Setapak (Selangor federal constituency)
Setapak was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
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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 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 (詹祥云) | Alliance (MCA) |
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
3rd | 1971-1972 | Walter Loh Poh Khan (罗保根) | DAP |
1972-1973 | Alliance (MCA)[3] | ||
1973-1974 | BN (MCA) | ||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Setapak |
State constituency
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Setapak | Ampang | ||||||
Sentul |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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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 | ? |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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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 | ? |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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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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