Mantin (federal constituency)

Mantin was a federal constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

Mantin

Negeri Sembilan 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 Mantin
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Seremban Barat
4th	1974-1978	Lee Boon Peng (李文彬)	BN (MCA)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
Constituency abolished, renamed to Rasah

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lee Boon Peng	20,196	65.33
	DAP	Hu Sepang	9,177	29.69
	Independent	Baharum Ibrahim	1,539	4.98
Total valid votes			30,912	100.00
Total rejected ballots			886
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			31,798	77.10
Registered electors			41,244
Majority			11,019
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lee Boon Peng	15,723	60.10
	DAP	Hu Sepang	7,726	29.53
	PAS		2,714	10.37
Total valid votes			26,163	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			34,650
Majority			7,997
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lee Boon Peng	13,773	72.53
	DAP	Sinnathamby Seevaratnam	2,683	14.13
	PSRM	Yik Chee Chong @ Yik Kok Kheong	1,451	7.64
	PEKEMAS	Ajus Jais	783	4.12
	Independent	Ahmad Abdul Manaf	300	1.58
Total valid votes			18,990	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,052
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,042	74.85
Registered electors			26,777
Majority			11,090
This was a new constituency created.

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