Kulai (federal constituency)

Kulai

Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Teo Nie Ching DAP
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2013

Kulai is a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 2003 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 Murni Jaya, Bukit Permai, Inas, Sedenak Utara, Sedenak Selatan, Ladang Fraser, Pekan Sengkang, FELDA Taib Andak, Ladang Swee Lam, Ladang Kelan, Bandar Kulai Utara, Kampong Pertanian, Kampong Rahmat, Bukit Batu, Ayer Manis, FELDA Bukit Batu, Ayer Bemban, Midland Kulai Young, Pekan Kelapa Sawit Barat, Pekan Kelapa Sawit Tengah, Pekan Kelapa Sawit Timor, Kampong Sri Paya, Kota Kulai, Taman Putri, Taman Permai, Bandar Kulai Barat, Bandar Kulai Tengah, Bandar Kulai Timor, Kulai, Ladang Kulai Besar, Saleng, Taman Aman, Bandar Senai Utara, Bandar Senai Tengah, Bandar Senai Selatan, Senai Baru, Seelong, Taman Muhibbah, Lengkongan, Taman Selatan.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kulai
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
11th	2004-2008	Lim Si Cheng	BN
12th	2008-2013	Ong Ka Ting
13th	2013-present	Teo Nie Ching	DAP

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teo Nie Ching	43,338	58.99
	BN	Tay Chin Hein	29,888	40.68
	Independent	Surendiran Kuppayah	238	0.32
Total valid votes			73,464	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,432
Unreturned ballots			119
Turnout			75,015	89.31
Registered electors			83,991
Majority			13,450
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ong Ka Ting	32,017	61.23
	DAP	Ng Pack Siong	20,273	38.77
Total valid votes			52,290	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,327
Unreturned ballots			59
Turnout			53,676	79.69
Registered electors			67,358
Majority			11,744
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Si Cheng	32,278	69.55
	DAP	Ong Kow Meng	14,134	30.45
Total valid votes			46,412	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,935
Unreturned ballots			30
Turnout			48,377	77.69
Registered electors
Majority			18,144
This was a new constituency created.