Rawang (federal constituency)

Rawang was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Rawang

Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

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 1974 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Rawang
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Liu Yoong Peng (刘云鹏)	Socialist Front
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Liu Yoong Peng (刘云鹏)	Socialist Front
2nd	1964-1969	Tunku Abdullah Tuanku Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Tunku Abdullah Tuanku Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Selayang

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tunku Abdullah Tuanku Abdul Rahman	8,260	50.77
	Gerakan	G. T. Rajah	8,010	49.23
Total valid votes			16,270	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,251
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,521	70.75
Registered electors			24,765
Majority			250
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tunku Abdullah Tuanku Abdul Rahman	9,935	67.47
	Socialist Front	Lee Chi Kit	4,789	32.53
Total valid votes			14,724	100.00
Total rejected ballots			659
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,383	77.10
Registered electors			19,951
Majority			5,146
	Alliance gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Liu Yoong Peng	6,143	57.01
	Alliance	Abdul Karim Kassim	3,654	33.91
	Independent	Borhan Abdul Majid	978	9.08
Total valid votes			10,775	100.00
Total rejected ballots			118
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,893	75.76
Registered electors			14,378
Majority			2,489
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.