This particular redelineation will turn P106, which is Petaling Jaya Utara, into Damansara by merging PJU, parts of Selayang, Bukit Lanjan, Sungai Buloh and Kepong.

It will turn P106 into a massively populated seat, increasing the number of voters from 85,000 voters to almost 150,000, thus making it one of the largest seats in the country.

Yvette Mah Looi Yin, 61, who represented a group of 172 voters, called the move by the EC to send out notices for the hearing during the holiday season was “unfair and regrettable”.

“They sent out the notification for the hearing during the holiday season, knowing that many people will be on holiday and therefore, unlikely to see these notifications.

“Voters have 14 days to respond to these notices that are delivered by post. If you are not at home, all you have is a slip telling you there’s a postal delivery waiting for you at the post office,” she said when met at the Concorde Hotel here today.

She added that due to the holidays some sessions were completely empty.

“For one session held on Dec 28, more than 12 groups didn’t show up and only one group managed to submit their objections.

“Those absent were all obviously on their Christmas leave,” she said.

Mah said all that the voters wanted was for the EC to listen to their views and follow the spirit of the constitution that “all citizens and their votes should be equal”.

Tony Pua is the current Petaling Jaya Utara MP. The DAP national publicity secretary won the seat in the last two general elections, winning in 2013 with a 44,672 majority, from the 70,727 votes cast.