Bandar Klang (state constituency)

Bandar Klang
Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1974
Last contested	1999

Bandar Klang was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 2004.

The state constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bandar Klang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Bandar Kelang
4th	1974-1978	Tong Kok Mau	BN
5th	1978-1982	Tong Kok Mau	BN
6th	1982-1986	Tan Seng Giaw	DAP
Klang Bandar
7th	1986-1990	Tan Seng Giaw	DAP
8th	1990-1995	Chua Kow Eng	DAP
Bandar Klang
9th	1995-1999	Chua Kow Eng	DAP
10th	1999-2004	Teng Chang Khim	DAP
Constituency abolished

Election results

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teng Chang Khim	13,927	49.73
	BN	Tan Chee Keong	13,482	48.14
	MDP	Chua Kow Eng	599	2.14
Total valid votes			28,008	100.00
Total rejected ballots			437
Unreturned ballots			56
Turnout			28,501	71.82
Registered electors			39,685
Majority			445
	DAP hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chua Kow Eng	13,606	49.92
	BN	Ang Thye Chin	13,461	49.39
	Independent	Pupalan Muthusamy	188	0.69
Total valid votes			27,255	100.00
Total rejected ballots			404
Unreturned ballots			61
Turnout			27,720	71.40
Registered electors			38,824
Majority			145
	DAP hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1990: Klang Bandar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chua Kow Eng	13,658	67.98
	BN	Ang Thye Chin	6,434	32.02
Total valid votes			20,092	100.00
Total rejected ballots			464
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,556	73.92
Registered electors			27,809
Majority			7,224
	DAP hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986: Klang Bandar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Seng Giaw	13,223	61.77
	BN	Goon Swee Fook	6,942	32.43
	NASMA	Yeoh Lai Seng	927	4.33
	SDP	Yeoh Poh San	314	1.47
Total valid votes			21,406	100.00
Total rejected ballots			397
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			21,803	71.88
Registered electors			30,333
Majority			6,281
	DAP hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1982: Bandar Kelang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Seng Giaw	18,075	58.49
	BN	Tong Kok Mau	12,830	41.51
Total valid votes			30,905	100.00
Total rejected ballots			446
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			31,351	81.22
Registered electors			38,602
Majority			5,245
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1978: Bandar Kelang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Tong Kok Mau won uncontested.
	BN	Tong Kok Mau
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1974: Bandar Kelang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tong Kok Mau	5,084	38.13
	Independent	Wong Tai Moi	4,836	36.27
	DAP	Chan Kok Kit	3,109	23.32
	PEKEMAS	Tai Sen Sart	303	2.27
Total valid votes			13,332	100.00
Total rejected ballots			656
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,988	62.92
Registered electors			22,233
Majority			248
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

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