Damansara Utama (state constituency)

Damansara Utama
Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	2018
First contested	1986
Last contested	2013

Damansara Utama was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that had been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1986 until 2018.

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

In the 2018 redelineation exercise, this constituency was redistributed to Bandar Utama

History

It was abolished in 2018 when it was redistributed

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Damansara Utama
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Petaling Jaya
7th	N25	1986-1990	M. Madhavan Nair	DAP
8th		1990-1995	M. Madhavan Nair	GR (DAP)
9th		1995-1999	Oon Hong Geok (溫鳳玉)	GR (DAP)
10th		1999-2004	Lim Choon Kin (林春景)	BN (MCA)
11th	N36	2004-2008	Lim Choon Kin (林春景)	BN (MCA)
12th		2008-2013	Cheah Wing Yin (謝永賢)	PR (DAP)
13th		2013-2015	Yeo Bee Yin (楊美盈)	PR (DAP)
13th		2015-2018	Yeo Bee Yin (楊美盈)	PH (DAP)
Constituency renamed to Bandar Utama

Election results

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Yeo Bee Yin	37,303	84.21	9.73
	BN	Lim Choon Kin	6,614	14.93	10.59
	Independent	Liew Wei Beng	380	0.86	0.86
Total valid votes			44,297	100.00
Total rejected ballots			341
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			44,654	83.63	10.93
Registered electors			53,394
Majority			30,689	69.28	20.32
	DAP 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 29 December 2019. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "undi.info N36 Damansara Utama".

Selangor state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Cheah Wing Yin	24,881	74.48	35.32
	BN	Gu Chian Peow	8,526	25.52	35.32
Total valid votes			33,407	100.00
Total rejected ballots			324
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			33,757	72.70	2.06
Registered electors			46,435
Majority			16,355	48.96	27.28
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "undi.info N36 Damansara Utama".

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Choon Kin	19,124	60.84	4.19
	DAP	Yim Chee Pooi	12,309	39.16	4.19
Total valid votes			31,433	100.00
Total rejected ballots			374
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			31,830	70.64	2.31
Registered electors			45,058
Majority			6,815	21.68	8.37
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "undi.info N36 Damansara Utama".

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Choon Kin	16,378	56.65	11.73
	DAP	Ahmad Nor	12,531	43.35	11.73
Total valid votes			28,909	100.00
Total rejected ballots			233
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			29,160	72.95	4.52
Registered electors			39,971
Majority			3,847	13.31	3.16
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Oon Hong Geok	14,116	55.07	4.50
	BN	Tan Boon Kiat	11,515	44.93	4.50
Total valid votes			25,631	100.00
Total rejected ballots			266
Unreturned ballots			87
Turnout			25,984	68.43	1.10
Registered electors			37,971
Majority			2,601	10.15	9.00
	DAP hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Madhavan Nair Narayanan Nair	15,114	59.57	8.88
	BN	Lee Hwa Beng	10,256	40.43	1.94
Total valid votes			25,370	100.00
Total rejected ballots			364
Unreturned ballots			93
Turnout			25,827	69.53	0.17
Registered electors			37,146
Majority			4,858	19.15	10.82
	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			0
Turnout			20,121	69.36
Registered electors			29,010
Majority			1,651	8.33
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 2016-05-25.