Rawang (state constituency)

Rawang (B14)

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Chua Wei Kiat PH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	76,841

Rawang is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1974. It has been represented by Chua Wei Kiat of Pakatan Harapan (PH) since 2018.

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 Rawang's electorate as of 2023

  Chinese (38.69%)

  Malay (31.81%)

  Indian (25.70%)

  Other ethnicities (3.80%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Rawang constituency is divided into 18 polling districts.

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Rawang (N14）	Bandar Country Home 1	097/14/01	SK Taman Desa Bandar Country Homes
	Kuala Garing	097/14/02	SJK (T) Rawang
	Kampung Rajah	097/14/03	SMK Seri Garing Rawang
	Rawang	097/14/04	SK Rawang
	Kampung Melayu	097/14/05	Pejabat/Bilik Gerakan JKKK Kampung Lim Tan
	Kampung Kenanga	097/14/06	SRA Ibnu Khaldun Rawang
	Kampung Baharu Rawang	097/14/07	SJK (C) San Yuk Rawang
	Taman Sri Hijau	097/14/08	Rukun Tetangga Rawang 'A'
	Kanching	097/14/09	SMA Rawang
	Taman Bersatu	097/14/10	Dewan Seberguna Batu 17 Rawang
	Taman Bukit Rawang	097/14/11	SK Bukit Rawang Jaya
	Kampung Tanjung	097/14/12	Pejabat/Bilik Gerakan JKKK Kampung Tanjung
	Bandar Country Home 2	097/14/13	SMK Taman Desa Bandar Country Homes
	Kota Emerland East & West	097/14/14	SK Taman Desa (2)
	Garing Jaya	097/14/15	SK Sinaran Budi
	Batu Arang Barat	097/14/16	SK Batu Arang
	Batu Arang Timur	097/14/17	SJK (C) Chap Kuan
	Batu Arang Selatan	097/14/18	SMK Tuaku Abdul Rahman

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Rawang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kuang
4th	1974-1978	Lee Kim Sai	BN (MCA)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Tang See Hang
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Gan Pei Nei	PR (PKR)
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018–2023	Chua Wei Kiat	PH (PKR)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Chua Wei Kiat	39,168	74.35	2.56
	PN	Rejean Kumar Ratnam	13,510	25.65	25.65
Total valid votes			52,678	100.00
Total rejected ballots			357
Unreturned ballots			62
Turnout			53,097	69.10	16.50
Registered electors			76,841
Majority			25,658	48.73	12.55
	PH hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Chua Wei Kiat	29,946	76.91	10.09
	BN	Chan Wun Hoong	6,086	15.63	17.55
	PAS	Kong Tuck Wah	2,259	5.80	5.80
	Independent	Azman Mohd Noor	644	1.66	1.66
Total valid votes			38,935	100.00
Total rejected ballots			366
Unreturned ballots			180
Turnout			39,481	85.60	1.10
Registered electors			46,125
Majority			23,860	61.28	27.64
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s)

Selangor state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pakatan Rakyat	Gan Pei Nei	18,358	66.82	6.82
	BN	Lee Li Yew	9,117	33.18	2.79
Total valid votes			27,475	100.00
Total rejected ballots			394
Unreturned ballots			54
Turnout			27,923	86.70	10.59
Registered electors			32,208
Majority			9,241	33.64	9.61
	Pakatan Rakyat 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. 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	%	∆%
	Pakatan Rakyat	Gan Pei Nei	10,467	60.00	60.00
	BN	Goh Ah Ling	6,275	35.97	41.92
	Independent	Chandrasegaran Arumugam	704	4.03	4.03
Total valid votes			17,446	100.00
Total rejected ballots			288
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			17,768	76.11	7.81
Registered electors			23,345
Majority			4,192	24.03	31.75
	Pakatan Rakyat gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s)

Selangor state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tang See Hang	10,534	77.89	15.67
	Independent	Md Sabri Md Taib	2,990	22.11	22.11
Total valid votes			13,524	100.00
Total rejected ballots			382
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			13,929	68.30	3.80
Registered electors			20,393
Majority			7,544	55.78	30.73
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Selangor state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tang See Hang	11,518	62.22	62.22
	DAP	Lim Ching How	6,880	37.17	37.17
	Independent	Surder Singh	114	0.62	0.62
Total valid votes			18,512	100.00
Total rejected ballots			493
Unreturned ballots			112
Turnout			19,117	72.10
Registered electors			26,513
Majority			4,638	25.05
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Tang See Hang won uncontested.
	BN	Tang See Hang
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tang See Hang	11,998	65.42	2.59
	DAP	Low Sek Moah	6,341	34.58	3.53
Total valid votes			18,339	100.00
Total rejected ballots			793
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,132	74.00	1.51
Registered electors			25,853
Majority			5,657	30.84	0.94
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tang See Hang	9,446	62.83	3.06
	DAP	Tai Sing Ng	4,668	31.05	4.18
	PAS	Hasbolah Mohd Arif	921	6.12	1.12
Total valid votes			15,035	100.00
Total rejected ballots			635
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,670	72.49	1.81
Registered electors			21,617
Majority			4,778	31.78	7.24
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tang See Hang	8,185	59.77	1.03
	DAP	Eng Seng Chai @ Ng Sing Sai	4,825	35.23	3.16
	PAS	Abdul Rahman Yadi	685	5.00	1.00
Total valid votes			13,695	100.00
Total rejected ballots			379
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,074	74.30
Registered electors			18,941
Majority			3,360	24.54	4.19
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lee Kim Sai	6,763	60.80	12.08
	DAP	Khoo Chin Tow	3,567	32.07	1.44
	PAS	Hussein Ibrahim	667	6.00	6.00
	PEKEMAS	Zainuddin Karim	127	1.14	10.01
Total valid votes			11,124	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			15,291
Majority			3,196	28.73	10.64
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lee Kim Sai	3,701	48.72
	DAP	Tan Heng Swee	2,327	30.63
	PEKEMAS	J. P. Samuel Raj	847	11.15
	Independent	Chou Yew Koh	722	9.50
Total valid votes			7,597	100.00
Total rejected ballots			469
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			8,066	74.24
Registered electors			10,865
Majority			1,374	18.09
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 2016-05-21.