Kota Raja (federal constituency)

Kota Raja

Selangor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Siti Mariah Mahmud Amanah
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2013

Kota Raja is a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Seksyen 34 Shah Alam, Sungai Kandis, Teluk Menegun, LLN Connought Bridge, Kampung Pandan, Kampung Jawa, Kota Raja, Taman Seri Andalas 1, Taman Seri Andalas 2, Taman Klang Jaya 1, Sentosa Dato Yusof Shahbuddin, Bukit Jati, Taman Seri Andalas 3, Taman Desawan, Sentosa Dato Abdul Hamid 1, Sentosa Dato Dagang, Jalan Raya Timur, Taman Klang Jaya 2, Sentosa Dato Abdul Hamid 2, Taman Maznah, Shah Alam S27, Shah Alam S28, Sri Muda 1, Sri Muda 2 Utara, Bukit Kemuning, Jalan Kebun, Johan Setia, Batu 4 Jalan Kebun, Bandar Puteri Klang, Kampung Baru Hicom, Putra Height, Sri Muda 2 Selatan, Seri Gambut, Kota Kemuning, Bukit Rimau, Kampung Bukit Naga, Haji Husin Jalan Kebun, Shah Alam S27 B.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kota Raja
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
11th	2004-2008	S. Vigneswaran M. Sanasee	BN
12th	2008-2013	Siti Mariah Mahmud	PAS
13th	2013-2015
	2015-present		AMANAH

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Siti Mariah Mahmud	59,106	64.62
	BN	Murugesan Sinnandavar	29,711	32.48
	Independent	Uthayakumar Ponnusamy	2,364	2.58
	Independent	Azman Idrus	280	0.31
Total valid votes			91,461	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,102
Unreturned ballots			116
Turnout			92,729	87.56
Registered electors			105,909
Majority			29,395
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Siti Mariah Mahmud	38,630	68.36
	BN	S. Vigneswaran M. Sanasee	17,879	31.64
Total valid votes			56,509	100.00
Total rejected ballots			814
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			57,323	79.75
Registered electors			71,887
Majority			20,751
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	S. Vigneswaran M. Sanasee	24,376	55.25
	PAS	Siti Mariah Mahmud	16,137	36.57
	Independent	Krisnasamy Thevarayan	3,608	8.18
Total valid votes			44,121	100.00
Total rejected ballots			627
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			44,758	76.67
Registered electors
Majority			8,239
This was a new constituency created.