Semambu

Semambu is a state constituency in Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly since 2004.

Semambu

Pahang constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Pahang State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Chan Chun Kuang PH
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	61,179

The state constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Pahang State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Semambu's electorate as of 2022^[1]

  Malay (60.88%)

  Chinese (29.59%)

  Indian (8.30%)

  Other ethnicities (1.24%)

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of RTP Bukit Goh, Kampung Padang, Bukit Istana, Semambu, Bukit Sekilau, Indera Mahkota 1, Bukit Ubi, Bukit Setongkol, Taman LKNP, Chenderawasih, Indera Mahkota 2.

2016–present:^[2] The constituency contains the polling districts of Kampung Padang, RTP Bukit Goh, Bukit Istana, Semambu, Bukit Sekilau, Indera Mahkota 1, Bukit Ubi, Bukit Setongkol, Taman LKNP, Chenderawasih, Indera Mahkota 2.

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Semambu constituency is divided into 11 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Semambu (N13)	Kampung Padang	082/13/01	SK Kampong Padang
	Rtp Bukit Goh	082/13/02	SK Rtp Bukit Goh
	Bukit Istana	082/13/03	SK Sungai Talam
	Semambu	082/13/04	SK Semambu
	Bukit Sekilau	082/13/05	SK Bukit Sekilau Kolej Universiti Yayasan Pahang Tabika KEMAS kAMPUNG Bukit Sekilau
	Indera Mahkota 1	082/13/06	SMK Cenderawasih
	Bukit Ubi	082/13/07	Dewan Kelab Sukan Komuniti DUN Semambu
	Bukit Setongkol	082/13/08	SK Bukit Setongkol
	Taman LKNP	082/13/09	SJK (C) Chung Ching 2
	Chenderawasih	082/13/10	SK Cenderawasih SA Rakyat (KAFA) Baitul Huda Cenderawasih
	Indera Mahkota 2	082/13/11	SMK Tengku Panglima Tengku Muhamad SK Indera Mahkota

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Semambu
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Indera Mahkota
11th	2004–2008	Pang Tsu Ming	BN (MCA)
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–2018	Lee Chean Chung	PR (PKR)
14th	2018–2022		PH (PKR)
15th	2022–present	Chan Chun Kuang

Election results

Pahang state election, 2022: Semambu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Chan Chun Kuang	18,902	40.01	7.14
	PN	Zulfadli Zakariah	17,098	36.19	36.19
	BN	Mohd Khairul Hisham Omar	10,422	22.06	0.97
	GTA	Rashidah Abdul Rahman	820	1.74	1.75
Total valid votes			47,242	100.00
Total rejected ballots			405
Unreturned ballots			76
Turnout			47,723	78.01	5.69
Registered electors			61,179
Majority			1,804	3.82	13.51
	PH hold		Swing

Pahang state election, 2018: Semambu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Lee Chean Chung	14,991	47.15	47.15
	PAS	Mohd Yusof Hashin	9,480	29.82	29.82
	BN	Quek Tai Seong	7,323	23.03	19.46
Total valid votes			31,794	100.00
Total rejected ballots			307
Unreturned ballots			114
Turnout			32,215	83.70	1.21
Registered electors			38.487
Majority			5,511	17.33	5.56
	PH hold		Swing

Pahang state election, 2013: Semambu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Lee Chean Chung	14,753	54.26	10.04
	BN	Pang Tsu Ming	11,553	42.49	13.29
	Independent	Mohd Shukri Mohd Ramli	885	3.25	3.25
Total valid votes			27,191	100.00
Total rejected ballots			327
Unreturned ballots			106
Turnout			27,624	84.91	9.20
Registered electors			32,534
Majority			3,200	11.77	0.21
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette – Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Pahang [P.U. (B) 191/2013]" (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 Pahang [P.U. (B) 232/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Pahang state election, 2008: Semambu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Pang Tsu Ming	10,300	55.78	11.61
	PKR	Nancy Khong Saw Gek	8,164	44.22	11.61
Total valid votes			18,464	100.00
Total rejected ballots			619
Unreturned ballots			167
Turnout			19,250	75.71	1.92
Registered electors			25,427
Majority			2,136	11.56	23.20
	BN hold		Swing

Pahang state election, 2004: Semambu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Pang Tsu Ming	11,110	67.39
	PKR	Mohd Zukri Aksah	5,375	32.61
Total valid votes			16,485	100.00
Total rejected ballots			337
Unreturned ballots			352
Turnout			17,174	77.63
Registered electors			22,124
Majority			5,735	34.78
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview".
2. "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 2016-06-19.
3. "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.