Matang (federal constituency)
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1974 |
Constituency abolished | 1986 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 1982 |
Matang was a federal constituency in Perak, 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 Matang | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Larut Selatan | |||
4th | 1974-1978 | Hashim Ghazali | BN (UMNO) |
5th | 1978-1982 | ||
6th | 1982-1986 | Mohamad Razlan Abdul Hamid | |
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Gantang |
State constituency[]
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Matang | Bukit Gantang | ||||||
Changkat Jering |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Mohamad Razlan Abdul Hamid | 15,687 | 61.56 | ||
DAP | Zainal Abidin Ahmad | 5,268 | 20.67 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Abdullah Hassan | 4,529 | 17.77 | ||
Total valid votes | 25,484 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 750 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 26,234 | 74.61 | |||
Registered electors | 35,162 | ||||
Majority | 10,419 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Hashim Ghazali | 14,706 | 61.94 | ||
DAP | Jamaluddin Yeop Hamzah | 4,973 | 20.94 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Mohd Dali Main | 4,065 | 17.12 | ||
Total valid votes | 23,744 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | |||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 31,967 | ||||
Majority | 9,733 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Hashim Ghazali | 12,543 | 68.00 | |||
DAP | Fadzlan Yahya | 4,766 | 25.84 | |||
PEKEMAS | Tan Kok Kong | 639 | 3.46 | |||
Ng Hoe Soon | 498 | 2.70 | ||||
Total valid votes | 18,446 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | ||||||
Registered electors | 26,611 | |||||
Majority | 7,777 | |||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References[]
Categories:
- Defunct Perak federal constituencies