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

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = ''Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , sub ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...

. Constituencies adjacent to Lembah Pantai are Seputeh,

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 ...

and

Bukit Bintang Bukit Bintang (; stylised as Bintang Walk or Starhill, the latter being a translation of the Malay name) is the shopping and entertainment district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It encompasses Jalan Bukit Bintang (''Bukit Bintang Road'' in Engli ...

. 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 Bangsar is a residential suburb on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, lying about south-west of the city centre. It is part of the Lembah Pantai parliamentary constituency. Bangsar is administered by Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), unlike ...

, 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 Tun Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi ( Jawi: عبد الله بن احمد بدوي; born 26 November 1939) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia from October 2003 to April 2009. He was also the sixth president of ...

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 dominan ...

. Pantai Dalam is well connected to the other parts of

Klang Valley Klang Valley ( ms, Lembah Klang; zh, 巴生谷; ) is an urban conglomeration in Malaysia that is centered in the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, and includes its adjoining cities and towns in the state of Selangor. It is co ...

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 Federal Highway. 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,

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 Boulev ...

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 ...

, Abdullah Hukum, Kerinchi 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 and

Komuter stations. * Only 1 KTM station for Seremban Line:

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 statio ...

Car

* Few major highways which cuts through most parts of the district includes the New Pantai Expressway (NPE) and Federal Highway. * 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 The 2018 Malaysian General Election, formally known as the 14th Malaysian General Election (), was held on Wednesday, 9 May 2018, for members of the 14th Parliament of Malaysia. At stake were all 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat (the legislature ...

References

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