Mata Kuching (federal constituency)

Mata Kuching was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

Mata Kuching

Penang 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 Mata Kuching
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Bagan
4th	1974-1978	Ling Liong Sik (林良实)	BN (MCA)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bagan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik	26,995	62.11
	DAP	Goh Sin Khoon	14,839	34.14
	Independent	Raja Ahamed Narudin @ Raja Mohamed Raja Sulaiman	1,626	3.74
Total valid votes			43,460	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,186
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			44,646	77.46
Registered electors			57,635
Majority			12,156
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik	23,564	65.27
	SDP	Loh Kim Heng	8,365	23.17
	PAS	Abdul Hamid Abdullah	4,174	11.56
Total valid votes			36,103	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			47,425
Majority			15,199
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik	13,755	53.97
	PEKEMAS	Ong Yi How	8,457	33.18
	DAP	Goh Lim Eam	3,273	12.84
Total valid votes			25,485	100.00
Total rejected ballots			869
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,354	83.97
Registered electors			31,385
Majority			5,298
This was a new constituency created.

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