Seri Cahaya (state constituency)

Seri Cahaya

Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1986
Last contested	1990

Seri Cahaya was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1995.

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.

History

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Seri Cahaya
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Asam Jawa
7th	1986-1990	M. Mahalingam	BN (MIC)
8th	1990-1995	Sivalingam Arumugam Karuppiah
Constituency abolished, renamed to Ijok

Election results

Selangor state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sivalingam Arumugam Karuppiah	5,405	55.75
	S46	Mohd Shahir	4,088	42.17
	Independent	Suhaimi Amnan	202	2.08
Total valid votes			9,695	100.00
Total rejected ballots			443
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,138	74.70
Registered electors			13,572
Majority			1,317
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	M. Mahalingam	5,210	63.04
	NASMA	Raja Nasron Raja Ishak	1,986	24.03
	DAP	P Sinniah	1,069	12.93
Total valid votes			8,265	100.00
Total rejected ballots			370
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			8,635	73.10
Registered electors			11,812
Majority			3,224
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.