Bungsar (federal constituency)

Bungsar was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Bungsar

Selangor 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 Bungsar
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	V. David	Socialist Front
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	V. David	Socialist Front
2nd	1964-1965	Devan Nair	PAP
	1965-1969		DAP
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1974	Goh Hock Guan (吴福原)	DAP
Constituency abolished, renamed to Damansara

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Goh Hock Guan	37,050	79.34
	Alliance	Lew Sip Hon	9,648	20.66
Total valid votes			46,698	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,320
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			48,018	59.22
Registered electors			81,086
Majority			27,402
	DAP hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAP	Devan Nair	13,494	35.36
	Socialist Front	V. David	12,686	33.24
	Alliance	Koh Pooi Kee	9,761	25.58
	PPP	Chew Choo Soot	2,219	5.81
Total valid votes			38,160	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,293
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			39,453	67.72
Registered electors			58,261
Majority			808
	PAP gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	V. David	9,734	40.59
	Independent	Koh Pooi Kee	6,821	28.45
	Alliance	Lau Joo Kooi	5,036	21.00
	PPP	Ong Yeow Kay	2,388	9.96
Total valid votes			23,979	100.00
Total rejected ballots			198
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,177	68.01
Registered electors			35,549
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.