Teratai

Teratai

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Yew Jia Haur PH
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2020)	125,248
Electors (2023)	76,579

Teratai is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 2004. It has been represented by Yew Jia Haur of Pakatan Harapan (PH) since 2023.

The state constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Teratai's electorate as of 2023

1. Chinese (61.6%)
2. Malay (26.6%)
3. Indian (8.16%)
4. Other ethnicities (3.59%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Teratai constituency has a total of 16 polling districts.

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Teratai（N22）	Pandan Perdana Timur	100/22/01	SK Pandan Perdana
	Taman Muda Timur	100/22/02	SK Taman Muda
	Taman Putra	100/22/03	Dewan Orang Ramai Taman Putra
	Taman Seraya	100/22/04	SMK Taman Seraya
	Taman Melor	100/22/05	SMK Taman Seraya
	Taman Mega Jaya	100/22/06	Dewan Utama Taman Mega Jaya
	Taman Mawar	100/22/07	Taski Abim Mawar Taman Mawar
	Taman Bukit Teratai	100/22/08	SK Taman Bukit Teratai
	Pandan Perdana Barat	100/22/09	SK Pandan Perdana
	Kampung Cheras Bahru Barat	100/22/10	SK Kampung Cheras Bahru
	Taman Muda Barat	100/22/11	SK Taman Muda
	Taman Saga	100/22/12	Dewan Orang Ramai Taman Saga
	Cheras Hartamas	100/22/13	Dewan MPAJ Cheras Hartamas
	Tasik Permai	100/22/14	SK Tasek Permai
	Pandan Indah Jalan 5	100/22/15	SK Pandan Indah
	Pandan Mewah	100/22/16	SMK Pandan Mewah

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Teratai
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Pandan and Lembah Jaya
11th	2004–2008	Yap Soo Sun	BN (MCA)
12th	2008–2013	Lee Ying Ha	PR (DAP)
13th	2013–2015	Tiew Way Keng
	2015–2018		PH (DAP)
14th	2018–2021	Bryan Lai Wai Chong
	2021–2022		IND
	2022–2023		WARISAN
15th	2023–present	Yew Jia Haur	PH (DAP)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023: Teratai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Yew Jia Haur	42,519	80.07	3.16
	PN	Chew Han Keai	10,586	19.93	19.93
Total valid votes			53,105	100.00
Total rejected ballots			222
Unreturned ballots			48
Turnout			53,375	67.07	19.37
Registered electors			79,579
Majority			31,933	60.14	5.55
	PH hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2018: Teratai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Bryan Lai Wai Chong	34,453	76.91	76.91
	PAS	Mohd Irman Abdul Wahab	5,028	11.22	11.22
	BN	Liew Pok Boon	4,784	10.68	17.29
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Lee Ying Ha	529	1.18	1.18
Total valid votes			44,794	100.00
Total rejected ballots			273
Unreturned ballots			104
Turnout			45,171	86.44	1.87
Registered electors			52,256
Majority			29,425	65.69	27.28
	PH hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2013: Teratai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tiew Way Keng	23,578	66.38	1.16
	BN	Liew Pok Boon	9,932	27.97	4.49
	Independent	Lee Ying Ha	1,832	5.16	5.16
	Independent	Chin Kok Keong	115	0.32	0.32
	Independent	Lim Ah Chai	61	0.17
Total valid votes			35,518	100.00
Total rejected ballots			501
Unreturned ballots			67
Turnout			36,086	88.31	11.68
Registered electors			40,862
Majority			13,646	38.41	3.33
	DAP 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. 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]". Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Selangor state election, 2008: Teratai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lee Ying Ha	15,563	67.54	11.80
	BN	Lum Weng Keong	7,478	32.46	11.80
Total valid votes			23,041	100.00
Total rejected ballots			692
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,733	76.63	0.67
Registered electors			30,972
Majority			8,085	35.08	23.60
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004: Teratai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Yap Soo Sun	10,880	55.74
	DAP	Khong Chee Seng	8,639	44.26
Total valid votes			19,519	100.00
Total rejected ballots			955
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			20,496	75.96
Registered electors			26,981
Majority			2,241	11.48
This was a new constituency created.

References

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