Petaling Jaya Selatan (federal constituency)

Petaling Jaya Selatan

Selangor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Hee Loy Sian PKR
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

Petaling Jaya Selatan is a federal constituency in Selangor, 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 Seksyen 14 Utara, Seksyen 14 Selatan, Seksyen 51, Seksyen 4 Petaling Jaya, Kawasan Melayu, Seksyen 2 Petaling Jaya, PJS 1, Medan Pejasa, Taman Dato Harun 1, Taman Dato Harun 2, PJS 3, PJS 4, Baiduri, Petaling Utama, PJS 2, PJS 2 C / 12, PJS 2 D, Kampung Medan, PJS 2C, Seksyen 17 Utara, Seksyen 17 Barat, Seksyen 17 Tengah, Seksyen 17 Selatan, Seksyen 16, Jalan Bukit, Jalan Semangat, Seksyen 5 Utara, Taman Jaya, Kawasan Assunta Convent, Kawasan Bandar Baharu, Jalan Sungai Jernih, Seksyen Satu Petaling Jaya, Kawasan Bangunan K.K.P.L, Seksyen 5 Selatan.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Petaling Jaya Selatan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Donald Lim Siang Chai	BN
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Hee Loy Sian	PKR
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Hee Loy Sian	41,062	63.81
	BN	Sheah Kok Fah	21,846	33.95
	Independent	Ibrahim Khatib	1,447	2.25
Total valid votes			64,355	100.00
Total rejected ballots			830
Unreturned ballots			138
Turnout			65,323	82.11
Registered electors			79,558
Majority			19,216
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Hee Loy Sian	28,598	55.54
	BN	Donald Lim Siang Chai	22,892	44.46
Total valid votes			51,490	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,044
Unreturned ballots			97
Turnout			52,631	71.91
Registered electors			73,192
Majority			5,706
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Donald Lim Siang Chai	35,054	71.99
	KEADILAN	Sivarasa Rasiah	13,638	28.01
Total valid votes			48,692	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,008
Unreturned ballots			38
Turnout			49,738	67.67
Registered electors
Majority			21,416
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Donald Lim Siang Chai	24,581	53.70
	PRM	Syed Husin Ali	20,736	45.30
	Independent	Selvanathan Savarimuthu	457	1.00
Total valid votes			45,774	100.00
Total rejected ballots			772
Unreturned ballots			106
Turnout			46,652	68.92
Registered electors
Majority			3,845
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Donald Lim Siang Chai	26,646	62.73
	PRM	Syed Husin Ali	15,021	35.36
	Independent	Selvanathan Savarimuthu	811	1.91
Total valid votes			42,478	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,022
Unreturned ballots			354
Turnout			43,854	65.66
Registered electors
Majority			11,625
This was a new constituency created.