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