Petaling Jaya (federal constituency)

Petaling Jaya is a federal constituency in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 1995 and 2018 to present.

Petaling Jaya (P105)

Selangor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Lee Chean Chung PH
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	1995
Constituency re-created	2018
First contested	1986
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	362,290
Electors (2023)[2]	196,588
Area (km²)[3]	55
Pop. density (per km²)	6,587.1

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Petaling Jaya's electorate as of 2022^[4]

1. Malay (46.3%)
2. Chinese (29.5%)
3. Indian (20.7%)
4. Other ethnicities (3.50%)

Age breakdown of Petaling Jaya's electorate as of 2022

1. 18-20 (5.17%)
2. 21-29 (17.6%)
3. 30-39 (19.7%)
4. 40-49 (18.0%)
5. 50-59 (16.2%)
6. 60-69 (13.2%)
7. 70-79 (6.98%)
8. 80-89 (2.47%)
9. above 90 (0.60%)

Gender breakdown of Petaling Jaya's electorate as of 2022

1. Male (49.4%)
2. Female (50.6%)

History

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed but re-created in 2018 redelineation exercise.

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Petaling Jaya constituency is divided into 44 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Seri Setia (N32)	Glenmarie	105/32/01	Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
	SS 6	105/32/02	SK Kelana Jaya (2)
	SS 5d	105/32/03	SK Kelana Jaya (1)
	SS 5b & 5c	105/32/04	SK Sri Kelana Jaya
	SS 5a	105/32/05	Dewan Serbaguna SS 5a/15
	Seri Setia	105/32/06	SK Sungai Way
	PJS 5 Kampung Penanga	105/32/07	Balai Raya MBPJ
	PJS 6/4 - PJS 6/6	105/32/08	SJK (T) Seaport
	PJS 10/1 - PJS 10/16	105/32/09	SK Kampung Lindungan
	Rumah Pangsa Sungai Way	105/32/10	SK Sungai Way
	PJS 5/1 - PJS 5/12	105/32/11	Kolej Tingkatan 6 Petaling Jaya
	PJS 6/1 - PJS 6/3	105/32/12	Sekolah KAFA Integrasi Al-Islamiah Kampung Lindungan
	PJS 8	105/32/13	Dewan Seberguna Dato' Hormat
	PJS 10/17 - PJS 10/34	105/32/14	SK Kampung Lindungan
	SS 7	105/32/15	Dewan Sri Kelana, Komplek Sukan Kelana Jaya
	Kampung Lindungan	105/32/16	Dewan Komuniti Jalan PJS 6
	PJS 5/13 - PJS 5/30	105/32/17	Kolej Tingkatan 6 PJS 5/26 Petaling Jaya
	Taman TTDI Jaya	105/32/18	SK Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Jaya Shah Alam
	Ara Damansara	105/32/19	SMK Lembah Subang Kelana Jaya
	Taman Glenmarie	105/32/20	Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Taman Medan (N33)	Seksyen 51	105/33/01	SJK (T) Vivekananda Petaling Jaya Taman Templer
	Seksyen 4 Petaling Jaya	105/33/02	SK Jalan Selangor (1) SK Jalan Selangor (2)
	Kawasan Melayu	105/33/03	SK Petaling Jaya
	PJS 1	105/33/04	SJK (C) Yuk Chyun
	Medan Pejasa	105/33/05	Dewan Masyarakat Taman Sri Manja
	Taman Dato Harun 1	105/33/06	SRA Taman Datuk Harun
	Taman Dato Harun 2	105/33/07	SK Taman Dato' Harun (1)
	PJS 3	105/33/08	Dewan Seberguna Jalan Medan 12
	PJS 4	105/33/09	SRA Kampung Medan 2
	Baiduri	105/33/10	SRA Kampung Baiduri
	Petaling Utama	105/33/11	KAFA Integrasi Kampung Pinang Tunggal
	PJS 2	105/33/12	SK Taman Medan
	PJS 2c/12	105/33/13	SMK Taman Dato' Harun
	PJS 2d	105/33/14	Balai Raya PJS 2d/11 Taman Medan
	Kampung Medan	105/33/15	SRA Medan Harun
	PJS 2c	105/33/16	Dewan Seberguna PJS 2c/6
Bukit Gasing (N34)	Seksyen 17 Utara	105/34/01	SK Sri Damai
	Seksyen 17 Barat	105/34/02	SK Sri Damai
	Seksyen 17 Tengah	105/34/03	SK Sri Damai
	Seksyen 17 Selatan	105/34/04	Dewan Al-Malik Faisal (Pusat Asasi UIAM)
	Seksyen 16	105/34/05	SMK Sultan Abdul Samad
	Jalan Bukit	105/34/06	SK Sultan Alam Shah (Satu) SK Sultan Alam Shah (Dua)
	Jalan Semangat	105/34/07	SMK (Laki-Laki) Bukit Bintang Jalan Utara
	Seksyen 5 Utara	105/34/08	SMK La Salle PJ
	Taman Jaya	105/34/09	SMJK Katholik
	Kawasan Assunta Convent	105/34/10	SMK Assunta
	Kawasan Bandar Baharu	105/34/11	SK La Salle PJ
	Jalan Sungai Jernih	106/35/12	SK (L) Bukit Bintang (1) SK (L) Bukit Bintang (2)
	Seksyen Satu Petaling Jaya	105/34/13	SK (1) Jalan 1/10 Petaling Jaya SK (2) Jalan 1/10 Petaling Jaya
	Kawasan Bangunan K.K.P.L	105/34/14	SMK (P) Taman Petaling
	Seksyen 5 Selatan	105/34/15	SMK (P) Taman Petaling
	Seksyen 17 A	105/34/16	SJK (C) Chung Hwa Damansara
	Seksyen 19	105/34/17	Gelanggang Bola Keranjang, SK Taman Sea
	Seksyen 14 Utara	105/34/18	SK Sri Petaling
	Seksyen 14 Selatan	105/34/19	SMK Sri Utama
	Seksyen 2 Petaling Jaya	105/34/20	SJK (C) Chen Moh

