Damansara (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency)
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1974 |
Constituency abolished | 1986 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 1982 |
Damansara was a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.
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[]
Representation history[]
Members of Parliament for Damansara | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created, renamed from Bungsar | |||
4th | 1974-1978 | Subramaniam Sinniah (சி. சுப்ரமணியம்) | BN (MIC) |
5th | 1978-1982 | V. David (வே. தேவிட்) | DAP |
6th | 1982-1986 | Tan Koon Swan (陈君川) | BN (MCA) |
Constituency abolished, split into Lembah Pantai and Seputeh |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Tan Koon Swan | 34,659 | 59.43 | ||
DAP | V. David | 20,137 | 34.53 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Ramli Mohamed Yasin | 3,527 | 6.05 | ||
Total valid votes | 58,323 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 449 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 58,772 | 67.88 | |||
Registered electors | 86,576 | ||||
Majority | 14,522 | ||||
BN gain from DAP | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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DAP | V. David | 21,461 | 47.43 | ||
BN | Subramaniam Sinniah | 18,239 | 40.31 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Syed Ibrahim Syed Abdul Rahman | 5,386 | 11.90 | ||
PEKEMAS | Thinakaran Rajakannu | 161 | 0.36 | ||
Total valid votes | 45,247 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | |||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 67,278 | ||||
Majority | 3,222 | ||||
DAP gain from BN | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Subramaniam Sinniah | 9,763 | 51.22 | |||
DAP | Hor Cheok Foon | 5,362 | 28.13 | |||
PEKEMAS | K. C. Cheah | 3,935 | 20.65 | |||
Total valid votes | 19,060 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | ||||||
Registered electors | 38,028 | |||||
Majority | 4,401 | |||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References[]
Categories:
- Defunct Federal Territories of Malaysia federal constituencies