Putrajaya (federal constituency)

Putrajaya
the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
MP
 
 		 

Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
BN

Constituency created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2013

Putrajaya is a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.

The federal constituency was created from parts of the Sepang constituency 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

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Taman Saujana Hijau, Taman Metropolitan, Taman Puncak Puteri, Taman Warisan.

2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Taman Saujana Hijau, Taman Rimba Desa, Taman Wawasan, Taman Warisan.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Putrajaya
Parliament Years Member Party
Constituency created from Sepang
11th 2004-2008 Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor BN
12th 2008-2013
13th 2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNTengku Adnan Tengku Mansor 9,943 69.31 - 6.28
PASHusam Musa 4,402 30.69 + 6.28
Total valid votes 14,345 100.00
Total rejected ballots 73
Unreturned ballots 47
Turnout 14,46591.60
Registered electors 15,791
Majority 5,54138.62
BN hold Swing {{{3}}}
Malaysian general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNTengku Adnan Tengku Mansor 4,038 75.59 - 12.74
PASMohamad Noor Mohamad 1,304 24.41 + 24.41
Total valid votes 5,342 100.00
Total rejected ballots 38
Unreturned ballots 36
Turnout 5,41681.96
Registered electors 6,608
Majority 2,73451.18
BN hold Swing {{{3}}}
Malaysian general election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNTengku Adnan Tengku Mansor 4,086 88.33
KEADILANAbdul Rahman Othman 540 11.67
Total valid votes 4,626 100.00
Total rejected ballots 28
Unreturned ballots 8
Turnout 4,66291.79
Registered electors 5,078
Majority 3,54676.66
This was a new constituency created out of Sepang which went to BN in the previous election.

References

  1. ↑ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
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