Mentakab (federal constituency)

Mentakab was a federal constituency in Pahang, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 2004.

Mentakab
Pahang constituency
Defunct federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
Constituency created1984
Constituency abolished2004
First contested1986
Last contested1999

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Mentakab
ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Temerloh
7th1986-1990Siti Zaharah SulaimanBN (UMNO)
8th1990-1995
9th1995-1999Fu Ah Kiow (胡亚桥) BN (MCA)
10th1999-2004
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kuala Krau

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present
Mentakab Jenderak
Lancang
Sanggang

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNFu Ah Kiow @ Oh (Fu) Soon Guan18,49960.70
DAPLeong Mee Meng11,97539.30
Total valid votes 30,474 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,504
Unreturned ballots 166
Turnout 32,14473.44
Registered electors
Majority 6,524
BN hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNFu Ah Kiow @ Oh (Fu) Soon Guan19,90669.05
S46Mohamed Harun8,39329.11
IndependentSoleh Mohamad5301.84
Total valid votes 28,829 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,346
Unreturned ballots 1
Turnout 30,17672.13
Registered electors
Majority 11,513
BN hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNSiti Zaharah Sulaiman17,14763.44
S46Johari Ismail9,88336.56
Total valid votes 27,030 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,212
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 28,24273.79
Registered electors
Majority 7,264
BN hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNSiti Zaharah Sulaiman15,27168.63
PASMohamed Rusdi Arif6,98031.37
Total valid votes 22,251 100.00
Total rejected ballots 945
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 23,19671.59
Registered electors 32,402
Majority 8,291
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 2016-05-20.
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