Setapak (Selangor federal constituency)

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Setapak
Flag of Selangor.svg Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished1974
First contested 1959
Last contested 1969

Setapak 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 Setapak
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Kuala Lumpur Timor in the state of Selangor
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st P0701959-1963 Ahmad Boestamam
(احمد بوايستمم)
SF (Ra'ayat)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st P0701963-1964 Ahmad Boestamam
(احمد بوايستمم)
SF (Ra'ayat)
2nd 1964-1969 Chan Seong Yoon
(詹祥云)
Alliance (MCA)
1969-1971Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd P0701971-1972 Walter Loh Poh Khan
(罗保根)
DAP
1972-1973Alliance (MCA) [3]
1973-1974BN (MCA)
Constituency abolished, split into Setapak, Selayang and Ulu Langat

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
SetapakAmpang
Sentul

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
DAP Walter Loh Poh Khan17,13755.27Increase2.svg 55.27
Alliance Teh Hock Heng13,87144.73Decrease2.svg 5.66
Total valid votes31,008 100.00
Total rejected ballots2,165
Unreturned ballots
Turnout33,17357.23Decrease2.svg 10.99
Registered electors57,969
Majority3,26610.54Decrease2.svg 7.51
DAP gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia) Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1964
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Alliance Chan Seong Yoon12,29250.39Increase2.svg 19.51
Socialist Front Tajuddin Abdul Kahar7,88832.34Decrease2.svg 12.01
PAP K. V. Thaver4,21417.27Increase2.svg 17.27
Total valid votes24,394 100.00
Total rejected ballots871
Unreturned ballots
Turnout25,26568.22Decrease2.svg 1.72
Registered electors37,034
Majority4,40418.05Increase2.svg 4.58
Alliance gain from Socialist Front Swing ?
Malayan general election, 1959
PartyCandidateVotes %
Socialist Front Ahmad Boestamam 6,90144.35
Alliance Aishah Ghani 4,80530.88
Independent Yap Kim Swee3,85324.76
Total valid votes15,559 100.00
Total rejected ballots102
Unreturned ballots
Turnout15,66169.64
Registered electors22,490
Majority2,09613.47
This was a new constituency created.

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