Meru (state constituency)

Meru

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mariam Abdul Rashid PH
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	65,801

Meru is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Meru constituency is divided into 12 polling districts.^[2]

Selangor state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mariam Abdul Rashid	26,980	52.45	0.39
	PN	Hasnizam Adham	23,558	45.78	45.78
	Parti Sosialis Malaysia	Sivaranjani Manickam	899	1.75	1.75
Total valid votes			51,437	100.00
Total rejected ballots			308
Unreturned ballots			63
Turnout			51,808	76.73	11.39
Registered electors			65,801
Majority			3,422	6.67	21.64
	PH hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar	17,665	52.04	52.04
	BN	Khairul Anuar Saimun	8,057	23.74	13.32
	PAS	Noor Najhan Mohamad Salleh	7,804	22.99	39.95
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Manikavasagam Sundaram	346	1.02	1.02
	Independent	Shee Chee Weng	72	0.21	0.21
Total valid votes			33,944	100.00
Total rejected ballots			430
Unreturned ballots			74
Turnout			34,448	88.12	1.91
Registered electors			39,091
Majority			9,608	28.31	2.43
	PH gain from PAS		Swing		.

Selangor state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abd Rani Osman	22,086	62.94	1.52
	BN	Sukaiman Ahmad	13,007	37.06	1.52
Total valid votes			35,093	100.00
Total rejected ballots			343
Unreturned ballots			87
Turnout			35,523	90.03	7.61
Registered electors			39,457
Majority			9,079	25.88	3.04
	PAS 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. 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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abd Rani Osman	14,826	61.42	21.88
	BN	Md Ghazali Md Amin	9,313	38.58	21.88
Total valid votes			24,139	100.00
Total rejected ballots			339
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			24,515	82.42	7.98
Registered electors			29,745
Majority			5,513	22.84	1.92
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jaei Ismail	11,850	60.46	2.85
	PAS	Abd Rani Osman	7,751	39.54	2.85
Total valid votes			19,601	100.00
Total rejected ballots			299
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			19,904	74.44	4.84
Registered electors			26,737
Majority			4,099	20.92	5.70
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jaei Ismail	10,084	57.61	22.80
	PAS	Noor Najhan Mohd. Salleh	7,421	42.39	42.39
Total valid votes			17,505	100.00
Total rejected ballots			274
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			17,792	79.28	1.64
Registered electors			22,441
Majority			2,663	15.22	45.60
	BN hold		Swing

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.