Kota Raja (federal constituency)

Kota Raja (P111)

Selangor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Mohamad Sabu PH
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	523,094
Electors (2023) [2]	250,821
Area (km²) [3]	141
Pop. density (per km²)	3,709.9

Kota Raja is a federal constituency in Klang District and Petaling District, 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.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kota Raja's electorate as of 2022

   Malay (40%)

   Chinese (30%)

   Indian (27%)

  Other ethnicities (3%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Kota Raja constituency is divided into 46 polling districts. ^[4]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Sentosa (N48）	Taman Klang Jaya 1	111/48/01	SMK Raja Mahadi Taman Klang Jaya
	Sentosa Dato Yusof Shahbuddin	111/48/02	SMK Shah Bandaraya
	Taman Desawan	111/48/03	SK Taman Klang Jaya
	Sentosa Dato Abdul Hamid 1	111/48/04	SRA Taman Klang Jaya
	Sentosa Dato Dagang	111/48/05	SJK (T) Taman Sentosa Klang
	Taman Klang Jaya 2	111/48/06	SMK Raja Mahadi Taman Klang Jaya
	Sentosa Dato Abdul Hamid 2	111/48/07	Taman Bimbingan Kanak-Kanak (KEMAS) Cawangan Taman Sentosa
	Bandar Bukit Tinggi 1	111/48/08	SK Bukit Tinggi SMK Batu Unjur
	Taman Maznah	111/48/09	SMJK Chung Hwa Seksyen 36 Shah Alam
	Batu 4 Jalan Kebun	111/48/10	SJK (T) Batu Ampat Jalan Kota Raja
	Taman Menara Maju	111/48/11	SK Kampung Jawa (2)
	Bandar Bukit Tinggi 2	111/48/12	SMK Bukit Tinggi Klang
	Bandar Botanic	111/48/13	SJK (T) Ladang Highlands
Sungai Kandis (N49）	Seksyen 34 Shah Alam	111/49/01	Dewan Pusat Latihan Teknologi Tinggi (ADTEC) Seksyen 34 Shah Alam
	Sungai Kandis	111/49/02	SRA Sungai Kandis Klang
	Teluk Menegun	111/49/03	SK Telok Menegon Klang
	LLN Connught Bridge	111/49/04	SRA Hajah Fatimah Kampong Datok Dagang Kelang
	Kampung Pandan	111/49/05	SA Rakyat (KAFA Integrasi) Kampung Pandan
	Kampung Jawa	111/49/06	Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah Klang
	Kota Raja	111/49/07	SMA Tinggi Sultan Hishamuddin
	Taman Seri Andalas 1	111/49/08	SK Taman Sri Andalas Klang
	Taman Seri Andalas 2	111/49/09	SMK Seri Andalas Klang
	Bukit Jati	111/49/10	SRA Kampung Jawa
	Taman Seri Andalas 3	111/49/11	SJK (T) Simpang Lima
	Jalan Raya Timur	111/49/12	SM (Psdn) Chung Hua
	Bandar Puteri Klang	111/49/13	Dewan Serbaguna Klang Jaya
	Jalan Kebun	111/49/14	SK Jalan Kebun
	Johan Setia	111/49/15	SK Kampung Johan Setia Klang
	Seri Gambut	111/49/16	SRA Bukit Naga Batu 6 Klang
	Kampung Bukit Naga	111/49/17	SK Bukit Naga Batu 6
	Haji Husin Jalan Kebun	111/49/18	SRA Jalan Kebun
	Taman Berjaya	111/49/19	SMK Jalan Kebun
Kota Kemuning（N50）	Shah Alam S 27 A	111/50/01	SK Hicom Seksyen 27 Shah Alam
	Shah Alam S 28	111/50/02	SK Taman Alam Megah
	Sri Muda 1	111/50/03	SK Taman Sri Muda
	Sri Muda 2 Utara	111/50/04	SK Taman Sri Muda (2)
	Bukit Kemuning	111/50/05	SJK (C) Khe Beng Batu 8
	Kampung Baru Hicom	111/50/06	Dewan Blok A, Pangsapuri PPR Hicom
	Putra Heights	111/50/07	SK Alam Megah (3) Shah Alam SK Putra Height 2 SJK (C) Tun Tan Siew Sin
	Sri Muda 2 Selatan	111/50/08	SMK Taman Sri Muda
	Kota Kemuning Jalan 31/1 - 31/80	111/50/09	SK Bukit Kemuning
	Bukit Rimau	111/50/10	SK Bukit Rimau
	Shah Alam S 27 B	111/50/11	SK Seksyen 27 (1) Shah Alam
	Apartment S 28	111/50/12	SMK Alam Megah 2
	Kota Kemuning Jalan 31/81 - 31/170	111/50/13	SK Bukit Kemuning 2
	Shah Alam S 26	111/50/14	SMA Al-Hikmah Shah Alam

