Seremban Barat (federal constituency)
Seremban Barat was a federal constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
 Negeri Sembilan constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
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
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Seremban Barat | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Quek Kai Dong (郭开东) | Independent |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | Quek Kai Dong (郭凯东) | Independent |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Siow Loong Hin (萧隆兴) | Alliance (MCA) |
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
| 3rd | 1971-1974 | Sinnathamby Seevaratnam | DAP |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Mantin | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Seremban Barat | Bukit Nanas | ||||||
| Labu | |||||||
| Lenggeng | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Sinnathamby Seevaratnam | 11,705 | 59.44 | ||
| Alliance | Tai Kon Chin | 7,277 | 36.95 | ||
| UMCO | Tan Kee Jon | 710 | 3.61 | ||
| Total valid votes | 19,692 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 978 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 20,670 | 74.09 | |||
| Registered electors | 27,900 | ||||
| Majority | 4,428 | ||||
| DAP gain from Alliance | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Siow Loong Hin | 10,163 | 53.90 | ||
| Socialist Front | Koo Eng Kuang | 6,688 | 35.47 | ||
| UDP | Oh Siew Kheng | 2,005 | 10.63 | ||
| Total valid votes | 18,856 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 700 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 19,556 | 78.99 | |||
| Registered electors | 24,758 | ||||
| Majority | 3,475 | ||||
| Alliance gain from Independent | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Quek Kai Dong | 4,752 | 38.94 | |||
| Socialist Front | S. Sathappan | 3,949 | 32.36 | |||
| Alliance | A. S. Dawood | 3,409 | 27.94 | |||
| Independent | C. Rajadurai | 93 | 0.76 | |||
| Total valid votes | 12,203 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 71 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 12,274 | 83.26 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,741 | |||||
| Majority | 803 | |||||
| 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.
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