Seri Cahaya (state constituency)
Seri Cahaya was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1995.
 Selangor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct state constituency | |
| Legislature | Selangor State Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency created | 1984 |
| Constituency abolished | 1995 |
| First contested | 1986 |
| Last contested | 1990 |
The state constituency was created in the 1984 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 1995 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Seri Cahaya | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Asam Jawa | |||
| 7th | 1986-1990 | M. Mahalingam | BN (MIC) |
| 8th | 1990-1995 | Sivalingam Arumugam Karuppiah | |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Ijok | |||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Sivalingam Arumugam Karuppiah | 5,405 | 55.75 | ||
| S46 | Mohd Shahir | 4,088 | 42.17 | ||
| Independent | Suhaimi Amnan | 202 | 2.08 | ||
| Total valid votes | 9,695 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 443 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 10,138 | 74.70 | |||
| Registered electors | 13,572 | ||||
| Majority | 1,317 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | M. Mahalingam | 5,210 | 63.04 | |||
| NASMA | Raja Nasron Raja Ishak | 1,986 | 24.03 | |||
| DAP | P Sinniah | 1,069 | 12.93 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,265 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 370 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,635 | 73.10 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,812 | |||||
| Majority | 3,224 | |||||
| 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 2016-05-25.
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