Damansara (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency)
Defunct federal constituency | |
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Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1974 |
Constituency abolished | 1986 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 1982 |
Damansara was a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.
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
Representation history
Members of Parliament for Damansara | ||||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
Constituency created in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur | ||||
4th | 1974-1978 | Subramaniam Sinniah | BN | |
5th | 1978-1982 | V. David | DAP | |
6th | 1982-1986 | Tan Koon Swan | BN | |
Constituency abolished |
Election results
Malaysian general election, 1982 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
BN | Tan Koon Swan | 34,659 | 59.43 | |||||
DAP | V. David | 20,137 | 34.53 | |||||
PAS | Ramli Mohamed Yasin | 3,527 | 6.05 | |||||
Total valid votes | 58,323 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 449 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 58,772 | 67.88 | ||||||
Registered electors | 86,576 | |||||||
Majority | 14,522 | |||||||
BN gain from DAP | Swing | ? |
Malaysian general election, 1978 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
DAP | V. David | 21,461 | 47.43 | |||||
BN | Subramaniam Sinniah | 18,239 | 40.31 | |||||
PAS | Syed Ibrahim Syed Abdul Rahman | 5,386 | 11.90 | |||||
PEKEMAS | Thinakaran Rajakannu | 161 | 0.36 | |||||
Total valid votes | 45,247 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Registered electors | 67,278 | |||||||
Majority | 3,222 | |||||||
DAP gain from BN | Swing | ? |
Malaysian general election, 1974 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
BN | Subramaniam Sinniah | 9,763 | 51.22 | |||||
DAP | Hor Cheok Foon | 5,362 | 28.13 | |||||
PEKEMAS | K. C. Cheah | 3,935 | 20.65 | |||||
Total valid votes | 19,060 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Registered electors | 38,028 | |||||||
Majority | 4,401 | |||||||
This was a new constituency created. |
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