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kota Raja
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Shah Alam and Klang
11th	P111	2004–2008	S. Vigneswaran M. Sanasee (ச. விக்னேஸ்வரன்)	BN (MIC)
12th		2008–2013	Siti Mariah Mahmud (سيتي مارية محمود)	PR (PAS)
13th		2013–2015
		2015–2018		AMANAH
14th		2018–2022	Mohamad Sabu (محمد سابو)	PH (AMANAH)
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kota Raja							Kota Kemuning
							Sentosa
						Seri Andalas
						Sri Muda
							Sungai Kandis

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N48	Sentosa	Gunarajah George	PH (PKR)
N49	Sungai Kandis	Wan Dzahanurin Ahmad	PN (BERSATU)
N50	Kota Kemuning	Preakas Sampunathan	PH (DAP)

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N48	Sentosa	Shah Alam City Council (Taman Maznah area) Klang City Council
N49	Sungai Kandis	Shah Alam City Council (Sungai Kandis and Seksyen 34 areas) Klang City Council
N50	Kota Kemuning	Shah Alam City Council Subang Jaya City Council (Putra Heights area)

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mohamad Sabu	123,306	62.36	8.22
	PN	Mohamed Diah Baharun	49,308	24.94	24.94
	BN	Kajendran Doraisamy	22,225	11.24	2.71
	GTA	Fahmi Bazlan Muda	2,063	1.04	1.04
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Che Sara Afiqah Zainul Arif	360	0.18	0.18
	Independent	P Raveentharan Periasamy	209	0.11	0.11
	Independent	Kumar Karananedi	163	0.08	0.08
	Independent	Surendhar Selvaraju	106	0.05	0.05
Total valid votes			197,740	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,586
Unreturned ballots			552
Turnout			199,878	80.81	6.03
Registered electors			244,712
Majority			73,998	37.42	18.11
	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	Mohamad Sabu	90,697	70.79	70.79
	PAS	Mohamed Diah Baharun	19,555	15.26	49.36
	BN	V. Gunalan	17,874	13.95	18.53
Total valid votes			128,126	100.00
Total rejected ballots			966
Unreturned ballots			320
Turnout			129,412	86.84	0.72
Registered electors			149,021
Majority			71,142	55.53	23.39
	PH gain from PAS		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	%	∆%
	PAS	Siti Mariah Mahmud	59,106	64.62	3.71
	BN	Murugesan Sinnandavar	29,711	32.48	0.84
	Independent	Uthayakumar Ponnusamy	2,364	2.58	2.58
	Independent	Azman Idrus	280	0.31	0.31
Total valid votes			91,461	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,102
Unreturned ballots			116
Turnout			92,729	87.56	7.81
Registered electors			105,909
Majority			29,395	32.14	4.58
	PAS 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-30. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2016-05-08.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Siti Mariah Mahmud	38,630	68.36	31.79
	BN	S. Vigneswaran M. Sanasee	17,879	31.64	23.61
Total valid votes			56,509	100.00
Total rejected ballots			814
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			57,323	79.75	3.08
Registered electors			71,887
Majority			20,751	36.72	18.04
	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			58,374
Majority			8,239	18.68
This was a new constituency created.

References

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