Seremban Jaya (state constituency)

Seremban Jaya
Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Gunasekaran Palasamy; PH
;
Constituency created	2018
First contested	2018
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	32,390

Seremban Jaya is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.^[2]

The state constituency was first contested in 2018 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics edit

Ethnic breakdown of Seremban Jaya's electorate as of 2023^[3]

Chinese (47.14%)

Indian (27.21%)

Malay (24.03%)

Other ethnicities (1.62%)

History edit

Polling Districts edit

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Seremban Jaya constituency has a total of 5 polling districts.^[4]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Seremban Jaya (N24)	Taman Rahang	130/24/01	SMK Forest Height
	Taman Seremban	130/24/02	SJK (C) Forest Heights
	Kampong Bahru Rahang	130/24/03	SJK (C) Kg Baru Rahang
	Senawang	130/24/04	SK Taman Sri Mawar
	Taman Seremban Jaya	130/24/05	SK Seremban Jaya SMK Seremban Jaya SJK (C) Sungai Salak SK Seremban Jaya 2

Representation History edit

Members of Assembly for Seremban Jaya
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created from Senawang
14th	2018-2023	Gunasekaran Palasamy	PH (DAP)
15th	2023–present	Gunasekaran Palasamy	PH (DAP)

Election results edit

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Gunasekaran Palasamy	17,080	79.60	0.81
	PN	Gary Lee Ban Fatt	4,377	20.40	20.40
Total valid votes			21,457	100.00
Total rejected ballots			171
Unreturned ballots			36
Turnout			21,664	67.09	17.40
Registered electors			32,290
Majority			12,703	59.20	2.20
	PH hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Pakatan Harapan (2018)	Gunasekaran Palasamy	13,760	80.41
	BN	Choong Vee Hing	3,253	19.01
	[[PAP\|People's Alternative Party]]	Sagaya Rajan Xavier	99	0.58
Total valid votes			17,112	100.00
Total rejected ballots			168
Unreturned ballots			96
Turnout			17,376	84.49
Registered electors			20,565
Majority			10,507	61.40
This was a new constituency created.

References edit

^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negri Sembilan".
^ "15th Negeri Sembilan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
^ Federal Gazette ^{[dead link]}

[1] "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[2] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negri Sembilan".

[3] "15th Negeri Sembilan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.

[4] Federal Gazette ^{[dead link]}

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