Segambut (federal constituency)

Segambut

the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Lim Lip Eng DAP
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

Segambut 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 Bukit Maluri Utara, Sri Segambut, Taman Kok Doh, Taman City Kanan, Taman Sri Sinar, Kampong Sungai Udang, Taman Segambut, Bukit Lanjan, Segambut, Kampong Kasipillay, Sri Hartamas, Taman Bunga, Kampong Sungai Penchala, Medan Damansara, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Utara, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Selatan, Bandar Manjalara, Bukit Damansara, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Tengah, Taman Bukit Maluri Selatan, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Timur, Dutamas.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Segambut
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Tan Kee Kwong	BN
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Lim Lip Eng	DAP
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Lip Eng	41,383	65.10
	BN	Jayanthi Devi Balaguru	22,184	34.90
Total valid votes			63,567	100.00
Total rejected ballots			485
Unreturned ballots			132
Turnout			64,184	84.86
Registered electors			75,631
Majority			19,199
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Lip Eng	25,046	59.13
	BN	Ma Woei Chyi	17,314	40.87
Total valid votes			42,360	100.00
Total rejected ballots			541
Unreturned ballots			630
Turnout			43,531	72.93
Registered electors			59,690
Majority			7,732
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Kee Kwong	28,061	71.67
	DAP	Kuan Perk Siong	11,093	28.33
Total valid votes			39,154	100.00
Total rejected ballots			640
Unreturned ballots			467
Turnout			40,261	70.20
Registered electors
Majority			16,968
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Kee Kwong	24,926	60.41
	DAP	M. Manoharan	16,338	39.59
Total valid votes			41,264	100.00
Total rejected ballots			378
Unreturned ballots			533
Turnout			42,175	70.16
Registered electors
Majority			8,588
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Kee Kwong	24,259	66.72
	DAP	Abdul Muluk Daud	12,101	33.28
Total valid votes			36,360	100.00
Total rejected ballots			432
Unreturned ballots			2,088
Turnout			38,880	68.06
Registered electors
Majority			12,158
This was a new constituency created.