Petaling (federal constituency)
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Selangor constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1974 |
Constituency abolished | 1986 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 1982 |
Petaling was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.[1]
The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
History[edit]
It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.
Representation history[edit]
Members of Parliament for Petaling | ||||
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Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Damansara | ||||
4th | P081 | 1974-1978 | Oh Keng Seng (胡更生) |
DAP |
5th | 1978-1982 | Lim Kit Siang (林吉祥) | ||
6th | 1982-1986 | Yeoh Poh San (杨宝山) |
BN (MCA) | |
Constituency abolished, split into Petaling Jaya and Puchong |
State constituency[edit]
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Petaling | Petaling Jaya | ||||||
Serdang | |||||||
Sungei Way |
Election results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Yeoh Poh San | 42,710 | 53.29 | 16.12 | |
DAP | Patto Perumal | 37,436 | 46.71 | 16.12 | |
Total valid votes | 80,146 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,800 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 81,946 | 71.44 | |||
Registered electors | 114,704 | ||||
Majority | 5,274 | 6.58 | 19.08 | ||
BN gain from DAP | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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DAP | Lim Kit Siang | 41,017 | 62.83 | 62.83 | |
BN | Yeoh Poh San | 24,263 | 37.17 | 37.17 | |
Total valid votes | 65,280 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | |||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 90,611 | ||||
Majority | 16,754 | 25.66 | |||
DAP hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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DAP | Oh Keng Seng | 14,106 | ||||
BN | Goh Hock Guan | 12,868 | ||||
PEKEMAS | Pang Koik My | |||||
Independent | Lim Kui Sang | |||||
Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | ||||||
Registered electors | 48,100 | |||||
Majority | 1,238 | |||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References[edit]
- ^ Thong, L. B. (2006). PETALING JAYA: THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF MALAYSIA’S FIRST NEW TOWN. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 79(2 (291)), 1–22. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41493670