Sungai Air Tawar (state constituency)

Sungai Air Tawar
Selangor constituency
State constituency
LegislatureSelangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Rizam Ismail
BN
Constituency created1974 (as Sungei Ayer Tawar)
First contested1974
Last contested2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)[1]20,026

Sungai Air Tawar is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1974. It has been represented by Member of the State Executive Council (EXCO) Rizam Ismail of Barisan Nasional (BN) since 2018. It is also the smallest Selangor state constituency by the number of voters.

The state constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Sungai Air Tawar's electorate as of 2023[2]
  1. Malay (84.35%)
  2. Chinese (12.18%)
  3. Indian (2.72%)
  4. Other ethnicities (0.74%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Sungai Air Tawar constituency has a total of 15 polling districts.[3]

State constituency Polling districts Code Location
Sungai Air Tawar (N01) Parit Baharu Baruh 092/01/01 SJK (C) Poay Chneh Parit Baru Sungai Air Tawar
Sungai Tengar Utara 092/01/02 SRA Al-Ittikhadiah Sungai Tengar
Sungai Air Tawar 092/01/03 SK Seri Mawar Sungai Air Tawar
Sungai Bernam 092/01/04 SJK (T) Ladang Sungai Bernam
Sungai Air Tawar Selatan 092/01/05 SRA Tebuk Mufrad Sungai Air Tawar
Sungai Tengar Selatan 092/01/06 SK Sungai Tengar
Sungai Pelong 092/01/07 SK Parit Baharu
Kampung Teluk Belaga 092/01/08 SK Seri Cempaka
Beting Kepah 092/01/09 SJK (C) Phooi Min Telok Rhu
Kampung Teluk Rhu 092/01/10 SK Teluk Ru
Simpang Empat 092/01/11 SK Simpang 4 Bagan Nakhoda Omar
Kampung Sekendi 092/01/12 SK Sekendi Sabak Bernam
Kampung Banting 092/01/13 SK Kampong Banting
Kampung Batu 38 Buruh 092/01/14 SK Batu 38 Sabak Bernam
Kampung Baharu 092/01/15 SK Kampung Baharu Sabak Bernam

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungai Air Tawar
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created from Sabak
Sungei Ayer Tawar
4th 1974-1978 Jamaluddin Suhaimi BN (UMNO)
5th 1978-1982 Khalil Kasmijan
6th 1982-1986 Zainal Dahlan
Sungai Air Tawar
7th 1986-1990 Zainal Dahlan BN (UMNO)
8th 1990-1995
9th 1995-1999
10th 1999-2004 Mat Yasir Ikhsan
11th 2004-2008 Abdul Rahman Bakri
12th 2008-2013 Raja Ideris Raja Ahmad
13th 2013-2017 Kamarol Zaki Abdul Malik
2017-2018 Vacant[N 1]
14th 2018–2023 Rizam Ismail BN (UMNO)
15th 2023–present

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Rizam Ismail 7,870 52.84 12.13
PN Mohamad Zaidi Selamat 7,024 47.16 47.16
Total valid votes 14,894 100.00
Total rejected ballots 92
Unreturned ballots 13
Turnout 14,999 74.90 8.70
Registered electors 20,026
Majority 846 5.68 5.10
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Rizam Ismail 5,437 40.71 14.83
PAS Wahid Rais 3,997 29.93 14.53
PH Mohd Hamizar Sulaiman 3,921 29.36 29.36
Total valid votes 13,355 100.00
Total rejected ballots 220
Unreturned ballots 30
Turnout 13,605 83.60 2.14
Registered electors 16,274
Majority 1,440 10.78 0.30
BN hold Swing
Source(s)
[4][5]
Selangor state election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Kamarol Zaki Abdul Malik 7,096 55.54 4.89
PAS Wahid Rais 5,680 44.46 4.89
Total valid votes 12,776 100.00
Total rejected ballots 194
Unreturned ballots 52
Turnout 13,022 85.74 9.12
Registered electors 15,187
Majority 1,416 11.08 9.78
BN hold Swing
Source(s)

"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
Selangor state election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Raja Ideris Raja Ahmad 4,791 50.65 11.33
PAS Azrulkhakim Suradi 4,668 49.35 11.33
Total valid votes 9,459 100.00
Total rejected ballots 263
Unreturned ballots 29
Turnout 9,751 76.62 3.01
Registered electors 12,726
Majority 123 1.30 22.66
BN hold Swing
Source(s)
[5]
Selangor state election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Abdul Rahman Bakri 5,569 61.98 3.34
PAS Abd. Jalil Bajuri 3,416 38.02 3.34
Total valid votes 8,985 100.00
Total rejected ballots 294
Unreturned ballots 4
Turnout 9,283 73.61 5.56
Registered electors 12,611
Majority 2,153 23.96 6.68
BN hold Swing
Source(s)
[5]
Selangor state election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Mat Yasir Ikhsan 3,989 58.64 24.36
PAS Abd. Jalil Bajuri 2,814 41.36 24.36
Total valid votes 6,803 100.00
Total rejected ballots 226
Unreturned ballots 5
Turnout 7,034 68.05 7.25
Registered electors 10,337
Majority 1,175 17.28 48.72
BN hold Swing


Selangor state election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Zainal Dahlan 5,130 83.00 1.61
PAS Majudim @ A Razak Dawami 1,051 17.00 17.00
Total valid votes 6,181 100.00
Total rejected ballots 265
Unreturned ballots 19
Turnout 6,465 60.80 10.16
Registered electors 10,633
Majority 4,079 66.00 3.22
BN hold Swing


Selangor state election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Zainal Dahlan 5,191 81.39 2.03
S46 Mohamad Kawaid Ngadimin 1,187 18.61 18.61
Total valid votes 6,378 100.00
Total rejected ballots 382
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 6,760 70.96 2.87
Registered electors 9,527
Majority 4,004 62.78 4.06
BN hold Swing


Selangor state election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Zainal Dahlan 4,929 79.36 0.59
PAS Shamsuddin A Rahman 1,282 20.64 0.59
Total valid votes 6,211 100.00
Total rejected ballots 210
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 6,421 68.09 3.41
Registered electors 9,430
Majority 3,647 58.72 1.18
BN hold Swing


Selangor state election, 1982: Sungei Ayer Tawar
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Zainal Dahlan 4,878 78.77 13.44
PAS Abdul Aziz Abdul Shukor 1,315 21.23 13.44
Total valid votes 6,193 100.00
Total rejected ballots 203
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 6,396 71.50
Registered electors 8,946
Majority 3,563 57.54 26.88
BN hold Swing


Selangor state election, 1978: Sungei Ayer Tawar
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Khalil Kasmijan 3,704 65.33 65.33
PAS Taiban Hassan 1,966 34.67 34.67
Total valid votes 5,670 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors 8,438
Majority 1,738 30.66
BN hold Swing


Selangor state election, 1974: Sungei Ayer Tawar
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Jamaluddin Suhaimi
Independent Shahrani Johari @ Ahmad Atan
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors 7,274
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

Notes

  1. ^ Vacant from 17 January 2017 until the 2018 Malaysian general election due to the incumbent died in office. No by-election was held due to the next general election was less than a year and half away.

References

  1. ^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ "15th Selangor State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  3. ^ "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  4. ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Selangor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  5. ^ a b c https://undi.info/selangor/r18/n1
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