Senai (federal constituency)

Senai

Johor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1986
Last contested	1999

Senai was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Senai
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party	Vote Share
Constituency created from Renggam and Panti
7th	P127	1986-1990	Woon See Chin (云时进)	BN (MCA)	25,826 61.35%
8th		1990-1995			27,697 56.73%
9th	P138	1995-1999	Lim Si Cheng (林时清)		32,170 71.98%
10th		1999-2004			32,237 68.68%
Constituency abolished, split into Kulai and Tenggara

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Senai				Bandar Tenggara
					Bukit Permai
				Kulai

Historical boundaries

State Constituency	Area
	1984	1994
Bandar Tenggara	Ayer Bemban Bandar Tenggara Bukit Batu FELDA Taib Andak Kelapa Sawit
Bukit Permai		Bandar Putera Kulai FELDA Bukit Permai Seelong Senai Sengkang
Kulai	Bandar Putra Kulai Indahpura Saleng Senai Skudai	Ayer Bemban Bukit Batu Indahpura Kelapa Sawit Saleng

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Si Cheng	32,237	68.68	3.30
	DAP	Tan Hang Meng	14,704	31.32	3.30
Total valid votes			46,941	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,591
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			48,556	74.98	1.52
Registered electors			64,753
Majority			17,533	37.36	6.60
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Si Cheng	32,170	71.98	15.25
	DAP	M. Salleh Ahmad	12,522	28.02	11.61
Total valid votes			44,692	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,730
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			46,428	76.50	0.51
Registered electors			60,688
Majority			19,648	43.96	26.86
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Woon See Chin	27,697	56.73	4.62
	DAP	Liew Kon Chin	19,349	39.63	0.98
	Independent	Ibrahim Hanafia	1,777	3.64	3.64
Total valid votes			48,823	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,775
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			50,598	77.01	0.71
Registered electors			65,703
Majority			8,348	17.10	5.60
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Woon See Chin	25,826	61.35
	DAP	Yap Ah Ngau	16,267	38.65
Total valid votes			42,093	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,834
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			43,927	76.30
Registered electors			57,568
Majority			9,559	22.70
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 2016-05-20.