Seremban Barat (federal constituency)
Seremban Barat was a federal constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
Defunct federal constituency | |
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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 Seremban Barat | ||||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
Constituency created | ||||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | 1959-1963 | Quek Kai Dong (郭开东) | Independent | |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | 1963-1964 | Quek Kai Dong (郭凯东) | Independent | |
2nd | 1964-1969 | Siow Loong Hin (萧隆兴) | Alliance (MCA) | |
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
3rd | 1971-1974 | Sinnathamby Seevaratnam | DAP | |
Constituency abolished, renamed to Mantin |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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DAP | Sinnathamby Seevaratnam | 11,705 | 59.44 | ||
Alliance | Tai Kon Chin | 7,277 | 36.95 | ||
UMCO | Tan Kee Jon | 710 | 3.61 | ||
Total valid votes | 19,692 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 978 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 20,670 | 74.09 | |||
Registered electors | 27,900 | ||||
Majority | 4,428 | ||||
DAP gain from Alliance | Swing | ? |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Siow Loong Hin | 10,163 | 53.90 | ||
Socialist Front | Koo Eng Kuang | 6,688 | 35.47 | ||
UDP | Oh Siew Kheng | 2,005 | 10.63 | ||
Total valid votes | 18,856 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 700 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 19,556 | 78.99 | |||
Registered electors | 24,758 | ||||
Majority | 3,475 | ||||
Alliance gain from Independent | Swing | ? |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Independent | Quek Kai Dong | 4,752 | 38.94 | |||
Socialist Front | S. Sathappan | 3,949 | 32.36 | |||
Alliance | A. S. Dawood | 3,409 | 27.94 | |||
Independent | C. Rajadurai | 93 | 0.76 | |||
Total valid votes | 12,203 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 71 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 12,274 | 83.26 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,741 | |||||
Majority | 803 | |||||
This was a new constituency created. |
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References
- Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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