Setapak (Selangor federal constituency)
Setapak was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
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|---|---|
| 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
| 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 | ? | |||
| 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 | ? | |||
| 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. | ||||||
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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.
- "Two DAP MPs Join MCA". The Straits Times. 18 May 1972. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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