Bukit Lanjan (state constituency)

Bukit Lanjan
Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
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Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	64,217

Bukit Lanjan is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system. Since 2008, the State Assemblyman for Bukit Lanjan is Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Desa Jaya, Damansara Damai (PJU 10), Bandar Sri Damansara (PJU9), Damansara Perdana (PJU 8), Mutiara Damansara (PJU 7), Bandar Utama (PJU 6), Bukit Lanjan and Kayu Ara.

2016–present:[2] The constituency contains the polling districts of Desa Jaya, Damansara Damai (PJU 10), Bandar Sri Damansara (PJU9), Damansara Perdana (PJU 8), Mutiara Damansara (PJU 7), Bandar Utama (PJU 6), Bukit Lanjan, Kayu Ara, and Sunway Damansara PJU 3.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Lanjan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Pius Martin	BN
10th	1999-2004	Lum Weng Keong
11th	2004-2008	Yong Dai Ying
12th	2008-2013	Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping	PKR
13th	2013-2018		PKR
14th	2018-present		PH (PKR)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping	47,748	86.40	+ 11.41
	BN	Syed Abdul Razak Syed Long Alsagoff	7,515	13.60	- 11.41
Total valid votes			55,263	100.00
Total rejected ballots			296
Unreturned ballots			173
Turnout			55,732	86.79
Registered electors			64,217
Majority			40,233
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) [3][4]

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping	25,808	74.99	+ 11.49
	BN	Chong Tuck Chiew	8,608	25.01	- 11.49
Total valid votes			34,416	100.00
Total rejected ballots			336
Unreturned ballots			72
Turnout			34,824	87.11
Registered electors			39,978
Majority			17,200
	PKR 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	%	∆%
	PKR	Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping	12,125	63.50	+ 42.10
	BN	Yong Dai Ying	6,970	36.50	- 42.10
Total valid votes			19,095	100.00
Total rejected ballots			299
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			19,420	76.01
Registered electors			25,550
Majority			5,155
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) [4]

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yong Dai Ying	11,460	78.60	+ 21.22
	KEADILAN	Panneerselvam Varathan	3,121	21.40	+ 21.40
Total valid votes			14,581	100.00
Total rejected ballots			314
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			14,907	74.15
Registered electors			20,104
Majority			8,339
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [4]

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lum Weng Keong	11,082	57.38	- 8.91
	DAP	Saw Cheong Teng	8,230	42.62	+ 20.41
Total valid votes			19,312	100.00
Total rejected ballots			651
Unreturned ballots			1,231
Turnout			21,194	75.56
Registered electors			28,050
Majority			2,852
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Pius Martin S Martin	9,511	66.29
	DAP	Chang Chan Man	3,187	22.21
	PAS	Ariffin Shafie	1,650	11.50
Total valid votes			14,348	100.00
Total rejected ballots			776
Unreturned ballots			907
Turnout			16,031	74.97
Registered electors			21,384
Majority			6,324
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.

"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/n37

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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/n37