Damansara (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency)

Damansara
the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Defunct federal constituency
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
ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Constituency created in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
4th1974-1978Subramaniam SinniahBN
5th1978-1982V. DavidDAP
6th1982-1986Tan Koon SwanBN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNTan Koon Swan34,65959.43
DAPV. David20,13734.53
PASRamli Mohamed Yasin3,5276.05
Total valid votes 58,323 100.00
Total rejected ballots 449
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 58,77267.88
Registered electors 86,576
Majority 14,522
BN gain from DAP Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
DAPV. David21,46147.43
BNSubramaniam Sinniah18,23940.31
PASSyed Ibrahim Syed Abdul Rahman5,38611.90
PEKEMASThinakaran Rajakannu1610.36
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
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNSubramaniam Sinniah9,76351.22
DAPHor Cheok Foon5,36228.13
PEKEMASK. C. Cheah3,93520.65
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.

References

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