Bukit Bintang (Selangor federal constituency)

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Bukit Bintang
Flag of Selangor.svg Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished1974
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.

Contents

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
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Kuala Lumpur Timor in the state of Selangor
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st P0721959-1963Cheah Theam Swee
(谢添瑞)		Alliance (MCA)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st P0721963-1964Cheah Theam Swee
(谢添瑞)		Alliance (MCA)
2nd 1964-1969Tan Toh Hong
(陈道方)
1969-1971Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd P0721971-1972Yeoh Teck Chye
(杨德才)		GERAKAN
1972-1974PEKEMAS
Constituency abolished, split into Kuala Lumpur Bandar and Sungei Besi

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
Bukit BintangBukit Nanas
Kampong Bharu

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia Yeoh Teck Chye18,48866.92Increase2.svg 66.92
Alliance Tan Toh Hong9,13733.08Decrease2.svg 9.43
Total valid votes27,625 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,410
Unreturned ballots
Turnout29,03557.35Decrease2.svg 8.35
Registered electors50,631
Majority9,35133.84Increase2.svg 22.45
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia gain from Alliance Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1964
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Alliance Tan Toh Hong9,10742.51Increase2.svg 5.18
PAP Wong Lin Ken6,66731.12Increase2.svg 31.12
Socialist Front Ishak Muhammad 5,00023.34Decrease2.svg 4.61
PMIP Abdul Aziz Ismail6503.03
Total valid votes21,424 100.00
Total rejected ballots676
Unreturned ballots
Turnout22,10065.70Decrease2.svg 0.38
Registered electors33,636
Majority2,44011.39Increase2.svg 7.13
Alliance hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1959
PartyCandidateVotes %
Alliance Cheah Theam Swee6,13437.33
Independent Robert K. C. Koh5,43433.07
Socialist Front Mohamed Nazar Nong4,59327.95
Independent Heng Cheng Swee2701.64
Total valid votes16,431 100.00
Total rejected ballots79
Unreturned ballots
Turnout16,51066.08
Registered electors24,984
Majority7004.26
This was a new constituency created.

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References

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