Menglembu

Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1959
Last contested	1982

Menglembu was a federal constituency in the Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1986.

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

It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yew Foo Weng	27,187	52.69	11.08
	DAP	Lau Dak Kee	24,412	47.31	11.08
Total valid votes			51,599	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,824
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			53,423	73.88
Registered electors			72,307
Majority			2,775	5.38	22.16
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Patto Perumal	29,573	63.77	63.77
	BN	Lee Chan Fai @ Lee Soon Heng	16,803	36.23	36.23
Total valid votes			46,376	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			61,439
Majority			12,770	27.54
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	S. P. Seenivasagam	29,089	81.01	22.93
	Alliance	Hew Chai Kee	6,818	18.99	13.08
Total valid votes			35,907	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,391
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			37,298	71.85	6.83
Registered electors			51,913
Majority			22,271	62.02	36.01
	PPP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	S. P. Seenivasagam	20,367	58.08	7.35
	Alliance	Lim Eng Chang	11,246	32.07	3.36
	Socialist Front	Yunos Mohd Isa	3,457	9.86	4.01
Total valid votes			35,070	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,117
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			36,187	78.68	13.09
Registered electors			45,994
Majority			9,121	26.01	39.58
	PPP hold		Swing

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