Banting (state constituency)

Banting (N52)
Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Papparaidu Veraman; PH
;
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	44,972

Banting is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1995 and is currently represented in 2018.

The state constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Banting's electorate as of 2023[1]

Chinese (57.40%)

Indian (22.46%)

Malay (18.08%)

Other ethnicities (2.07%)

History

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Teluk Datuk was renamed as Banting following the redelineation exercise in 2018. Banting is currently represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly.

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Banting constituency is divided into 13 polling districts.[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Banting (N52）	Jenjarum Tempatan Kedua	112/52/01	SJK (C) Jenjarom
	Jenjarun Tempatan Ketiga	112/52/02	SJK (C) Jenjarom
	Jenjarum Tempatan Keempat	112/52/03	SJK (C) Jenjarom
	Kota Sri Langat	112/52/04	SJK (T) Sungai Sedu Banting
	Sungai Manggis Utara	112/52/05	SMK Sunggai Manggis
	Sungai Manggis Selatan	112/52/06	SJK (T) Sungai Manggis
	Teluk Datuk	112/52/07	SMJK Methodist Telok Datuk Banting
	Teluk Bunut	112/52/08	SJK (C) Kah Wah Telok Bunut
	Jenjarum	112/52/09	SJK (T) Jenjarom
	Jenjarum Tempatan Pertama	112/52/10	SJK (T) Jenjarom
	Banting Jaya	112/52/11	SK Sri Langat
	Pulau Banting	112/52/12	Dewan Seberguna Kampung Org. Asli P. Banting
	Pekan Banting	112/52/13	SJK (C) Choong Hua Banting

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Banting
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Telok Datoh
4th	1974-1978	Hormat Rafei	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982	Hormat Rafei
6th	1982-1986	Fatimah Suhaimi
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
Constituency abolished, renamed to Teluk Datuk
Constituency re-created, renamed from Teluk Datuk
14th	2018-2023	Lau Weng San	PH (DAP)
15th	2023-present	Papparaidu Veraman	PH (DAP)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Papparaidu Veraman	27,223	80.58	-1.23
	PN	Saravanan Mutto Krishnan	5,121	15.16	+15.16
	Independent	Ang Wei Yang	1,439	4.26	+4.26
Total valid votes			33,783	100.00
Total rejected ballots			205
Unreturned ballots			29
Turnout			34,017	75.64
Registered electors			44,972
Majority			22,102
	PH hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Lau Weng San	21,846	81.81	81.81
	BN	Ng Siok Hwa	4,547	17.03	50.12
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Philip Tan Choon Swee	311	1.16	1.16
Total valid votes			26,704	100.00
Total rejected ballots			386
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			27,145	87.55
Registered electors			31,006
Majority			17,299	64.78
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fatimah Suhaimi	9,264	67.15	7.42
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd Mesari Jasman	4,532	32.85	7.42
Total valid votes			13,796	100.00
Total rejected ballots			690
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,486	78.60
Registered electors			18,430
Majority			4,732
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fatimah Suhaimi	8,258	74.67	8.08
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Amat Suliman	2,801	25.33	8.33
Total valid votes			11,059	100.00
Total rejected ballots			447
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,506	74.65
Registered electors			15,413
Majority			5,457
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fatimah Suhaimi	6,943	66.59	3.58
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Basir Salleh	1,773	17.00	12.83
	Independent	Ang Poi Chai	1,711	16.41	16.41
Total valid votes			10,427	100.00
Total rejected ballots			342
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,769	79.36
Registered electors			13,570
Majority			5,170
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hormat Rafei	5,852	70.17	70.17
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Basir Salleh	2,488	29.83	29.83
Total valid votes			8,340	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			11,262
Majority			3,364
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Hormat Rafei won uncontested.
	BN	Hormat Rafei
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			8,814
Majority
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.

"15th Selangor State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com.my. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
"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.

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[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.