Sementa

Sementa
Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Noor Najhan Mohamad Salleh; PN
;
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	68,969

Sementa is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1959. It has been represented by Noor Najhan Mohamad Salleh of Perikatan Nasional (PN) since 2023.

The state constituency was created in the 1958 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 Sementa's electorate as of 2023^[1]

Malay (74.41%)

Chinese (13.33%)

Indian (10.16%)

Other ethnicities (2.10%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Sementa constituency is divided into 16 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Sementa (N43)	Kampung Sungai Serdang	109/43/01	SK Sungai Serdang Kapar
	Kampung Tok Muda	109/43/02	SK Tok Muda Kapar
	Perepat	109/43/03	SRA Kampung Perepat
	Sementa	109/43/04	SK Sementa
	Kampung Batu Empat	109/43/05	SMK Rantau Panjang
	Batu 11 & 12 Kapar	109/43/06	SRA Pekan Kapar
	Taman Sri Kerayong	109/43/07	Dewan Sri Kerayong
	Taman Chempaka Sari	109/43/08	SRA Batu 4 Jalan Haji Sirat
	Kapar	109/43/09	SJK (T) Methodist Kapar
	Bukit Kapar Utara	109/43/10	SK Bukit Kapar
	Bukit Kapar Selatan	109/43/11	SRA Bukit Kapar Barat
	Kampung Sungai Pinang	109/43/12	Dewan Sungai Pinang
	Rantau Panjang	109/43/13	SK Rantau Panjang Klang
	Kampung Batu Tiga	109/43/14	SRA Nurul Ehsan Batu 3 Sungai Pinang
	Teluk Kapas	109/43/15	SRA Rantau Panjang
	Taman Klang Perdana	109/43/16	SMK Sungai Kapar Indah

