Damansara (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency)

Damansara was a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

For Selangor, see Damansara (Selangor federal constituency).

Damansara

the Federal Territories of Malaysia 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

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Damansara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Bungsar
4th	1974-1978	Subramaniam Sinniah	BN (MIC)
5th	1978-1982	V. David	DAP
6th	1982-1986	Tan Koon Swan (陈君川)	BN (MCA)
Constituency abolished, split into Lembah Pantai and Seputeh

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Koon Swan	34,659	59.43
	DAP	V. David	20,137	34.53
	PAS	Ramli Mohamed Yasin	3,527	6.05
Total valid votes			58,323	100.00
Total rejected ballots			449
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			58,772	67.88
Registered electors			86,576
Majority			14,522
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	V. David	21,461	47.43
	BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	18,239	40.31
	PAS	Syed Ibrahim Syed Abdul Rahman	5,386	11.90
	PEKEMAS	Thinakaran Rajakannu	161	0.36
Total valid votes			45,247	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			67,278
Majority			3,222
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	9,763	51.22
	DAP	Hor Cheok Foon	5,362	28.13
	PEKEMAS	K. C. Cheah	3,935	20.65
Total valid votes			19,060	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			38,028
Majority			4,401
This was a new constituency created.

References