Pelabuhan Kelang (federal constituency)

Pelabuhan Kelang
Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

Pelabuhan Kelang was a federal constituency in Selangor, 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 Pelabuhan Kelang
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	V. Manickavasagam	BN
5th	1978-1979	V. Manickavasagam
5th	1979-1982	V. Govindaraj
6th	1982-1986	V. Govindaraj
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	V. Govindaraj	25,026	54.94
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Nadarasa @ Nadarajah Muthu Thamby	13,142	28.85
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Abdullah Hashim	7,385	16.21
Total valid votes			45,553	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,212
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			46,765	76.52
Registered electors			61,113
Majority			11,884
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general by-election, 1 December 1979
Upon the death of incumbent, V. Manickavasagam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	V. Govindaraj	17,219	52.52
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	K. Ramasen	7,777	23.72
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Ahmad Subki Abd. Latif @ Subky Abd. Latif	7,525	22.95
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Abdul Hanif Abdul Manaf	114	0.35
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Mani Nagaindra Valliappan	83	0.25
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Mohan Lal	43	0.13
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Hari Devan Mookhen	22	0.07
Total valid votes			32,783	100.00
Total rejected ballots			528
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			33,311
Registered electors
Majority			9,442
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	V. Manickavasagam	21,429	64.59
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	K. Ramasen	10,329	31.13
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Mohd Zin Ibrahim	1,420	4.28
Total valid votes			33,178	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			49,979
Majority			11,100
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	V. Manickavasagam	16,277
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Abdul Aziz Ismail
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PEKEMAS	A. V. Kathiah
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			33,208
Majority			10,608
This was a new constituency created.

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