Damansara Utama (state constituency)

Damansara Utama

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Yeo Bee Yin DAP
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2013

Damansara Utama is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1986.

The state constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of SS 21 Utara, SS 20, Seksyen 17A, Damansara Jaya Utara, SS 2 Utara, Seksyen 19, SS 2 Tengah, SS 23, SS 24, SS 26, Kampung Chempaka, SS 25, SS 4, SS 2 Selatan, Seksyen 21 Barat, SS 21 Selatan, Damansara Jaya Selatan.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Damansara Utama
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986-1990	M. Madhavan Nair	DAP
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999	Oon Hong Geok
10th	1999-2004	Lim Choon Kin	BN
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Cheah Wing Yin	DAP
13th	2013-present	Yeo Bee Yin

Election results

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Yeo Bee Yin	37,303	84.21
	BN	Lim Choon Kin	6,614	14.93
	Independent	Liew Wei Beng	380	0.86
Total valid votes			44,297	100.00
Total rejected ballots			341
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			44,654	83.63
Registered electors			53,394
Majority			30,689
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Selangor state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Cheah Wing Yin	24,881	74.48
	BN	Gu Chian Peow	8,526	25.52
Total valid votes			33,407	100.00
Total rejected ballots			324
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			34,757	74.85
Registered electors			46,435
Majority			16,355
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Choon Kin	19,124	60.84
	DAP	Yim Chee Pooi	12,309	39.16
Total valid votes			31,433	100.00
Total rejected ballots			374
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			31,830	70.64
Registered electors			45,058
Majority			6,815
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Choon Kin	16,378	56.65
	DAP	Ahmad Nor	12,531	43.35
Total valid votes			28,909	100.00
Total rejected ballots			233
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			29,160	72.95
Registered electors			39,971
Majority			3,847
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Oon Hong Geok	14,116	55.07
	BN	Tan Boon Kiat	11,515	44.93
Total valid votes			25,631	100.00
Total rejected ballots			266
Unreturned ballots			87
Turnout			25,984	68.43
Registered electors			37,971
Majority			2,601
	DAP hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Madhavan Nair Narayanan Nair	15,114	59.57
	BN	Lee Hwa Beng	10,256	40.43
Total valid votes			25,370	100.00
Total rejected ballots			364
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,734	69.28
Registered electors			37,146
Majority			4,858
	DAP hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Madhavan Nair Narayanan Nair	10,050	50.70
	BN	Chan Tse Yuen	8,399	42.37
	SDP	Wong Sai Hou	1,374	6.93
Total valid votes			19,823	100.00
Total rejected ballots			298
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,121	69.36
Registered electors			29,010
Majority			1,651
This was a new constituency created.