Meru (state constituency)

Meru is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1995.

Meru

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mariam Abdul Rashid PH
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	65,801

The state constituency was created in the 1994 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 Meru's electorate as of 2023^[1]

  Malay (57.12%)

  Indian (24.48%)

  Chinese (16.74%)

  Other ethnicities (1.66%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Meru constituency is divided into 12 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Meru (N42）	Kampung Meru	109/42/01	SRA Bukit Kapar Timur
	Kampung Haji Shariff	109/42/02	SK Meru (2)
	Kampung Nenas	109/42/03	SRA Pekan Meru
	Pekan Meru	109/42/04	SMK Meru
	Jalan Haji Salleh	109/42/05	SJK (C) Tiong Hua Kok Bin
	Taman Meru Indah	109/42/06	SK Meru (Jalan Tap) Persiaran Hamzah Alang
	Pekan Kapar	109/42/07	SMK Tengku Idris Shah Kapar
	Batu 9 Kapar	109/42/08	SK Kapar
	Batu 10 Kapar	019/01/09	SMK (P) Kapar
	Sungai Kapar Indah	109/42/10	SK Sungai Kapar Indah
	Taman Kapar Indah	109/42/11	SJK (C) Soo Jin Kapar
	Kampung Budiman	109/42/12	Balai JKKK Kampung Budiman

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Meru
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency split from Sementa
9th	1995-1999	Jaei Ismail	BN (UMNO)
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Abd Rani Osman	PR (PAS)
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-2020	Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar	PH (AMANAH)
	2020-2023		PH (PKR)
15th	2023–present	Mariam Abdul Rashid	PH (AMANAH)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mariam Abdul Rashid	26,980	52.45	0.39
	PN	Hasnizam Adham	23,558	45.78	45.78
	Parti Sosialis Malaysia	Sivaranjani Manickam	899	1.75	1.75
Total valid votes			51,437	100.00
Total rejected ballots			308
Unreturned ballots			63
Turnout			51,808	76.73	11.39
Registered electors			65,801
Majority			3,422	6.67	21.64
	PH hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar	17,665	52.04	52.04
	BN	Khairul Anuar Saimun	8,057	23.74	13.32
	PAS	Noor Najhan Mohamad Salleh	7,804	22.99	39.95
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Manikavasagam Sundaram	346	1.02	1.02
	Independent	Shee Chee Weng	72	0.21	0.21
Total valid votes			33,944	100.00
Total rejected ballots			430
Unreturned ballots			74
Turnout			34,448	88.12	1.91
Registered electors			39,091
Majority			9,608	28.31	2.43
	PH gain from PAS		Swing		.

Selangor state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abd Rani Osman	22,086	62.94	1.52
	BN	Sukaiman Ahmad	13,007	37.06	1.52
Total valid votes			35,093	100.00
Total rejected ballots			343
Unreturned ballots			87
Turnout			35,523	90.03	7.61
Registered electors			39,457
Majority			9,079	25.88	3.04
	PAS 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	%	∆%
	PAS	Abd Rani Osman	14,826	61.42	21.88
	BN	Md Ghazali Md Amin	9,313	38.58	21.88
Total valid votes			24,139	100.00
Total rejected ballots			339
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			24,515	82.42	7.98
Registered electors			29,745
Majority			5,513	22.84	1.92
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jaei Ismail	11,850	60.46	2.85
	PAS	Abd Rani Osman	7,751	39.54	2.85
Total valid votes			19,601	100.00
Total rejected ballots			299
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			19,904	74.44	4.84
Registered electors			26,737
Majority			4,099	20.92	5.70
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jaei Ismail	10,084	57.61	22.80
	PAS	Noor Najhan Mohd. Salleh	7,421	42.39	42.39
Total valid votes			17,505	100.00
Total rejected ballots			274
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			17,792	79.28	1.64
Registered electors			22,441
Majority			2,663	15.22	45.60
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jaei Ismail	12,716	80.41
	S46	Shareh Mansor	3,098	19.59
Total valid votes			15,814	100.00
Total rejected ballots			413
Unreturned ballots			29
Turnout			16,256	77.64
Registered electors			20,937
Majority			9,618	60.82
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.

1. "15th Selangor State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com.my. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
2. "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.^{[permanent dead link‍]}