Ampang (state constituency)

Ampang was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 2004.

Ampang
Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
LegislatureSelangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished2004
First contested1959
Last contested1999

The state constituency was created in the 1958 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 1986 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 1994.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Ampang
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created
1st1959-1964Muhyeeddin Mohamed ZakariaAlliance
2nd1964-1969
1969-1971Assembly dissolved
3rd1971-1974Wong Swee OyDAP
4th1974-1978Lim Heng KiapBN
5th1978-1982Tan Kui Sui @ Tan Kai See
6th1982-1986Ahmad Razali Mohamad Ali
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created
9th1995-1999Mufti SuibBN
10th1999-2004
Constituency abolished

Election results

Selangor state election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNMufti Suib10,77652.76
DAPYap Kok Heng9,65047.24
Total valid votes 20,426 100.00
Total rejected ballots 448
Unreturned ballots 61
Turnout 20,93574.74
Registered electors 28,012
Majority 1,126
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNMufti Suib12,69572.23
DAPWong Kok Yew4,88027.77
Total valid votes 17,575 100.00
Total rejected ballots 453
Unreturned ballots 144
Turnout 18,17269.34
Registered electors 26,208
Majority 7,815
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNAhmad Razali Mohamad Ali29,34887.08
PASAbdul Karim Jamal4,35612.92
Total valid votes 33,704 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,148
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 34,85269.39
Registered electors 50,229
Majority 24,992
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNTan Kui Sui @ Tan Kai See12,74952.82
DAPZainal Rampak6,73327.90
PASIbrahim Ja'afar4,44718.43
IndependentLeow Kim Hock2060.85
Total valid votes 24,135 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors 33,509
Majority 6,016
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNLim Heng Kiap
DAPAu Keng Wah
PEKEMASZainal Rampak1,202
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots 343
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors 15,285
Majority
BN gain from DAP Swing ?
Selangor state election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
DAPWong Swee Oy7,63442.90
AllianceMuhyeeddin Mohamed Zakaria6,60137.09
PMIPYunus Yatim3,56020.01
Total valid votes 17,795 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,118
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 18,91359.29
Registered electors 31,899
Majority 1,033
DAP gain from Alliance Swing ?
Selangor state election, 1964
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
AllianceMuhyeeddin Mohamed Zakaria7,86562.50
Socialist FrontZakaria Mohamed Yusof4,72037.50
Total valid votes 12,585 100.00
Total rejected ballots 777
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 13,36269.67
Registered electors 19,178
Majority 3,145
Selangor state election, 1959
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
AllianceMuhyeeddin Mohamed Zakaria3,57949.27
Socialist FrontYusoff Betuah2,58535.59
PMIPMamat @ Abdul Samad Mohamed Salleh85311.74
Parti NegaraAziz Abdullah2473.40
Total valid votes 7,264 100.00
Total rejected ballots 86
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 7,35061.26
Registered electors 11,999
Majority 994
This was a new constituency created.

References

  • "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
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