Bukit Bintang (Selangor federal constituency)
Defunct federal constituency | |
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Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1958 |
Constituency abolished | 1974 |
First contested | 1959 |
Last contested | 1969 |
Bukit Bintang was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
History
Representation history
Members of Parliament for Bukit Bintang | ||||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
Constituency created in the state of Selangor | ||||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | 1959-1963 | Cheah Theam Swee | Alliance | |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | 1963-1964 | Cheah Theam Swee | Alliance | |
2nd | 1964-1969 | Tan Toh Hong | ||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
3rd | 1971-1972 | Yeoh Teck Chye | Gerakan | |
1972-1974 | PEKEMAS | |||
Constituency abolished |
Election results
Malaysian general election, 1969 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Gerakan | Yeoh Teck Chye | 18,488 | 66.92 | |||||
Alliance | Tan Toh Hong | 9,137 | 33.08 | |||||
Total valid votes | 27,625 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,410 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 29,035 | 57.35 | ||||||
Registered electors | 50,631 | |||||||
Majority | 9,351 | |||||||
Gerakan gain from Alliance | Swing | ? |
Malaysian general election, 1964 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Alliance | Tan Toh Hong | 9,107 | 42.51 | |||||
PAP | Wong Lin Ken | 6,667 | 31.12 | |||||
Socialist Front | Ishak Muhammad | 5,000 | 23.34 | |||||
PMIP | Abdul Aziz Ismail | 650 | 3.03 | |||||
Total valid votes | 21,424 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 676 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 22,100 | 65.70 | ||||||
Registered electors | 33,636 | |||||||
Majority | 2,440 | |||||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
Malaysian general election, 1959 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Alliance | Cheah Theam Swee | 6,134 | 37.33 | |||||
Independent | Robert K. C. Koh | 5,434 | 33.07 | |||||
Socialist Front | Mohamed Nazar Nong | 4,593 | 27.95 | |||||
Independent | Heng Cheng Swee | 270 | 1.64 | |||||
Total valid votes | 16,431 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 79 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 16,510 | 66.08 | ||||||
Registered electors | 24,984 | |||||||
Majority | 700 | |||||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References
- ↑ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
- ↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-23.
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