Setapak (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 |
Setapak 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 Setapak | ||||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
Constituency created in the state of Selangor | ||||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | 1959-1963 | Ahmad Boestamam | Socialist Front | |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | 1963-1964 | Ahmad Boestamam | Socialist Front | |
2nd | 1964-1969 | Chan Seong Yoon | Alliance | |
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
3rd | 1971-1972 | Walter Loh Poh Khan | DAP | |
1972-1973 | Alliance[3] | |||
1973-1974 | BN | |||
Constituency abolished |
Election results
Malaysian general election, 1969 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
DAP | Walter Loh Poh Khan | 17,137 | 55.27 | |||||
Alliance | Teh Hock Heng | 13,871 | 44.73 | |||||
Total valid votes | 31,008 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 2,165 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 33,173 | 57.23 | ||||||
Registered electors | 57,969 | |||||||
Majority | 3,266 | |||||||
DAP gain from Alliance | Swing | ? |
Malaysian general election, 1964 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Alliance | Chan Seong Yoon | 12,292 | 50.39 | |||||
Socialist Front | Tajuddin Abdul Kahar | 7,888 | 32.34 | |||||
PAP | K. V. Thaver | 4,214 | 17.27 | |||||
Total valid votes | 24,394 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 871 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 25,265 | 68.22 | ||||||
Registered electors | 37,034 | |||||||
Majority | 4,404 | |||||||
Alliance gain from Socialist Front | Swing | ? |
Malayan general election, 1959 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Socialist Front | Ahmad Boestamam | 6,901 | 44.35 | |||||
Alliance | Aishah Ghani | 4,805 | 30.88 | |||||
Independent | Yap Kim Swee | 3,853 | 24.76 | |||||
Total valid votes | 15,559 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 102 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 15,661 | 69.64 | ||||||
Registered electors | 22,490 | |||||||
Majority | 2,096 | |||||||
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. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ↑ "Two DAP MPs Join MCA". The Straits Times. 18 May 1972. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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