Seremban Timor (federal constituency)

Seremban Timor was a federal constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Seremban Timor

Negeri Sembilan 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 Seremban Timor
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Chin See Yin (陈世英)	Independent
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Chin See Yin (陈世英)	Independent
2nd	1964-1969	Quek Kai Dong (郭开东)	Alliance (MCA)
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1974	Chen Man Hin (曾敏兴)	DAP
Constituency abolished, renamed to Seremban

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chen Man Hin	13,475	60.32
	Alliance	Wong Sen Chow	8,073	36.14
	UMCO	Chin See Yin	791	3.54
Total valid votes			22,339	100.00
Total rejected ballots			905
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,244	72.14
Registered electors			32,222
Majority			5,402
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Quek Kai Dong	9,604	44.04
	PAP	Lau Kit Sun	5,410	24.81
	Socialist Front	Lim Kee Sai	5,124	23.50
	UDP	Francis Wong Lun King	1,670	7.66
Total valid votes			21,808	100.00
Total rejected ballots			642
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,450	77.40
Registered electors			29,004
Majority			4,194
	Alliance gain from Independent		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Chin See Yin	5,762	40.59
	Socialist Front	Robert Singam	3,985	28.07
	PMIP	Md Nor Abdul Hamid	2,387	16.82
	Alliance	Tham Tat Ming	2,061	14.52
Total valid votes			14,195	100.00
Total rejected ballots			103
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,298	76.55
Registered electors			18,678
Majority			1,777
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.