Selayang (federal constituency)

Selayang is a federal constituency in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

Selayang (P097)

Selangor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	William Leong Jee Keen PH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	363,289
Electors (2023)[2]	185,425
Area (km²)[3]	285
Pop. density (per km²)	1,274.7

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 Selayang's electorate as of 2018^[4]

1. Malay (51.8%)
2. Chinese (26.2%)
3. Indian (17.8%)
4. Other ethnicities (4.20%)

Age breakdown of Selayang's electorate as of 2022

1. 18-20 (8.34%)
2. 21-29 (25.3%)
3. 30-39 (21.1%)
4. 40-49 (16.4%)
5. 50-59 (14.4%)
6. 60-69 (9.52%)
7. 70-79 (3.67%)
8. 80-89 (1.02%)
9. above 90 (0.19%)

Gender breakdown of Selayang's electorate as of 2022

1. Male (49.6%)
2. Female (50.4%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Selayang constituency is divided into 43 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kuang (N13)	Pengkalan Kundang	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 SK Bandar Tasik Puteri 2 SK Bandar Tasik Puteri
	Penjara Sungai Buloh	097/13/09	Dewan Majlis Perbandaran Kuala Selangor Desa Coalfields
Rawang (N14)	Bandar Country Home 1	097/14/01	SK Taman Desa Bandar Country Homes
	Kuala Garing	097/14/02	SJK (T) Rawang
	Kampung Rajah	097/14/03	SMK Seri Garing Rawang
	Rawang	097/14/04	SK Rawang
	Kampung Melayu	097/14/05	Pejabat / Bilik Gerakan JKKK Kampung Lim Tan
	Kampung Kenanga	097/14/06	SRA Ibnu Khaldun Rawang
	Kampung Baharu Rawang	097/14/07	SJK (C) San Yuk Rawang
	Taman Sri Hijau	097/14/08	SK Bukit Rawang Jaya
	Kanching	097/14/09	SMA Rawang
	Taman Bersatu	097/14/10	SK Taman Tun Teja
	Taman Bukit Rawang	097/14/11	SK Bukit Rawang Jaya
	Kampung Tanjung	097/14/12	Pejabat / Bilik Gerakan JKKK Kampung Tanjung
	Bandar Country Home 2	097/14/13	SMK Taman Desa Bandar Country Homes
	Kota Emerald East & West	097/14/14	SK Taman Desa (2)
	Garing Jaya	097/14/15	SJK (C) Kota Emerald
	Batu Arang Barat	097/14/16	SK Batu Arang
	Batu Arang Timur	097/14/17	SJK (C) Chap Kuan
	Batu Arang Selatan	097/14/18	SMK Tuaku Abdul Rahman
Taman Templer (N15)	Batu 16 Rawang	097/15/01	SMK Rawang Semekar
	Bandar Baru Selayang Utara	097/15/02	SK Bandar Baru Selayang
	Bukit Idaman	097/15/03	SMK Ideal Heights
	Selayang Baharu Tiga	097/15/04	SK Selayang Baru (1)
	Selayang Baharu Dua	097/15/05	SK Selayang Baru Dua
	Selayang Baharu Satu	097/15/06	SJK (C) Selayang Baru
	Taman Selayang Baharu	097/15/07	SRA Selayang Baru
	Selayang Pandang	097/15/08	SA Rakyat Umm Quarra' Selayang Pandang
	Sri Melati	097/15/09	SK Taman Prima Selayang
	Bandar Baru Selayang Selatan	097/15/10	SK Bandar Baru Selayang 2
	Kampung Bendahara	097/15/11	Dewan Seroja Kampung Bendahara Selayang Tabika Kemas Kampung Bendahara Kawasan Rukun Tetangga Bandar Baru Selayang Fasa 2B
	Lembah Mutiara	097/15/12	Dewan Sri Siantan Kompleks Sukan Seri Siantan Majlis Perbandaran Selayang
	Kampung Selayang Permai	097/15/13	SRA Nurul Iman Selayang Baru
	Kampung Selayang Indah	097/15/14	Sekolah KAFA Integrasi Darul Ulum
	Taman Selayang Indah	097/15/15	SA Rakyat Al-Falah
	Prima Selayang	097/15/16	SK Taman Prima Selayang

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Selayang
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Rawang, Batu and Setapak
4th	P077	1974–1975	Walter Loh Poh Khan (罗保根)	BN (MCA)
		1975–1978	Rosemary Chow Poh Kheng (周宝琼)
5th		1978–1982	Rafidah Aziz (رفيدة عزيز)	BN (UMNO)
6th		1982–1986	Rahmah Othman (رحمة عثمان)
7th	P087	1986–1990	Zaleha Ismail (صالحة إسماعيل)
8th		1990–1995
9th	P090	1995–1999	Chan Kong Choy (陈广才)	BN (MCA)
10th		1999–2004
11th	P097	2004–2008
12th		2008–2013	William Leong Jee Keen (梁自坚)	PR (PKR)
13th		2013–2015
		2015–2018		PH (PKR)
14th		2018–2022
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Selayang			Ampang
			Gombak
				Gombak Setia
						Kuang
				Paya Jaras
			Rawang
					Selayang Baharu
						Taman Templer

