Sungai Tinggi (state constituency)

Sungai Tinggi
Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1986
Last contested	1990

Sungai Tinggi was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1984 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 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungai Tinggi
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986-1990	Yusoff Hassan	BN
8th	1990-1995	Yusoff Hassan	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Selangor state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Yusoff Hassan	5,210	74.09
	PAS	Arbain Hassan	1,822	25.91
Total valid votes			7,032	100.00
Total rejected ballots			341
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			7,373	75.39
Registered electors			9,780
Majority			3,388
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Yusoff Hassan	4,965	78.39
	PAS	Jamil Nawawi	1,369	21.61
Total valid votes			6,334	100.00
Total rejected ballots			383
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,717	72.45
Registered electors			9,271
Majority			3,596
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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