 Selangor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
Bukit Bintang was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
The federal constituency was created in the 1958 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 Bukit Bintang | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Kuala Lumpur Timor in the state of Selangor | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | P072 | 1959-1963 | Cheah Theam Swee (谢添瑞) | Alliance (MCA) |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | P072 | 1963-1964 | Cheah Theam Swee (谢添瑞) | Alliance (MCA) |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Tan Toh Hong (陈道方) | ||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | P072 | 1971-1972 | Yeoh Teck Chye (杨德才) | GERAKAN |
| 1972-1974 | PEKEMAS | |||
| Constituency abolished, split into Kuala Lumpur Bandar and Sungei Besi | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Bukit Bintang | Bukit Nanas | ||||||
| Kampong Bharu | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia | Yeoh Teck Chye | 18,488 | 66.92 |  66.92 | |
| Alliance | Tan Toh Hong | 9,137 | 33.08 |  9.43 | |
| Total valid votes | 27,625 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,410 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 29,035 | 57.35 | 8.35 | ||
| Registered electors | 50,631 | ||||
| Majority | 9,351 | 33.84 | 22.45 | ||
| Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia gain from Alliance | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Tan Toh Hong | 9,107 | 42.51 | 5.18 | |
| PAP | Wong Lin Ken | 6,667 | 31.12 | 31.12 | |
| Socialist Front | Ishak Muhammad | 5,000 | 23.34 | 4.61 | |
| PMIP | Abdul Aziz Ismail | 650 | 3.03 | ||
| Total valid votes | 21,424 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 676 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 22,100 | 65.70 | 0.38 | ||
| Registered electors | 33,636 | ||||
| Majority | 2,440 | 11.39 | 7.13 | ||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Cheah Theam Swee | 6,134 | 37.33 | |||
| Independent | Robert K. C. Koh | 5,434 | 33.07 | |||
| Socialist Front | Mohamed Nazar Nong | 4,593 | 27.95 | |||
| Independent | Heng Cheng Swee | 270 | 1.64 | |||
| Total valid votes | 16,431 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 79 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 16,510 | 66.08 | ||||
| Registered electors | 24,984 | |||||
| Majority | 700 | 4.26 | ||||
| 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. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
- ↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-23.
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