Setapak (Selangor federal constituency)

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

For Kuala Lumpur, see Setapak (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency).

Setapak

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 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Setapak
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created in the state of Selangor
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Ahmad Boestamam	Socialist Front
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Ahmad Boestamam	Socialist Front
2nd	1964-1969	Chan Seong Yoon (詹祥云)	Alliance (MCA)
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1972	Walter Loh Poh Khan (罗保根)	DAP
	1972-1973		Alliance (MCA)[3]
	1973-1974		BN (MCA)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Setapak

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Walter Loh Poh Khan	17,137	55.27
	Alliance	Teh Hock Heng	13,871	44.73
Total valid votes			31,008	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,165
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			33,173	57.23
Registered electors			57,969
Majority			3,266
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Chan Seong Yoon	12,292	50.39
	Socialist Front	Tajuddin Abdul Kahar	7,888	32.34
	PAP	K. V. Thaver	4,214	17.27
Total valid votes			24,394	100.00
Total rejected ballots			871
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,265	68.22
Registered electors			37,034
Majority			4,404
	Alliance gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Ahmad Boestamam	6,901	44.35
	Alliance	Aishah Ghani	4,805	30.88
	Independent	Yap Kim Swee	3,853	24.76
Total valid votes			15,559	100.00
Total rejected ballots			102
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,661	69.64
Registered electors			22,490
Majority			2,096
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.
3. "Two DAP MPs Join MCA". The Straits Times. 18 May 1972. Retrieved 2016-05-20.