Petaling (federal constituency)
Petaling was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.[1]
 Selangor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1974 |
| Constituency abolished | 1986 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1982 |
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 1986 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Petaling | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Damansara | |||
| 4th | 1974-1978 | Oh Keng Seng (胡更生) | DAP |
| 5th | 1978-1982 | Lim Kit Siang (林吉祥) | |
| 6th | 1982-1986 | Yeoh Poh San (杨宝山) | BN (MCA) |
| Constituency abolished, split into Petaling Jaya and Puchong | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Petaling | Petaling Jaya | ||||||
| Serdang | |||||||
| Sungei Way | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Yeoh Poh San | 42,710 | 53.29 | ||
| DAP | Patto Perumal | 37,436 | 46.71 | ||
| Total valid votes | 80,146 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,800 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 81,946 | 71.44 | |||
| Registered electors | 114,704 | ||||
| Majority | 5,274 | ||||
| BN gain from DAP | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Lim Kit Siang | 41,017 | 62.83 | ||
| BN | Yeoh Poh San | 24,263 | 37.17 | ||
| Total valid votes | 65,280 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 90,611 | ||||
| Majority | 16,754 | ||||
| DAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Oh Keng Seng | 14,106 | ||||
| BN | Goh Hock Guan | 12,868 | ||||
| PEKEMAS | Pang Koik My | |||||
| Independent | Lim Kui Sang | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 48,100 | |||||
| Majority | 1,238 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- Thong, L. B. (2006). PETALING JAYA: THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF MALAYSIA’S FIRST NEW TOWN. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 79(2 (291)), 1–22. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41493670
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