Balakong (state constituency)

Balakong

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Wayne Ong Chun Wei PH
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	104,269

Balakong is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1995. It has been represented by Wayne Ong Chun Wei of Pakatan Harapan (PH) since 2023.

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.

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Balakong constituency is divided into 18 polling districts.^[2]

Selangor state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Wayne Ong Chun Wei	54,995	76.21	8.78
	PN	Steven Lai Choon Wen	17,163	23.79	23.79
Total valid votes			72,158	100.00
Total rejected ballots			258
Unreturned ballots			395
Turnout			72,811	69.38	26.41
Registered electors			104,269
Majority			37,832	52.42	17.56
	PH hold		Swing

Selangor state by-election, 8 September 2018
Upon the death of incumbent, Eddie Ng Tien Chee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Wong Siew Ki	22,508	84.99	7.46
	MCA	Tan Chee Teong	3,975	15.01	4.11
Total valid votes			26,483	100.00
Total rejected ballots			227	0.86
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			26,734	42.97	45.21
Registered electors			62,219
Majority			18,533	69.98	4.01
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the State Legislative Assembly of N.27 Balakong for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 498/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-19.[permanent dead link] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statement of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes for the By-election of N.27 Balakong [P.U. (B) 522/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-19.[permanent dead link]

Selangor state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Eddie Ng Tien Chee	41,768	77.53	77.53
	PAS	Mohamad Ibrahim Ghazali	6,230	11.56	11.56
	BN	Lim Chin Wah	5,874	10.90	20.10
Total valid votes			53,872	100.00
Total rejected ballots			286	0.53
Unreturned ballots			226
Turnout			54,384	88.20	0.54
Registered electors			61,659
Majority			35,538	65.97	29.72
	PH hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pakatan Rakyat	Eddie Ng Tien Chee	25,126	67.25	6.29
	BN	Lai Kwong Choy	11,584	31.00	8.04
	Independent	Lee Ah Seng	653	1.75	1.75
Total valid votes			37,363	100.00
Total rejected ballots			548	1.44
Unreturned ballots			94
Turnout			38,005	88.74	11.03
Registered electors			42,829
Majority			13,542	36.25	14.33
	Pakatan Rakyat 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 29 December 2019. 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]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Selangor state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pakatan Rakyat	Yap Lum Chin	13,335	60.96	23.66
	BN	Lai Kwong Choy	8,540	39.04	23.66
Total valid votes			21,875	100.00
Total rejected ballots			357
Unreturned ballots			56
Turnout			22,288	77.71	3.80
Registered electors			28,682
Majority			4,795	21.92	3.48
	Pakatan Rakyat gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hoh Hee Lee	10,289	62.70	10.58
	DAP	Ong Ing Siong	6,121	37.30	10.58
Total valid votes			16,410	100.00
Total rejected ballots			327
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			16,764	73.91	3.44
Registered electors			22,683
Majority			4,168	25.40	21.16
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hoh Hee Lee	10,801	52.12	8.93
	DAP	Foo Shu Seong	9,924	47.88	8.93
Total valid votes			20,725	100.00
Total rejected ballots			400
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			21,137	77.35	0.08
Registered electors			27,325
Majority			877	4.24	17.86
	BN hold		Swing

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