Petaling (federal constituency)
Selangor constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1974 |
Constituency abolished | 1986 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 1982 |
Petaling 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 Petaling | ||||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
Constituency created | ||||
4th | 1974-1978 | Oh Keng Seng | DAP | |
5th | 1978-1982 | Lim Kit Siang | ||
6th | 1982-1986 | Yeoh Poh San | BN | |
Constituency abolished |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Yeoh Poh San | 42,710 | 53.29 | |
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | DAP | Patto Perumal | 37,436 | 46.71 | |
Total valid votes | 80,146 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,800 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 81,946 | 71.44 | |||
Registered electors | 114,704 | ||||
Majority | 5,274 | ||||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|BN]] | Swing | DAP
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | DAP | Lim Kit Siang | 41,017 | 62.83 | |
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Yeoh Poh San | 24,263 | 37.17 | |
Total valid votes | 65,280 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | |||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 90,611 | ||||
Majority | 16,754 | ||||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | DAP
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | DAP | Oh Keng Seng | 14,106 | |||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Goh Hock Guan | 12,868 | |||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PEKEMAS | Pang Koik My | ||||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BEBAS | Lim Kui Sang | ||||
Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | ||||||
Registered electors | 48,100 | |||||
Majority | 1,238 | |||||
This was a new constituency created. |