Menglembu (federal constituency)

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Menglembu
Flag of Perak.svg Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished1986
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.

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

It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Menglembu
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Ipoh-Menglembu
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st P0511959-1963S. P. Seenivasagam
(ஸ்ரீ பத்மராஜா சீனிவாசகம்)
PPP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st P0511963-1964S. P. Seenivasagam
(ஸ்ரீ பத்மராஜா சீனிவாசகம்)
PPP
2nd 1964-1969
1969-1971Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd P0511971-1973S. P. Seenivasagam
(ஸ்ரீ பத்மராஜா சீனிவாசகம்)
PPP
1973-1974BN (PPP)
4th P0551974-1978 Fan Yew Teng
(范俊登)
DAP
5th 1978-1982Patto Perumal
(பாட்டோ பெருமாள்)
6th 1982-1986Yew Foo Weng
(游富荣)
BN (MCA)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Pasir Pinji

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
MenglembuKuala Pari
Pasir Puteh

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Yew Foo Weng27,18752.69Increase2.svg 11.08
DAP Lau Dak Kee24,41247.31Decrease2.svg 11.08
Total valid votes51,599 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,824
Unreturned ballots
Turnout53,42373.88
Registered electors72,307
Majority2,7755.38Decrease2.svg 22.16
BN gain from DAP Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1978
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
DAP Patto Perumal29,57363.77Increase2.svg 63.77
BN Lee Chan Fai @ Lee Soon Heng16,80336.23Increase2.svg 36.23
Total valid votes46,376 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors61,439
Majority12,77027.54
DAP hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1974
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
DAP Fan Yew Teng
BN S. P. Seenivasagam
Independent Koo Eng Kuang
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors51,316
Majority10,748
DAP gain from PPP Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1969
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PPP S. P. Seenivasagam29,08981.01Increase2.svg 22.93
Alliance Hew Chai Kee6,81818.99Decrease2.svg 13.08
Total valid votes35,907 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,391
Unreturned ballots
Turnout37,29871.85Decrease2.svg 6.83
Registered electors51,913
Majority22,27162.02Increase2.svg 36.01
PPP hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1964
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PPP S. P. Seenivasagam20,36758.08Decrease2.svg 7.35
Alliance Lim Eng Chang11,24632.07Increase2.svg 3.36
Socialist Front Yunos Mohd Isa3,4579.86Increase2.svg 4.01
Total valid votes35,070 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,117
Unreturned ballots
Turnout36,18778.68Increase2.svg 13.09
Registered electors45,994
Majority9,12126.01Decrease2.svg 39.58
PPP hold Swing
Malayan general election, 1959
PartyCandidateVotes %
PPP S. P. Seenivasagam14,33865.43
Alliance Wong Kok Weng6,29228.71
Socialist Front Idham Khatib1,2835.85
Total valid votes21,913 100.00
Total rejected ballots131
Unreturned ballots
Turnout22,04465.59
Registered electors33,609
Majority8,04636.72
This was a new constituency created.

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