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Petaling Jaya
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Petaling
7th	P090	1986–1990	Eng Seng Chai (黄生财)	DAP
8th		1990–1995	Kua Kia Soong (柯嘉逊)	GR (DAP)
Constituency abolished, split into Petaling Jaya Utara, Petaling Jaya Selatan and Subang
Constituency re-created from Petaling Jaya Selatan, Kelana Jaya and Shah Alam
14th	P105	2018	Maria Chin Abdullah (مارية چين بنت عبدالله)	PH (Direct)[6]
		2018–2022		PH (PKR)
15th		2022–present	Lee Chean Chung (李健聪)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Petaling Jaya							Bukit Gasing
				Damansara Utama
				Kelana Jaya
							Seri Setia
				Taman Aman
							Taman Medan

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N32	Seri Setia	Mohammad Fahmi Ngah	PH (PKR)
N33	Taman Medan	Afif Bahardin	PN (BERSATU)
N34	Bukit Gasing	Rajiv Rishyakaran	PH (DAP)

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N32	Seri Setia	Petaling Jaya City Council Shah Alam City Council (TTDI Jaya and Glenmarie areas)	40150 Shah Alam 46000, 46050, 46100, 46150, 46200, 46350, 46400, 47300, 47301, 47308 Petaling Jaya 58200 Kuala Lumpur
N33	Taman Medan	Petaling Jaya City Council
N34	Bukit Gasing

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Lee Chean Chung	83,311	57.12	11.40
	PN	Theng Book	32,736	22.44	22.44
	BN	Chew Hian Tat	23,253	15.94	3.01
	GTA	Mazween Mokhtar	4,052	2.78	2.78
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor	2,049	1.40	1.40
	Independent	KJ John	461	0.32	0.32
Total valid votes			145,862	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,664
Unreturned ballots			495
Turnout			148,021	74.74	8.00
Registered electors			195,148
Majority			50,575	34.68	14.88
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753283/PUB612.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Maria Chin Abdullah	78,984	68.52
	BN	Chew Hian Tat	21,847	18.95
	PAS	Noraini Hussin	14,448	12.53
Total valid votes			115,279	100.00
Total rejected ballots			968
Unreturned ballots			350
Turnout			116,597	82.74
Registered electors			140,920
Majority			57,137	49.56
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 239/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "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) 313/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Kua Kia Soong	40,685	62.19	6.31
	BN	Soh Chee Wen	24,735	37.81	1.73
Total valid votes			65,420	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,161
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			66,581	67.68	0.07
Registered electors			98,383
Majority			15,950	24.38	27.96
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DAP	Eng Seng Chai	29,929	55.88
	BN	Lee Phon Yong	21,176	39.54
	SDP	Wong Sai Hou	2,454	4.58
Total valid votes			53,559	100.00
Total rejected ballots				801
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			54,360	67.61
Registered electors			80,403
Majority			8,753	52.34
This was a new constituency created.