Bukit Gasing (state constituency)

Bukit Gasing
Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Rajiv Rishyakaran; PH
;
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	54,238

Bukit Gasing is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1986. It has been represented by Rajiv Rishyakaran of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions since May 2013.

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.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Bukit Gasing's electorate as of 2023^[1]

Chinese (62.1%)
Indian (17.2%)
Malay (16.9%)
Other ethnicities (3.79%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bukit Gasing constituency is divided into 20 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bukit Gasing（N34）	Seksyen 17 Utara	105/34/01	SK Sri Damai
	Seksyen 17 Barat	105/34/02	SK Sri Damai
	Seksyen 17 Tengah	105/34/03	SK Sri Damai
	Seksyen 17 Selatan	105/34/04	Dewan Al-Malik Faisal (Pusat Asasi UIAM)
	Seksyen 16	105/34/05	SMK Sultan Abdul Samad
	Jalan Bukit	105/34/06	SK Sultan Alam Shah (Satu) SK Sultan Alam Shah (Dua)
	Jalan Semangat	105/34/07	SMK (Laki-Laki) Bukit Bintang Jalan Utara
	Seksyen 5 Utara	105/34/08	SMK La Salle PJ
	Taman Jaya	105/34/09	SMJK Katholik
	Kawasan Assunta Convent	105/34/10	SMK Assunta
	Kawasan Bandar Baharu	105/34/11	SK La Salle PJ
	Jalan Sungai Jernih	106/35/12	SK (L) Bukit Bintang (1) SK (L) Bukit Bintang (2)
	Seksyen Satu Petaling Jaya	105/34/13	SK (1) Jalan 1/10 Petaling Jaya SK (2) Jalan 1/10 Petaling Jaya
	Kawasan Bangunan K.K.P.L	105/34/14	SMK (P) Taman Petaling
	Seksyen 5 Selatan	105/34/15	SMK (P) Taman Petaling
	Seksyen 17 A	105/34/16	SJK (C) Chung Hwa Damansara
	Seksyen 19	105/34/17	SK Taman Sea
	Seksyen 14 Utara	105/34/18	SK Sri Petaling
	Seksyen 14 Selatan	105/34/19	SMK Sri Utama
	Seksyen 2 Petaling Jaya	105/34/20	SJK (C) Chen Moh

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Gasing
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Petaling Jaya
7th	1986–1990	Tai Sin Piaw	DAP
8th	1990–1995	Teong Shyan Chyuan	GR (DAP)
9th	1995–1999	Teng Chang Khim	GR (DAP)
10th	1999–2004	Lim Thuang Seng	BN (GERAKAN)
11th	2004–2008	Lim Thuang Seng	BN (GERAKAN)
12th	2008–2011	Edward Lee Poh Lin	PR (DAP)
12th	2011–2013	Vacant^{[N 1]}
13th	2013–2015	Rajiv Rishyakaran	PR (DAP)
13th	2015–2018		PH (DAP)
14th	2018–2023
15th	2023–present

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Rajiv Rishyakaran	28,227	83.48	Error creating thumbnail: 3.44
	PN	Nallan Dhanabalan	3,255	9.61	Increase 9.61
	MUDA	Kalyana Rajasekaran Teagarajan	1,390	4.10	Increase 4.10
Total valid votes			32,872	100.00
Total rejected ballots			110
Unreturned ballots			63
Turnout			33,045	60.93	Error creating thumbnail: 17.34
Registered electors			54,238
Majority			24,972	73.87	Error creating thumbnail: 2.59
	PH hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Rajiv Rishyakaran	29,366	86.92	Increase 86.92
	BN	Chai Ko Thing	3,531	10.45	Error creating thumbnail: 9.31
	PAS	David Sew Kah Heng	890	2.63	Increase 2.63
Total valid votes			33,787	100.00
Total rejected ballots			187
Unreturned ballots			106
Turnout			34,080	78.27	Error creating thumbnail: 0.44
Registered electors			45,539
Majority			25,835	76.46	Increase 17.95
	PH hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Rajiv Rishyakaran	21,168	78.55	Increase 9.10
	BN	Juan Sei Chang	5,326	19.76	Error creating thumbnail: 10.79
	Independent	Simon Lee Chung Hsin	287	1.06	Increase 1.06
	Independent	Mak Khuin Weng	168	0.62	Increase 0.62
Total valid votes			26,949	100.00
Total rejected ballots			229
Unreturned ballots			44
Turnout			27,222	78.71	Increase 9.77
Registered electors			34,584
Majority			15,842	58.79	Increase 19.89
	DAP hold		Swing
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Selangor state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Edward Lee Poh Lin	15,735	69.45	Increase 28.71
	BN	Lim Thuang Seng	6,923	30.55	Error creating thumbnail: 28.71
Total valid votes			22,658	100.00
Total rejected ballots			214
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			22,875	68.94	Increase 4.41
Registered electors			33,183
Majority			8,812	38.90	Increase 20.38
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Thuang Seng	13,057	59.26	Increase 6.99
	DAP	John Chung Yoong Ying	8,976	40.74	Error creating thumbnail: 6.99
Total valid votes			22,033	100.00
Total rejected ballots			267
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			22,323	64.53	Error creating thumbnail: 2.39
Registered electors			34,593
Majority			4,081	18.52	Increase 13.98
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Thuang Seng	11,771	52.27	Increase 5.28
	DAP	Hew Kuan Yau	10,750	47.73	Error creating thumbnail: 5.28
Total valid votes			22,521	100.00
Total rejected ballots			272
Unreturned ballots			86
Turnout			22,879	66.92	Increase 2.34
Registered electors			34,189
Majority			1,021	4.54	Error creating thumbnail: 1.48
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teng Chang Khim	11,348	53.01	Error creating thumbnail: 13.56
	BN	Lim Thuang Seng	10,058	46.99	Increase 13.56
Total valid votes			21,406	100.00
Total rejected ballots			355
Unreturned ballots			128
Turnout			21,889	64.58	Error creating thumbnail: 1.36
Registered electors			33,894
Majority			1,290	6.02	Error creating thumbnail: 27.13
	DAP hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teong Shyan Chyuan	12,848	66.57	Increase 6.04
	BN	Soong Siew Hoong	6,451	33.43	Error creating thumbnail: 4.42
Total valid votes			19,299	100.00
Total rejected ballots			301
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,600	65.94	Error creating thumbnail: 2.08
Registered electors			29,726
Majority			6,397	33.15	Increase 10.47
	DAP hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DAP	Tai Sin Piaw	12,255	60.53
	BN	Soong Siew Hoong	7,663	37.85
	SDP	Au Keng Wah	327	1.62
Total valid votes			20,245	100.00
Total rejected ballots			250
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,495	68.02
Registered electors			30,129
Majority			4,592	22.68
This was a new constituency created.

Notes

^ Vacant from 20 December 2011 until the 2013 Malaysian general election due to the incumbent died in office. No by-election was held due to the next general election was less than a year and half away.

References

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