Kuang (state constituency)

Kuang

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Rafiq Mohd Abdullah PN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	45,606

Kuang is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1959. It has been represented by Mohd Rafiq Mohd Abdullah of Perikatan Nasional (PN) since 2023.

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.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kuang's electorate as of 2023

  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.

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
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Chong Shih Guan	Alliance (MCA)
2nd	1964-1969	Oon Seng Lee
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Chew Ngan @ Chou Yew Koh	GERAKAN
	1973-1974		BN (GERAKAN)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Rawang
Constituency created from Paya Jaras
11th	2004-2008	Soohaimi Abdul Rahman	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008-2013	Abdul Shukur Idrus
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-2020	Sallehudin Amiruddin	PH (BERSATU)
	2020–2023		PEJUANG
15th	2023–present	Mohd Rafiq Mohd Abdullah	PN (BERSATU)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Mohd Rafiq Mohd Abdullah	18,494	55.37	55.37
	BN	Hasnal Rezua Merican Habib Merican	13,619	40.78	9.80
	Independent	Sallehudin Amiruddin	1,287	3.85	3.85
Total valid votes			33,400	100.00
Total rejected ballots			206
Unreturned ballots			84
Turnout			33,690	73.87	12.45
Registered electors			45,606
Majority			4,875	14.59	1.90
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Sallehudin Amiruddin	9,845	43.67	43.67
	BN	Abdul Shukur Idrus	6,985	30.98	21.45
	PAS	Mohd Fauzan Madzlan	5,672	25.16	25.16
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Mohd Rafie Mohammad Arif	44	0.19	0.19
Total valid votes			22,546	100.00
Total rejected ballots			187
Unreturned ballots			125
Turnout			22,858	86.32	5.45
Registered electors			26,481
Majority			2,860	12.69	8.89
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s)

Selangor state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Shukur Idrus	11,027	52.43	0.53
	PKR	Tenku Maraziyah Tenku Sulaiman	9,772	46.46	1.64
	Independent	Zahariman Abd Latip	233	1.11	1.11
Total valid votes			21,032	100.00
Total rejected ballots			378
Unreturned ballots			53
Turnout			21,463	88.26	7.39
Registered electors			24,319
Majority			1,255	5.97	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	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Shukur Idrus	7,049	51.90	19.98
	PKR	Badrul Amin Bahron	6,532	48.10	19.98
Total valid votes			13,581	100.00
Total rejected ballots			204
Unreturned ballots			413
Turnout			14,198	80.87	4.75
Registered electors			17,557
Majority			517	3.80	39.76
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Selangor state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Soohaimi Abdul Rahman	8,016	71.78	29.61
	PKR	Abdul Rahim Abdul Wahab	3,151	28.22	28.22
Total valid votes			11,167	100.00
Total rejected ballots			288
Unreturned ballots			212
Turnout			11,667	76.12
Registered electors			15,328
Majority			4,865	43.56
	BN gain from GERAKAN		Swing		?
Source(s)

Selangor state election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GERAKAN	Chew Ngan @ Chou Yew Koh	3,119	42.52	42.52
	Alliance	Oon Seng Lee	3,088	42.09	19.13
	PMIP	Mohd. Yusuf Ma'aya	1,129	15.39	1.48
Total valid votes			7,336	100.00
Total rejected ballots			611
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			7,947	73.34	5.96
Registered electors			10,836
Majority			31	0.43	35.92
	GERAKAN gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia)		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Oon Seng Lee	4,185	61.22	11.77
	Socialist Front	Azai Karim	1,700	24.87	24.87
	PMIP	Mohamed Anwar Hashim	951	13.91	13.10
Total valid votes			6,836	100.00
Total rejected ballots			362
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			7,198	79.30	1.88
Registered electors			9,077
Majority			2,485	36.35	9.65
	Alliance hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Chong Shih Guan	3,923	72.99
	PMIP	Abdullah Mat Junan	1,452	27.01
Total valid votes			5,375	100.00
Total rejected ballots			151
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,526	81.18
Registered electors			6,807
Majority			2,471	45.98
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 2016-05-21.