Petaling Jaya (federal constituency)
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Petaling Jaya is a federal constituency in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 1995 and 2018 to present.
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Selangor constituency | |
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Federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
MP | |
Constituency created | 1984 |
Constituency abolished | 1995 |
Constituency re-created | 2018 |
First contested | 1986 |
Last contested | 2022 |
Demographics | |
Population (2020)[1] | 362,290 |
Electors (2023)[2] | 196,588 |
Area (km²)[3] | 55 |
Pop. density (per km²) | 6,587.1 |
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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.