Lembah Pantai is a sub-district and parliamentary constituency in south-western

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. Constituencies adjacent to Lembah Pantai are

Seputeh Seputeh is a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legis ...

Segambut Segambut is a sub-district and a parliamentary constituency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. From the high-end condominiums of Mont Kiara and Sri Hartamas to the middle-class areas of Taman Sri Segambut and Bandar Manjalara, and the rural areas of ...

and Bukit Bintang. The total number of population is 148,094 as of 2020 census.

Demographics

Divisions

Bangsar

One of the more popular areas which come under Lembah Pantai constituency is Bangsar, a popular upmarket residential and entertainment area. Pantai Dalam south

Pantai Dalam

Pantai Dalam Pantai Dalam is a residential area located south-west of Kuala Lumpur, under the parliamentary constituency of Lembah Pantai. Represented in Dewan Rakyat by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Fahmi Fadzil. The name Pantai Dalam derived from Kampung Pam ...

is a residential area located south of Bangsar. There are many smaller residential areas that form the larger residential area of Pantai Dalam, including: * Pantai Hillpark * Kampung Pantai * PPR Sri Pantai * PPR Pantai Ria * Desa Aman 1 & 2 * Pantai Murni * Taman Bukit Angkasa * Pantai Baru * Kampung Pasir * Taman Pantai Dalam * Taman Pantai Indah * PPR Kampung Limau * Taman Dato' Pantai Dalam is a perfect watershed between two groups of urban Malays: the affluent and the working class. The former live mainly in gleaming, whitewashed condominiums like the Andalusia Condominium in Pantai Hillpark, or in luxury bungalows in Kampung Pantai and Pantai Halt. For the working class, the luxury apartments located further uphill are perhaps symbols of what one can aspire to. Most of them live in the low-cost apartments. Most of the area's residents are: * blue-collar workers living in flats that had been sold to them under the People's Housing Project when they were resettled from their squatter homes several years ago. * students of the

University of Malaya The University of Malaya ( ms, Universiti Malaya, UM; abbreviated as UM or informally the Malayan University) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and highest ranking Malaysian institution of highe ...

. * police officers/personnels, mainly in Desa Aman 1 & 2. Some squatters are still waiting to buy homes under this project, which was announced by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi prior to the 12th

Malaysian general election, 2008 A general election was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008 for members of the 12th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 222 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant ...

. Pantai Dalam is well connected to the other parts of Klang Valley via the

New Pantai Expressway The New Pantai Expressway ''( Malay: Lebuhraya Baru Pantai)'' (known as NPE) , is a controlled-access highway in the Klang Valley region of Peninsular Malaysia. The expressway runs parallel to the Federal Highway, between Subang Jaya, Selangor ...

and the

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. Other divisions which are part of the Lembah Pantai constituency are

Bangsar South Bangsar South ( Malay: ''Bangsar Selatan'') is an integrated property development project which sits on the former Kampung Kerinchi site in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is renamed of Kampung Kerinchi from the developer to upscale the value of land ...

Bukit Aman Bukit Aman (officially ''Ibu Pejabat Polis Diraja Malaysia'') is a metonym for a large area that serves as the Royal Malaysia Police headquarters and has several police complexes. It is situated on a hill in Kuala Lumpur known as Bukit Ayang (la ...

Bukit Persekutuan Federal Hill ( ms, Bukit Persekutuan) is a low-density and affluent residential area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This residential area was developed during the British colonial era. Federal Hill is covered by an secondary forest. It is bordered b ...

KL Eco City KL Eco City, or KLEC for short, is a 25-acre integrated mixed-use development project in the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The project is built at the site of former Haji Abdullah Hukum Village. The mixed development project is helmed by S ...

Mid Valley City Mid Valley City is a large mixed development in the Lembah Pantai ward in southwestern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The development consists of The Gardens shopping mall, Mid Valley Megamall and three hotels, namely the Cititel Mid Valley, The Boule ...

and

Perdana Botanical Gardens Perdana Botanical Gardens, formerly Perdana Lake Gardens, Lake Gardens and Public Gardens, is Kuala Lumpur's first large-scale recreational park. Measuring , it is located in the heart of the city and established in 1888. The park served as plac ...

Transportation

Public transport

* 4 LRT stations for

Kelana Jaya Line The LRT Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity light rapid transit (LRT) line and the first fully automated and driverless rail system in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. It forms a part of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System in and around ...

: Bangsar, Abdullah Hukum,

Kerinchi Bangsar South ( Malay: ''Bangsar Selatan'') is an integrated property development project which sits on the former Kampung Kerinchi site in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is renamed of Kampung Kerinchi from the developer to upscale the value of land ...

and Universiti LRT stations. * 3 KTM stations for

Port Klang Line Port Klang Line ( ms, Laluan Pelabuhan Klang) is one of the three KTM Komuter Central Sector lines provided by Keretapi Tanah Melayu. The electric trains run between and . Prior to 15 December 2015, the northern terminus of this line was ...

: Abdullah Hukum,

Angkasapuri Angkasapuri is the main governmental building for Malaysia's Ministry of Information and it is also the headquarters for Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) located in Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. History Pre-Angkasapuri (1946–1968) ...

and

Komuter stations. * Only 1 KTM station for

Seremban Line The Seremban Line ( ms, Laluan Seremban) or Seremban Komuter Line ( ms, Laluan Komuter Seremban) is one of the three KTM Komuter Central Sector lines provided by Keretapi Tanah Melayu. Its electric trains run between and , with some services t ...

Mid Valley Komuter station ta, மத்திய பள்ளத்தாக்கு , type = Commuter rail station , image = Mid Valley station (Rawang-Seremban Line) (exterior), Kuala Lumpur.jpg , image_caption = The exterior of the Mid Valley Komuter station ...

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* Few major highways which cuts through most parts of the district includes the New Pantai Expressway (NPE) and

. * In the future, a new highway known as Setiawangsa–Pantai Expressway (SPE) will be opened, currently under construction.

Politics

The current Member of Parliament for the Lembah Pantai parliamentary constituency is

Fahmi Fadzil Ahmad Fahmi bin Mohamed Fadzil ( Jawi: ; born 4 February 1981) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Minister of Communications and Digital in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 202 ...

from

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the ...

, who won the seat in the 2018 Malaysian general election.

References

New dimension to urban voting
The Star, 2 March 2008. {{Kuala Lumpur Suburbs in Kuala Lumpur