Sungai Besi (federal constituency)

Sungai Besi
the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1974
Last contested	1990

Sungai Besi was a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1995.

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 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Sungai Besi
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Damansara and Langat
Sungei Besi
4th	1974-1978	Farn Seong Than (范相登)	DAP
5th	1978-1982	Chan Kok Kit (陈国杰)
6th	1982-1986	Chan Kok Kit (陈国杰)
Sungai Besi
7th	1986-1990	Tan Kok Wai (陈国伟)	DAP
8th	1990-1995	Tan Kok Wai (陈国伟)	DAP
Constituency abolished, split into Cheras and Bandar Tun Razak

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Tan Kok Wai	32,169	56.56
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Tan Chai Ho	23,313	40.99
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Abdul Hamid Selamat	1,389	2.44
Total valid votes			56,871	100.00
Total rejected ballots			432
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			57,303	70.87
Registered electors
Majority			8,856
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		DAP

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Tan Kok Wai	22,188	49.12
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Kee Yong Wee	20,662	45.74
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Shariffuddin Budin	2,320	5.14
Total valid votes			45,170	100.00
Total rejected ballots			238
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			45,408	70.01
Registered electors			64,859
Majority			1,526
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		DAP

Malaysian general election, 1982: Sungei Besi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Chan Kok Kit	40,434	52.97
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Kee Yong Wee	34,929	45.76
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Megat Ahmad Sani Megat Hashim	969	1.27
Total valid votes			76,332	100.00
Total rejected ballots			637
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			76,969	74.39
Registered electors			103,469
Majority			5,505
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		DAP

Malaysian general election, 1978: Sungei Besi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Chan Kok Kit	40,307	75.61
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Seman Baba	6,620	12.42
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Lim Heng Kiap	3,098	5.81
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PPM	Ganga Nayar	1,701	3.19
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Woo Hon Kong	1,584	2.97
Total valid votes			53,310	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			79,076
Majority			33,687
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		DAP

Malaysian general election, 1974: Sungei Besi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Farn Seong Than	14,967	55.82
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Shee Koon Ruay	9,886	36.87
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PEKEMAS	Ang Chee Meng	1,958	7.30
Total valid votes			26,811	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			42,446
Majority			5,081
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-07.