] "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.