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sementa
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Masod Hayati	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969	Lee Eng Teh (李剑桥)	Alliance (MCA)
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Chua Kow Eng	DAP
4th	1974-1978	Onn Ismail	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Md Amin Abd Moin
8th	1990-1994	Abdul Samat Harun
8th	1994-1995	Abd Rahman Palil
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018	Daroyah Alwi	PR (PKR)
14th	2018-2020		PH (PKR)
	2020-2022		PN (BERSATU)
	2022-2023		PBM
15th	2023–present	Noor Najhan Mohamad Salleh	PN (PAS)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Noor Najhan Mohamad Salleh	32,300	59.20	59.20
	PH	Erni Afrishah Azizi	22,261	40.80	6.00
Total valid votes			54,561	100.00
Total rejected ballots			277
Unreturned ballots			67
Turnout			54,905	79.61	7.58
Registered electors			68,969
Majority			10,039	18.40	4.34
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2018: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Daroyah Alwi	17,867	46.80	46.80
	BN	Saroni Judi	12,497	32.73	5.92
	PAS	Wan Hasrina Wan Hassan	7,696	20.16	20.16
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Gandhi Nagamuthu	120	0.31	0.31
Total valid votes			38,180	100.00
Total rejected ballots			536
Unreturned ballots			99
Turnout			38,815	87.19	1.61
Registered electors			44,516
Majority			5,370	14.06	8.12
	PH hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2013: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Daroyah Alwi	21,520	60.83	60.83
	BN	Md Ghazali Md Amin	13,674	38.65	38.65
	Independent	Thuraisingam Subbrayan	182	0.51	0.51
Total valid votes			35,376	100.00
Total rejected ballots			425
Unreturned ballots			78
Turnout			35,879	88.80
Registered electors			40,406
Majority			7,846	22.18
	PKR gain from BN		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: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Abd Rahman Palil won uncontested.
	BN	Abd Rahman Palil
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2004: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abd Rahman Palil	12,996	70.99	15.07
	PKR	Abdul Rahman Ibrahim	5,311	29.01	10.24
Total valid votes			18,307	100.00
Total rejected ballots			387
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,694	72.45	3.30
Registered electors			25,803
Majority			7,685	41.98	25.31
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1999: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abd Rahman Palil	11,301	55.92	16.75
	PKR	Hamidzun Khairuddin	7,932	39.25	39.25
	Independent	N. Tamilarasani @ Kim Chai	975	4.82	4.82
Total valid votes			20,208	100.00
Total rejected ballots			469
Unreturned ballots			9
Turnout			20,686	75.75	1.55
Registered electors			27,310
Majority			3,369	16.67	39.31
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abd Rahman Palil	12,262	72.67	8.26
	DAP	Deligannu Allagan	2,816	16.69	16.69
	PAS	Mohd Kusrin Rahmad	1,795	10.64	8.43
Total valid votes			16,873	100.00
Total rejected ballots			397
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			17,290	74.20	16.30
Registered electors			23,302
Majority			9,446	55.98	5.88
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state by-election, 5 February 1994: Sementa
Upon the death of incumbent, Abdul Samat Harun
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abd Rahman Palil	7,898	80.93	16.12
	PAS	Mohsinon Tahir	1,861	19.07	19.07
Total valid votes			9,759	100.00
Total rejected ballots			211
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,970	57.90	19.78
Registered electors			17,219
Majority			6,037	61.86	32.24
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1990: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Samat Harun	7,644	64.81	12.86
	S46	S. G. Segaran	4,151	35.19	35.19
Total valid votes			11,795	100.00
Total rejected ballots			493
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,288	77.68	4.03
Registered electors			15,818
Majority			3,493	29.62	25.72
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Md Amin Abd Moin	6,610	77.67	3.83
	PAS	Mohd Yusof Jasmin	1,900	22.33	6.16
Total valid votes			8,510	100.00
Total rejected ballots			297
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			8,807	73.65	0.12
Registered electors			11,958
Majority			4,710	55.34	2.33
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1982: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Onn Ismail	9,054	73.84	2.09
	PAS	Zainudin Rawi	1,983	16.17	7.90
	DAP	Hussin Kussan	1,225	9.99	9.99
Total valid votes			12,262	100.00
Total rejected ballots			213
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,475	73.53
Registered electors			16,965
Majority			7,071	57.67	5.84
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1978: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Onn Ismail	6,890	75.9	2.46
	PAS	Dahalan Rezwan	2,184	24.07	24.07
Total valid votes			9,074	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			13,516
Majority			4,706	51.83	14.14
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1974: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Onn Ismail	3,954	78.36	43.76
	PEKEMAS	A. V. Kathiah	625	12.39	12.39
	DAP	Abdul Aziz Ismail	467	9.25	43.50
Total valid votes			5,046	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			7,553
Majority			3,329	65.97	47.82
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1969: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chua Kow Eng	4,664	52.75	52.75
	Alliance	Wong Tai Mooi	3,059	34.60	13.24
	PMIP	Norhadi Hasan Ali	1,118	12.65	12.65
Total valid votes			8,841	100.00
Total rejected ballots			682
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,523	69.81	11.73
Registered electors			13,641
Majority			1,605	18.15	7.11
	DAP gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia)		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1964: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Lee Eng Teh	4,440	47.84	32.58
	Socialist Front	Tee Guan Seng	3,415	36.80	36.80
	PPP	Fung Ah Chat	1,016	10.95	10.95
	PMIP	Jarmani Mohamed Umar	409	4.41	15.17
Total valid votes			9,280	100.00
Total rejected ballots			381
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,661	81.54	11.97
Registered electors			11,848
Majority			1,025	11.04	49.80
	Alliance hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1959: Sementa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Masod Hayati	4,139	80.42
	PMIP	Ahmad Hassan	1,008	19.58
Total valid votes			5,147	100.00
Total rejected ballots			170
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,317	69.57
Registered electors			7,643
Majority			3,131	60.84
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.

^ "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.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[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]}

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