Damansara (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency)

Damansara
the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
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
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Bungsar
4th	1974-1978	Subramaniam Sinniah	BN (MIC)
5th	1978-1982	V. David	DAP
6th	1982-1986	Tan Koon Swan (陈君川)	BN (MCA)
Constituency abolished, split into Lembah Pantai and Seputeh

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Tan Koon Swan	34,659	59.43
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	V. David	20,137	34.53
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	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
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		DAP

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	V. David	21,461	47.43
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	18,239	40.31
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Syed Ibrahim Syed Abdul Rahman	5,386	11.90
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	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
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|DAP]]		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	9,763	51.22
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Hor Cheok Foon	5,362	28.13
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	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.

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