Bungsar (federal constituency)

Bangsar
Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

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

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 Bungsar
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kuala Lumpur Barat
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	V. David ( வே. தேவிட்)	Socialist Front
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	V. David (வே. தேவிட்)	Socialist Front
2nd	1964-1965	Devan Nair (ദേവൻ നായർ)	PAP
2nd	1965-1969	Devan Nair (ദേവൻ നായർ)	DAP
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1974	Goh Hock Guan (吴福原)	DAP
Constituency abolished, renamed to Damansara

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Bungsar		Pantai
Bungsar		Salak

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Goh Hock Guan	37,050	79.34
	Alliance	Lew Sip Hon	9,648	20.66
Total valid votes			46,698	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,320
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			48,018	59.22
Registered electors			81,086
Majority			27,402
	DAP hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAP	Devan Nair	13,494	35.36
	Socialist Front	V. David	12,686	33.24
	Alliance	Koh Pooi Kee	9,761	25.58
	People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)	Chew Choo Soot	2,219	5.81
Total valid votes			38,160	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,293
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			39,453	67.72
Registered electors			58,261
Majority			808
	PAP gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist Front	V. David	9,734	40.59
	Independent	Koh Pooi Kee	6,821	28.45
	Alliance	Lau Joo Kooi	5,036	21.00
	People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)	Ong Yeow Kay	2,388	9.96
Total valid votes			23,979	100.00
Total rejected ballots			198
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,177	68.01
Registered electors			35,549
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References[]

^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

[1] Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

[2] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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