Puchong (state constituency)

Puchong
Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1994
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1995
Last contested	1999

Puchong was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2004.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Puchong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Mohamad Satim Diman	BN
10th	1999-2004	Mohamad Satim Diman	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Satim Diman	17,861	58.08
	KEADILAN	Yaakop Sapari	12,890	41.92
Total valid votes			30,751	100.00
Total rejected ballots			852
Unreturned ballots			570
Turnout			32,173	74.67
Registered electors			43,086
Majority			4,971
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Satim Diman	18,516	72.86
	DAP	Nadarasa Muthuthamby	5,749	22.62
	PAS	Abdul Sani Ali	1,149	4.52
Total valid votes			25,414	100.00
Total rejected ballots			483
Unreturned ballots			355
Turnout			26,252	75.53
Registered electors			34,759
Majority			12,767
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

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