Kuang (state constituency)

Kuang

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Abdul Shukur Idrus BN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

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

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.

History

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

2004–present: 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.

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-present

Election results

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Shukur Idrus	11,027	52.43
	PKR	Tenku Maraziyah Tenku Sulaiman	9,772	46.46
	Independent	Zahariman Abd Latip	233	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)

Selangor state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Shukur Idrus	7,049	51.90
	PKR	Badrul Amin Bahron	6,532	48.10
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

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		?

Selangor state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Gerakan	Chou Yee Koh
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
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	Gerakan gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Oon Seng Lee
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Chong Shih Guan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.