Referring to the electoral roll as of the second quarter of 2017, Serdang MP Ong Kian Ming said the number of voters in Selangor stood at 2.33 million, which was by far the highest in the country.

At the same time, he said, the average number of voters per seat in Selangor had increased to 105,937.

“Within Selangor, there are now 12 seats with more than 100,000 voters.

“The number of voters in the largest seat – P109 Kapar with 164, 177 voters – is four times that of the smallest seat – P92 Sabak Bernam with 40,164 voters.”

In a statement, he said the EC’s proposed delimitation exercise would do nothing to decrease these discrepancies in the state.

He added that his own seat of Serdang, which would be renamed Bangi, would likely have more than 165,000 voters using the new boundaries.

“This is a clear violation of the one-man-one-vote principle within the state of Selangor, and one of the main reasons why the Selangor state government took up the court case against this blatantly unfair delimitation exercise,” he said.

This followed the Court of Appeal’s decision on Monday to set aside a stay order by the High Court on Dec 7 allowing Selangor’s interim stay application pending the outcome of its appeal to maintain the status quo.

This means the EC can now conduct local inquiries in Selangor, paving the way for the redrawing of electoral boundaries.

However, Ong said instead of beginning these public hearings, the EC should go back to the drawing board and begin the exercise anew – this time, with additional parliament seats in the state.

“Any reasonable person would be able to see how unfair this proposed delimitation plan is,” he added.

Court lifts obstacle on EC to start redelineation process in Selangor