Petaling Jaya Utara

Petaling Jaya Utara
Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1994
Constituency abolished	2018
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

Petaling Jaya Utara was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1995 to 2018.

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2018 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Petaling Jaya Utara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Petaling Jaya
9th	1995-1999	Lim Kuo Phau (林国彪)	BN (MCA)
10th	1999-2004	Chew Mei Fun (周美芬)
11th	2004-2008	Chew Mei Fun (周美芬)
12th	2008-2013	Tony Pua Kiam Wee (潘俭伟)	DAP
13th	2013-2018	Tony Pua Kiam Wee (潘俭伟)	DAP
Constituency abolished, renamed to Damansara

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Petaling Jaya Utara					Damansara Utama
Petaling Jaya Utara					Kampung Tunku

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013: Petaling Jaya Utara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tony Pua Kiam Wee	57,407	81.84	+13.92
	BN	Chew Hoong Ling	12,735	18.16	-13.92
Total valid votes			70,142	100.00
Total rejected ballots			472
Unreturned ballots			113
Turnout			70,727	82.82
Registered electors			85,401
Majority			44,672
	DAP hold		Swing		+13.92
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 176/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-08. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 217/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-08.

Malaysian general election, 2008: Petaling Jaya Utara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tony Pua Kiam Wee	37,851	67.92	+30.08
	BN	Chew Mei Fun	17,879	32.08	-30.08
Total valid votes			55,730	100.00
Total rejected ballots			527
Unreturned ballots			38
Turnout			56,295	73.47
Registered electors			76,618
Majority			19,972
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		+30.08

Malaysian general election, 2004: Petaling Jaya Utara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chew Mei Fun	32,422	62.16	+10.36
	DAP	Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew	19,739	37.84	-8.84
Total valid votes			52,161	100.00
Total rejected ballots			619
Unreturned ballots			40
Turnout			52,460	69.09
Registered electors
Majority			13,043
	BN hold		Swing		+9.60

Malaysian general election, 1999: Petaling Jaya Utara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chew Mei Fun	25,603	51.80	+51.80
	DAP	Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew	23,122	46.78	+46.78
	MDP	Wee Chek Aik	706	1.43	+1.43
Total valid votes			49,431	100.00
Total rejected ballots			517
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			49,981	70.76
Registered electors
Majority			2,481
	BN hold		Swing		N/A

Malaysian general election, 1995: Petaling Jaya Utara
Party		Candidate	%
On the nomination day, Lim Kuo Phau won uncontested.
	BN	Lim Kuo Phau
Total valid votes			100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-09.

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