Kuala Lumpur Bandar (federal constituency)

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

Kuala Lumpur Bandar

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

It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kuala Lumpur Bandar
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Bukit Bintang
4th	1974-1978	Lee Lam Thye (李霖泰)	DAP
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Bintang

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lee Lam Thye	30,854	71.96
	BN	Wang Choon Wing	12,023	28.04
Total valid votes			42,877	100.00
Total rejected ballots			334
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			43,211	73.01
Registered electors			59,186
Majority			18,831
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lee Lam Thye	29,567	79.01
	BN	Thian Oon Kin	7,853	20.99
Total valid votes			37,420	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			51,726
Majority			21,714
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lee Lam Thye	15,112	65.30
	BN	Alexander Lee Yu Lung	6,490	28.04
	PEKEMAS	Yeoh Teck Chye	1,540	6.65
Total valid votes			23,142	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			46,289
Majority			8,622
This was a new constituency created.

References