Port Dickson (federal constituency)
 Negeri Sembilan constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
Port Dickson 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 Port Dickson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | T. Mahima Singh | Alliance | |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | T. Mahima Singh | Alliance | |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament dissolved[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | 1971-1974 | Soorian Arjunan | DAP | |
| Constituency abolished | ||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | DAP | Soorian Arjunan | 10,266 | 53.89 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh | 6,606 | 34.68 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PMIP | Mansor Abu Bakar | 1,872 | 9.83 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | UMCO | Wong Tai Oon | 307 | 1.61 | |
| Total valid votes | 19,051 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 697 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 19,748 | 74.18 | |||
| Registered electors | 26,623 | ||||
| Majority | 3,660 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|DAP]] | Swing | Alliance
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh | 7,911 | 49.35 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | UDP | Ng Hup Chwee | 2,174 | 13.56 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BEBAS | Nadchatiram Saraswathy Devi | 2,074 | 12.94 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Socialist Front | R. Murugan | 2,020 | 12.60 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PPP | Ibrahim Ahmad | 1,349 | 8.41 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BEBAS | Ong Boon Hong | 504 | 3.14 | |
| Total valid votes | 16,032 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,219 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 17,251 | 78.12 | |||
| Registered electors | 22,083 | ||||
| Majority | 5,737 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | Alliance
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh won uncontested. | ||||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh | ||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 15,763 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| 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.