Shah Alam (federal constituency)

Shah Alam

Selangor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Khalid Abdul Samad Amanah
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Shah Alam is a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 Setia Alam, Monterez, Taman TTDI Jaya, Shah Alam S 9, Shah Alam S 8, Shah Alam S 1 & S 7, Shah Alam S 6, Shah Alam S 3, Shah Alam S 2, Shah Alam S 4 & S 5, Shah Alam S 10, Shah Alam S 11, S 12 & S 14, Shah Alam S 15 & S 16, Shah Alam S 18 Barat 1, Shah Alam S 18 Timur, Taman Berkeley, Mutiara Bukit Raja, Pangsapuri S 7, Bukit Jelutong U8, Shah Alam S 13, Shah Alam S 18 Barat 2, Bandar Baru Klang, Apartment S 16, Taman Batu Tiga, Kampung Kebun Bunga, Pinggiran USJ, Shah Alam S 26, Shah Alam S 20 - S 23, Shah Alam S 19 Timur, Shah Alam S 19 Barat, Shah Alam S 24, Apartment S 24, Shah Alam S 17 Timur, Padang Jawa, Sungai Rasau, Bukit Kuda, Kampung Kuantan, Taman Kampung Kuantan, Shah Alam S 17 Barat, Rimba Jaya.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Shah Alam
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Lew Sip Hon	BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Rahmah Othman
8th	1990-1995	Rakibah Abdul Manap
9th	1995-1999	Salamon Selamat
10th	1999-2004	Mohd Zin Mohamed
11th	2004-2008	Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin
12th	2008-2013	Khalid Abdul Samad	PAS
13th	2013-2015
	2015-present		AMANAH

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Khalid Abdul Samad	49,009	56.28
	BN	Zulkifli Noordin	38,070	43.72
Total valid votes			87,079	100.00
Total rejected ballots			863
Unreturned ballots			186
Turnout			88,128	88.17
Registered electors			99,957
Majority			10,939
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Khalid Abdul Samad	33,356	58.11
	BN	Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin	24,042	41.89
Total valid votes			57,398	100.00
Total rejected ballots			749
Unreturned ballots			214
Turnout			58,361	77.47
Registered electors			75,334
Majority			9,314
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin	32,417	63.04
	PAS	Khalid Abdul Samad	19,007	36.96
Total valid votes			51,424	100.00
Total rejected ballots			699
Unreturned ballots			213
Turnout			52,336	75.66
Registered electors
Majority			13,410
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Zin Mohamed	35,851	51.02
	KEADILAN	Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor	34,411	48.98
Total valid votes			70,262	100.00
Total rejected ballots			994
Unreturned ballots			221
Turnout			71,477	77.07
Registered electors
Majority			1,440
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Salamon Selamat	50,966	83.25
	S46	Hussein Ahmad	10,251	16.75
Total valid votes			61,217	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,552
Unreturned ballots			305
Turnout			63,074	74.03
Registered electors
Majority			40,715
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rakibah Abdul Manap	41,767	62.44
	S46	Rahmah Othman	25,129	37.56
Total valid votes			66,896	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,773
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			68,669	76.09
Registered electors
Majority			16,638
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rahmah Othman	32,714	80.59
	PAS	Mustafar Ab Kadir	7,879	19.41
Total valid votes			40,593	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,428
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			42,021	69.62
Registered electors			60,360
Majority			24,835
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lew Sip Hon
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lew Sip Hon
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lew Sip Hon
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.