Damansara (Selangor federal constituency)
Damansara is a federal constituency in Petaling District and Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974 and from 2018 to the present.
| Selangor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| MP | |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| Constituency re-created | 2018 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 2022 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2020) | 468,939 |
| Electors (2023) | 241,978 |
| Area (km²) | 65 |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 7,214.4 |
The federal constituency was created in the 2018 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. The seat has the record for largest majority won in Malaysian electoral history in 2018 by Tony Pua and 2022 by Gobind Singh Deo, with the victorious candidate obtaining over 80% of the vote.
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