Matang (federal constituency)

Matang was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

Matang

Perak 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 Matang
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Larut Selatan
4th	1974-1978	Hashim Ghazali	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Mohamad Razlan Abdul Hamid
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Gantang

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Razlan Abdul Hamid	15,687	61.56
	DAP	Zainal Abidin Ahmad	5,268	20.67
	PAS	Abdullah Hassan	4,529	17.77
Total valid votes			25,484	100.00
Total rejected ballots			750
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,234	74.61
Registered electors			35,162
Majority			10,419
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hashim Ghazali	14,706	61.94
	DAP	Jamaluddin Yeop Hamzah	4,973	20.94
	PAS	Mohd Dali Main	4,065	17.12
Total valid votes			23,744	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			31,967
Majority			9,733
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hashim Ghazali	12,543	68.00
	DAP	Fadzlan Yahya	4,766	25.84
	PEKEMAS	Tan Kok Kong	639	3.46
	KITA	Ng Hoe Soon	498	2.70
Total valid votes			18,446	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			26,611
Majority			7,777
This was a new constituency created.

References