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N13	Kuang	Mohd Rafiq Mohd Abdullah	PN (BERSATU)
N14	Rawang	Chua Wei Kiat	PH (PKR)
N15	Taman Templer	Anfaal Saari	PH (AMANAH)

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N13	Kuang	Selayang Municipal Council	47000 Sungai Buloh 48000, 48020, 48050 Rawang 48100 Batu Arang 48200 Serendah 68100 Batu Caves
N14	Rawang
N15	Taman Templer

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	William Leong Jee Keen	72,773	50.23	11.15
	PN	Abdul Rashid Asari	49,154	33.93	33.93
	BN	Chan Wun Hoong	19,425	13.41	5.49
	GTA	Salleh Amiruddin	2,584	1.78	1.78
	Independent	Muhamamd Zaki Omar	945	0.65	0.65
Total valid votes			144,881	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,188
Unreturned ballots			300
Turnout			146,369	79.81	5.79
Registered electors			181,539
Majority			23,619	16.30	25.19
	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	William Leong Jee Keen	60,158	61.38	61.38
	BN	Kang Meng Fuat	19,501	19.90	17.94
	PAS	Hashim Abd Karim	18,343	18.72	14.15
Total valid votes			98,002	100.00
Total rejected ballots			953
Unreturned ballots			495
Turnout			99,450	85.60	1.78
Registered electors			116,176
Majority			40,657	41.49	21.73
	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 2019-07-19. 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 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	William Leong Jee Keen	52,343	57.60	5.71
	BN	Donald Lim Siang Chai	34,385	37.84	8.02
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front	Mohd Hazizi Abdul Rahman	4,152	4.57	4.57
Total valid votes			90,880	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,435
Unreturned ballots			213
Turnout			92,528	87.38	10.81
Registered electors			105,895
Majority			17,958	19.76	13.73
	PKR hold		Swing
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. Retrieved 2016-05-08.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	William Leong Jee Keen	30,701	51.89	25.37
	BN	Lee Li Yew	27,134	45.86	27.62
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Koh Swe Yong	1,332	2.25	2.25
Total valid votes			59,167	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,506
Unreturned ballots			247
Turnout			60,920	76.57	4.85
Registered electors			79,557
Majority			3,567	6.03	40.93
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chan Kong Choy	36,343	73.48	16.25
	PKR	Koh Swe Yong	13,117	26.52	26.52
Total valid votes			49,460	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,444
Unreturned ballots			129
Turnout			51,033	71.72	2.22
Registered electors			71,155
Majority			23,226	46.96	32.50
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chan Kong Choy	34,979	57.23	29.80
	DAP	Zaitun Mohamed Kasim	26,144	42.77	42.77
Total valid votes			61,123	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,453
Unreturned ballots			699
Turnout			63,275	73.94	4.05
Registered electors			85,576
Majority			8,835	14.46	59.60
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chan Kong Choy	45,392	87.03	15.09
	Independent	Zainul Amri Abdul Aziz	6,765	12.97	12.97
Total valid votes			52,157	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,103
Unreturned ballots			471
Turnout			54,731	69.89	3.97
Registered electors			78,310
Majority			38,627	74.06	30.18
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zaleha Ismail	51,062	71.94	9.60
	DAP	Lee Yee Lian	19,920	28.06	28.06
Total valid votes			70,982	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,500
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			73,482	73.86	6.76
Registered electors			100,848
Majority			31,142	43.88	19.20
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zaleha Ismail	40,681	81.54	14.74
	PAS	Talib Bakti	9,209	18.46	11.85
Total valid votes			49,890	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,270
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			52,160	67.10	2.72
Registered electors			77,737
Majority			31,472	63.08	22.87
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rahmah Othman	51,353	66.80	0.15
	DAP	Lee Yee Lian	20,444	26.59	3.36
	PAS	Khalid Siri	5,081	6.61	6.61
Total valid votes			76,878	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,130
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			79,008	69.82	3.83
Registered electors			113,159
Majority			30,909	40.21	3.51
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rafidah Aziz	38,627	66.65	4.31
	DAP	Zainal Rampak	17,357	29.95	2.67
	PEKEMAS	Zainuddin Karim	1,973	3.40	3.40
Total valid votes			57,957	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,956
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			59,913	73.65	16.45
Registered electors			81,350
Majority			21,270	36.70	6.98
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 14 June 1975
Upon the death of incumbent, Walter Loh Poh Khan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Rosemary Chow Poh Kheng	19,338	70.96	12.09
	DAP	Idrus Idris	7,434	27.28	3.04
	Independent	Ismail Man	481	1.76	1.76
Total valid votes			27,253	100.00
Total rejected ballots			708
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			27,961	57.20	15.23
Registered electors			48,885
Majority			11,904	43.68	9.05
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Walter Loh Poh Khan	16,779	58.87
	DAP	Pan Soo Pin	6,908	24.24
	PEKEMAS	Zainal Rampak	4,814	16.89
Total valid votes			28,501	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,095
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			29,596	72.43
Registered electors			42,662
Majority			9,871	34.63
This was a new constituency created.