Meru (state constituency)

Meru
Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar; PH
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Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2018

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

2004–2016: 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.

2016–present:^[1] 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	2013-2018	Abd Rani Osman	PAS
14th	2018-present	Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar	PH(PKR)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PH (2018)	Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar	17,665	52.04	+ 52.04
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Khairul Anuar Saimun	8,057	23.74	- 13.32
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Noor Najhan Mohamad Salleh	7,804	22.99	- 39.95
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PRM	Manikavasagam Sundaram	346	1.02	+ 1.02
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Shee Chee Weng	72	0.21	+ 0.21
Total valid votes			33,944	100.00
Total rejected ballots			430
Unreturned ballots			74
Turnout			34,448	88.12
Registered electors			39,091
Majority			9,608	28.31
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|PH]]		Swing		PAS

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Abd Rani Osman	22,086	62.94	+ 1.52
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Sukaiman Ahmad	13,007	37.06	- 1.52
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
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		PAS
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. 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. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Selangor state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Abd Rani Osman	14,826	61.42	+ 21.88
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Md Ghazali Md Amin	9,313	38.58	- 21.88
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
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|PAS]]		Swing		BN

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Jaei Ismail	11,850	60.46	+ 2.85
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Abd Rani Osman	7,751	39.54	- 2.85
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
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Jaei Ismail	10,084	57.61	- 22.80
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Noor Najhan Mohd. Salleh	7,421	42.39	+ 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
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Jaei Ismail	12,716	80.41
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	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.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

^ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.

[1] "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.

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