Petaling Jaya is a federal constituency in
Petaling District
The Petaling District is a district located in the heart of Selangor in Malaysia. Petaling is not to be confused with the city of Petaling Jaya located in it, nor the ''mukim'' of Petaling under Petaling Jaya City. The district office is located ...
,
Selangor
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Malaysia
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, that was represented in the
Dewan Rakyat
The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan Ra ...
from 1986 to 1995 and 2018 to present.
The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics
History
It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed but re-created in 2018 redelineation exercise.
Polling districts
According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Petaling Jaya constituency is divided into 44 polling districts.
Representation history
State constituency
Current state assembly members
Local governments
Election results
References
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{{Malaysian federal constituencies
Selangor federal constituencies
1984 establishments in Malaysia