Mata Kuching (federal constituency)
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Penang constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1974 |
Constituency abolished | 1986 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 1982 |
Mata Kuching was a federal constituency in Penang, 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[]
It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.
Representation history[]
Members of Parliament for Mata Kuching | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created, renamed from Bagan | |||
4th | 1974-1978 | Ling Liong Sik (林良实) | BN (MCA) |
5th | 1978-1982 | ||
6th | 1982-1986 | ||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bagan |
State constituency[]
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Mata Kuching | Bagan Ajam | ||||||
Bagan Dalam | |||||||
Bagan Jermal |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik | 26,995 | 62.11 | ||
DAP | Goh Sin Khoon | 14,839 | 34.14 | ||
Independent | Raja Ahamed Narudin @ Raja Mohamed Raja Sulaiman | 1,626 | 3.74 | ||
Total valid votes | 43,460 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,186 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 44,646 | 77.46 | |||
Registered electors | 57,635 | ||||
Majority | 12,156 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik | 23,564 | 65.27 | ||
SDP | Loh Kim Heng | 8,365 | 23.17 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Abdul Hamid Abdullah | 4,174 | 11.56 | ||
Total valid votes | 36,103 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | |||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 47,425 | ||||
Majority | 15,199 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik | 13,755 | 53.97 | |||
PEKEMAS | Ong Yi How | 8,457 | 33.18 | |||
DAP | Goh Lim Eam | 3,273 | 12.84 | |||
Total valid votes | 25,485 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 869 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 26,354 | 83.97 | ||||
Registered electors | 31,385 | |||||
Majority | 5,298 | |||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References[]
Categories:
- Defunct Penang federal constituencies