Ampang Jaya (federal constituency)

Ampang Jaya
Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1986
Last contested	1999

Ampang Jaya was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Ampang Jaya
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986–89	Lim Ann Koon	BN
7th	1989–90	Ong Tee Keat
8th	1990–95
9th	1995–99
10th	1999–2004
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ong Tee Keat	40,669	55.28
	KEADILAN	Sivarasa Rasiah	32,902	44.72
Total valid votes			73,571	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,199
Unreturned ballots			99
Turnout			74,869	75.98
Registered electors
Majority			7,767
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ong Tee Keat	45,282	76.10
	S46	Wan Mohd. Fuaad Wan Abdullah	14,221	23.90
Total valid votes			59,503	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,777
Unreturned ballots			328
Turnout			61,608	71.68
Registered electors
Majority			31,061
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ong Tee Keat	39,304	60.23
	S46	Zainal Rampak	25,954	39.77
Total valid votes			65,258	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,509
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			66,767	74.92
Registered electors
Majority			13,350
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 28 January 1989 Upon the resignation of incumbent, Lim Ann Koon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ong Tee Keat	23,719	54.59
	Independent	Harun Idris	19,469	44.80
	Independent	Wang Ah Hoong	109	0.25
	Independent	Syed Idrus Syed Ahmad	49	0.11
	Independent	Loh Ah Ha	43	0.10
	Independent	Adam Daim	42	0.10
	Independent	Che Bakar Said	22	0.05
Total valid votes			43,453	100.00
Total rejected ballots			395
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			43,848	63.97
Registered electors			68,546
Majority			4,250
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Ann Koon	36,700	85.99
	SDP	R. Thinakaran @ R. S. Menon	5,979	14.01
Total valid votes			42,679	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,911
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			44,590	63.84
Registered electors			69,849
Majority			30,721
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-09.

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