He said 1,090 voters from the Race Course voting district were shifted to the adjacent Kebun Bunga state seat.
Lim, who is also DAP secretary-general, said the number of electors at the Race Course had dropped from 3,292 to 2,429, a drop of 863 voters (26 per cent less), compared with the voter base in the last polls.
Other voting districts, he said, were not affected. The other voting districts in Air Putih are Bukit Bendera, Stesyen Bawah, Jalan Lintang, Hye Keat Estate, and Reservoir Gardens.
The undi.info election results website listed Air Putih as having 13,803 voters in the last polls, 12,454 in 2008 and 12,342 in 2003. Lim held the seat for two terms.
Kebun Bunga, held by PKR in the last two polls, had 19,278 voters in the last polls, 18,458 in 2008 and 18,863 in 2004.
Meanwhile, Lim added many of these voters were not told about the shift. A few have complained to him.
He said although allowed under the Federal Constitution, the necessity to move voters was unnecessary as there was no “kesulitan” (inconvenience or difficulties).
“The basic principle under the Constitution is to follow the ‘one man, one vote’ principle when you redelineate constituencies.
“I want to know the reason behind the shift. I demand my voters be returned to me,” Lim said at a press conference in Komtar today.
Lim reiterated that the redelineation was unfair to the Opposition bloc and gave Barisan Nasional an unfair advantage.
He said he would file a protest against the change at the Election Commission (EC) , together with mandatory seconders, such as the local authority and at least 100 affected voters.
“In Penang, we feel the changes would make it more competitive, although only a few seats are affected.
“I reckon it would be a 50:50 fight between us and BN, while in Selangor, it would be 60:40 (in favour of BN).”
The EC had proposed to redraw the boundaries of state and parliamentary areas throughout the country, except for Perlis, Putrajaya, Labuan and Sarawak.
The proposed amendments will see 12 parliamentary and 34 state seats changed.
Thirteen more state seats have been allocated for Sabah, bringing the total to 73.
EC’s latest redelineation plan can be opposed formally through a protest note. It has to be filed by the state government, local authorities or a group of no less than 100 registered voters in any affected constituency.
In the latest exercise, seats such as Damansara (formerly Petaling Jaya Utara) will see a voter base expanding from 80,000 to 150,000.
Besides that, Bangi will have 146,168 voters, Klang 141,275 voters, Petaling Jaya 129,363 voters and Subang 128,330 voters.
This has been dubbed by detractors as “super” parliamentary seats and may not be ideal under the “one man, one vote” principle.
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