Serdang (Selangor state constituency)

Serdang
Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1959
Last contested	1990

Serdang was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Serdang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Karam Singh Veriah	Socialist Front
2nd	1964-1968	Chin Kek Kum	Socialist Front
2nd	1968-1969	Thuan Paik Phok	Alliance
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Yap Pian Hon	DAP
4th	1974-1978	Yap Pian Hon	BN
5th	1978-1982	Lee Lam Thye	DAP
6th	1982-1986	Yap Pian Hon	BN
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
Constituency abolished

Election results

Selangor state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Yap Pian Hon	12,938	53.99
	DAP	Pan Su Peng	11,025	46.01
Total valid votes			23,963	100.00
Total rejected ballots			717
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,680	74.82
Registered electors			32,986
Majority			1,913
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Yap Pian Hon	11,367	61.27
	DAP	Pan Su Peng	7,184	38.73
Total valid votes			18,551	100.00
Total rejected ballots			273
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,824	68.51
Registered electors			27,476
Majority			4,183
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yap Pian Hon	9,753	63.17
	DAP	Fong Kui Lun	5,687	36.83
Total valid votes			15,440	100.00
Total rejected ballots			460
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,900	77.61
Registered electors			20,488
Majority			4,066
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lee Lam Thye	6,554	53.00
	BN	Yap Pian Hon	5,813	47.00
Total valid votes			12,367	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			16,049
Majority			741
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yap Pian Hon	3,584
	DAP	Lee Lam Thye	2,965
	PEKEMAS	Pang Kuik My
	Independent	Ching Tow
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			10,751
Majority			619
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Yap Pian Hon	11,234	58.65
	Alliance	Thuan Paik Phok	7,920	41.35
Total valid votes			19,154	100.00
Total rejected ballots			903
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,057	70.14
Registered electors			28,595
Majority			3,314
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Selangor state by-election, 28 December 1968
Upon the death of incumbent, Chin Kek Kum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Thuan Paik Phok	6,535	47.38
	DAP	Lim Kit Siang	5,928	42.98
	GERAKAN	Tan Han Swee	1,330	9.64
Total valid votes			13,793	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			23,978
Majority			607
	Alliance gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist Front	Chin Kek Kum	7,621	56.64
	Alliance	Ching Tow Fah	5,835	43.36
Total valid votes			13,456	100.00
Total rejected ballots			593
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,049	73.86
Registered electors			19,021
Majority			1,786
	Socialist Front hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist Front	Karam Singh Veriah	5,883	59.56
	Alliance	Chan Chee Hong	3,994	40.44
Total valid votes			9,877	100.00
Total rejected ballots			207
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,084	74.69
Registered electors			13,502
Majority			1,889
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References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

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