Kuang
Selangor constituency
State constituency
LegislatureSelangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Mohd Rafiq Mohd Abdullah
PN
Constituency created1958
First contested1959
Last contested2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)[1]45,606

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. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Kuang is Sallehudin Amiruddin from PEJUANG.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kuang's electorate as of 2023[2]

  Malay (76.79%)
  Chinese (9.90%)
  Indian (8.36%)
  Other ethnicities (4.95%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kuang constituency is divided into 9 polling districts.[3]

State constituency Polling Districts Code Location
Kuang (N13) Pengkalan Khndong 097/13/01 SJK (C) Kundang
Sungai Serai 097/13/02 SK Sungai Serai Kuang
Pekan Kuang 097/13/03 SJK (T) Kuang
Kampung Gombak 097/13/04 SRA Kuang Batu 18 ¾
Kampung Kuang 097/13/05 SK Kuang
Kampung Cempedak 097/13/06 SA Rakyat Al Manarah
Sri Kundang 097/13/07 SK Seri Kundang
Bandar Tasik Puteri 097/13/08 SMK Bandar Tasik Puteri
Penjara Sungai Buloh 097/13/09 SA Rakyat Al Manarah

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuang
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created
1st1959-1964Chong Shih GuanAlliance (MCA)
2nd1964-1969Oon Seng Lee
1969-1971Assembly dissolved
3rd1971-1973Chew Ngan @ Chou Yew KohGERAKAN
1973-1974BN (GERAKAN)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Rawang
Constituency created from Paya Jaras
11th2004-2008Soohaimi Abdul RahmanBN (UMNO)
12th2008-2013Abdul Shukur Idrus
13th2013-2018
14th2018-2020Sallehudin AmiruddinPH (BERSATU)
2020–2023 PEJUANG
15th 2023-present Mohd Rafiq Mohd Abdullah PN (BERSATU)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
PNMohd Rafiq Mohd Abdullah18,49455.37Increase 55.37
BNHasnal Rezua Merican Habib Merican13,61940.78Increase 9.80
IndependentSalleh Amiruddin1,2873.85Increase 3.85
Total valid votes 33,400 100.00
Total rejected ballots 206
Unreturned ballots 84
Turnout 33,69073.87Decrease 12.45
Registered electors 45,606
Majority 4,87514.59Increase 1.90
PN gain Swing
Selangor state election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
PHSallehudin Amiruddin9,84543.67Increase 43.67
BNAbdul Shukur Idrus6,98530.98Decrease 21.45
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyMohd Fauzan Madzlan5,67225.16Increase 25.16
Parti Rakyat MalaysiaMohd Rafie Mohammad Arif440.19Increase 0.19
Total valid votes 22,546100.00
Total rejected ballots 187
Unreturned ballots 125
Turnout 22,85886.32Increase 5.45
Registered electors 26,481
Majority 2,86012.69Increase 8.89
PH gain from BN Swing ?
Source(s)
Selangor state election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNAbdul Shukur Idrus11,02752.43Increase 0.53
PKRTenku Maraziyah Tenku Sulaiman9,77246.46Decrease 1.64
IndependentZahariman Abd Latip2331.11Increase 1.11
Total valid votes 21,032 100.00
Total rejected ballots 378
Unreturned ballots 53
Turnout 21,46388.26Increase 7.39
Registered electors 24,319
Majority 1,2555.97Increase 2.17
BN hold Swing
Source(s)

"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
Selangor state election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNAbdul Shukur Idrus7,04951.90Decrease 19.98
PKRBadrul Amin Bahron6,53248.10Increase 19.98
Total valid votes 13,581 100.00
Total rejected ballots 204
Unreturned ballots 413
Turnout 14,19880.87Increase 4.75
Registered electors 17,557
Majority 5173.80Decrease 39.76
BN hold Swing
Source(s)
Selangor state election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNSoohaimi Abdul Rahman8,01671.78Increase 29.61
PKRAbdul Rahim Abdul Wahab3,15128.22Increase 28.22
Total valid votes 11,167 100.00
Total rejected ballots 288
Unreturned ballots 212
Turnout 11,66776.12
Registered electors 15,328
Majority 4,86543.56
BN gain from Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia Swing ?
Source(s)
Selangor state election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
Parti Gerakan Rakyat MalaysiaChew Ngan @ Chou Yew Koh3,11942.52Increase 42.52
AllianceOon Seng Lee3,08842.09Decrease 19.13
PMIPMohd. Yusuf Ma'aya1,12915.39Increase 1.48
Total valid votes 7,336 100.00
Total rejected ballots 611
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 7,94773.34Decrease 5.96
Registered electors 10,836
Majority 310.43Decrease 35.92
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia gain from Alliance Swing ?
Selangor state election, 1964
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
AllianceOon Seng Lee4,18561.22Decrease 11.77
Socialist FrontAzai Karim1,70024.87Increase 24.87
PMIPMohamed Anwar Hashim95113.91Decrease 13.10
Total valid votes 6,836 100.00
Total rejected ballots 362
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 7,19879.30Decrease 1.88
Registered electors 9,077
Majority 2,48536.35Decrease 9.65
Alliance hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1959
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
AllianceChong Shih Guan3,92372.99
PMIPAbdullah Mat Junan1,45227.01
Total valid votes 5,375 100.00
Total rejected ballots 151
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 5,52681.18
Registered electors 6,807
Majority 2,47145.98
This was a new constituency created.

References

  1. "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "15th Selangor State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com.my. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  3. "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  4. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Selangor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  5. 1 2 3 "Undi.info - Kuang (P97-N13)". Archived from the original on 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
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