Seremban Barat (federal constituency)
 Negeri Sembilan constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
Seremban Barat was a federal constituency in Negeri Sembilan, 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 Seremban Barat | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Quek Kai Dong (郭开东) | Independent |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | Quek Kai Dong (郭凯东) | Independent |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Siow Loong Hin (萧隆兴) | Alliance (MCA) |
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
| 3rd | 1971-1974 | Sinnathamby Seevaratnam | DAP |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Mantin | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Seremban Barat | Bukit Nanas | ||||||
| Labu | |||||||
| Lenggeng | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | DAP | Sinnathamby Seevaratnam | 11,705 | 59.44 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Tai Kon Chin | 7,277 | 36.95 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | UMCO | Tan Kee Jon | 710 | 3.61 | |
| Total valid votes | 19,692 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 978 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 20,670 | 74.09 | |||
| Registered electors | 27,900 | ||||
| Majority | 4,428 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|DAP]] | Swing | Alliance
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Siow Loong Hin | 10,163 | 53.90 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Socialist Front | Koo Eng Kuang | 6,688 | 35.47 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | UDP | Oh Siew Kheng | 2,005 | 10.63 | |
| Total valid votes | 18,856 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 700 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 19,556 | 78.99 | |||
| Registered electors | 24,758 | ||||
| Majority | 3,475 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|Alliance]] | Swing | BEBAS
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BEBAS | Quek Kai Dong | 4,752 | 38.94 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Socialist Front | S. Sathappan | 3,949 | 32.36 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | A. S. Dawood | 3,409 | 27.94 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BEBAS | C. Rajadurai | 93 | 0.76 | ||
| Total valid votes | 12,203 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 71 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 12,274 | 83.26 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,741 | |||||
| Majority | 803 | |||||
| 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. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.