Meru (state constituency)

Meru

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Abd Rani Osman PAS
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

Meru 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.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kapar, Bukit Kapar Utara, Kampung Meru, Kampung Haji Shariff, Kampung Nenas, Pekan Meru, Jalan Haji Salleh, Kampung Batu Belah, Taman Klang, Jalan Meru, Bukit Kapar Selatan, Taman Meru Indah, Klang Kawasan 19, Kampung Budiman.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Meru
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Jaei Ismail	BN
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Abd Rani Osman	PAS
13th	2013-present

Election results

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abd Rani Osman	22,086	62.94
	BN	Sukaiman Ahmad	13,007	37.06
Total valid votes			35,093	100.00
Total rejected ballots			343
Unreturned ballots			87
Turnout			35,523	90.03
Registered electors			39,457
Majority			9,079
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s)

Selangor state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abd Rani Osman	14,826	61.42
	BN	Md Ghazali Md Amin	9,313	38.58
Total valid votes			24,139	100.00
Total rejected ballots			339
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			24,515	82.42
Registered electors			29,745
Majority			5,513
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jaei Ismail	11,850	60.46
	PAS	Abd Rani Osman	7,751	39.54
Total valid votes			19,601	100.00
Total rejected ballots			299
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			19,904	74.44
Registered electors			26,737
Majority			4,099
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jaei Ismail	10,084	57.61
	PAS	Noor Najhan Mohd. Salleh	7,421	42.39
Total valid votes			17,505	100.00
Total rejected ballots			274
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			17,792	79.28
Registered electors			22,441
Majority			2,663
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jaei Ismail	12,716	80.41
	S46	Shareh Mansor	3,098	19.59
Total valid votes			15,814	100.00
Total rejected ballots			413
Unreturned ballots			29
Turnout			16,256	77.64
Registered electors			20,937
Majority			9,618
This was a new constituency created.