Meru is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

  1. Malay (57.1%)
  2. Indian (24.5%)
  3. Chinese (16.7%)
  4. Other ethnicities (1.66%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Meru constituency is divided into 12 polling districts.

State constituencyPolling DistrictsCodeLocation
Meru (N42)Kampung Meru109/42/01SRA Bukit Kapar Timur
Kampung Haji Shariff109/42/02SK Meru (2)
Kampung Nenas109/42/03SRA Pekan Meru
Pekan Meru109/42/04SMK Meru
Jalan Haji Salleh109/42/05SJK (C) Tiong Hua Kok Bin
Taman Meru Indah109/42/06SK Meru (Jalan Tap) Persiaran Hamzah Alang
Pekan Kapar109/42/07SMK Tengku Idris Shah Kapar
Batu 9 Kapar109/42/08SK Kapar
Batu 10 Kapar019/01/09SMK (P) Kapar
Sungai Kapar Indah109/42/10SK Sungai Kapar Indah
Taman Kapar Indah109/42/11SJK (C) Soo Jin Kapar
Kampung Budiman109/42/12Balai JKKK Kampung Budiman

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Meru
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency split from Sementa, Batu Tiga and Subang
9th1995-1999Jaei IsmailBN (UMNO)
10th1999-2004
11th2004-2008
12th2008-2013Abd Rani OsmanPR (PAS)
13th2013-2018
14th2018-2020Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd MokhtarPH (AMANAH)
2020-2023PH (PKR)
15th2023–presentMariam Abdul RashidPH (AMANAH)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2023
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
PHMariam Abdul Rashid26,98052.450.39
PNHasnizam Adham23,55845.7845.78
Parti Sosialis MalaysiaSivaranjani Manickam8991.751.75
Total valid votes51,437100.00
Total rejected ballots308
Unreturned ballots63
Turnout51,80876.7311.39
Registered electors65,801
Majority3,4226.6721.64
PH holdSwing
Selangor state election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
PHMohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar17,66552.0452.04
BNKhairul Anuar Saimun8,05723.7413.32
PASNoor Najhan Mohamad Salleh7,80422.9939.95
Parti Rakyat MalaysiaManikavasagam Sundaram3461.021.02
IndependentShee Chee Weng720.210.21
Total valid votes33,944100.00
Total rejected ballots430
Unreturned ballots74
Turnout34,44888.121.91
Registered electors39,091
Majority9,60828.312.43
PH gain from PASSwing.
Selangor state election, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
PASAbd Rani Osman22,08662.941.52
BNSukaiman Ahmad13,00737.061.52
Total valid votes35,093100.00
Total rejected ballots343
Unreturned ballots87
Turnout35,52390.037.61
Registered electors39,457
Majority9,07925.883.04
PAS holdSwing
Source(s)(PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013.
Selangor state election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
PASAbd Rani Osman14,82661.4221.88
BNMd Ghazali Md Amin9,31338.5821.88
Total valid votes24,139100.00
Total rejected ballots339
Unreturned ballots37
Turnout24,51582.427.98
Registered electors29,745
Majority5,51322.841.92
PAS gain from BNSwing?
Selangor state election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
BNJaei Ismail11,85060.462.85
PASAbd Rani Osman7,75139.542.85
Total valid votes19,601100.00
Total rejected ballots299
Unreturned ballots4
Turnout19,90474.444.84
Registered electors26,737
Majority4,09920.925.70
BN holdSwing
Selangor state election, 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
BNJaei Ismail10,08457.6122.80
PASNoor Najhan Mohamad Salleh7,42142.3942.39
Total valid votes17,505100.00
Total rejected ballots274
Unreturned ballots13
Turnout17,79279.281.64
Registered electors22,441
Majority2,66315.2245.60
BN holdSwing
Selangor state election, 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%∆%
BNJaei Ismail12,71680.41
S46Shareh Mansor3,09819.59
Total valid votes15,814100.00
Total rejected ballots413
Unreturned ballots29
Turnout16,25677.64
Registered electors20,937
Majority9,61860.82
This was a new constituency created.