Ong gave the example of the parliamentary seat of Kapar, which still had 146,317 voters – nearly four times as many as those in Sabak Bernam (37,126).
“It would be hard for an independent and impartial EC to argue for a ‘rural-weightage’ of nearly four to one for a developed state like Selangor where even areas like Sabak Bernam and Tanjong Karang are well connected by roads and highways,” he said.
Ong said even number of voters between state seats were also disproportionate.
He said Seri Serdang and Kinrara, two state seats under the urban Puchong constituency, had 74,563 and 34,910 voters respectively.
“The fact that Seri Serdang has more than twice the number of voters in Kinara even though they are both urban seats is a gross violation of Section 2(c) of the 13th Schedule of the Federal Constitution,” he said, referring to a requirement that the number of voters in a constituency should be approximately equal with some measure of urban-rural weightage.
Ong urged the EC to increase the number of state and parliament seats in Selangor to reduce the discrepancy in the number of voters per seat.
He agreed that the 2nd Notice issued by the EC had less “gerrymandering” than in the first, but said the commission still failed to fulfil the constitutional requirement.