Sungai Besar (state constituency)

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Sungai Besar
Flag of Selangor.svg Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished2004
First contested1959
Last contested1999

Sungai Besar was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 2004.

Contents

The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungai Besar
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created
Sungei Besar
1st 1959-1964 Taiban Hassan Alliance (UMNO)
2nd 1964-1969
1969-1971Assembly dissolved
3rd 1971-1973Taiban HassanAlliance (UMNO)
1973-1974 BN (UMNO)
4th 1974-1978 Mohamed Ghazali Kantan
5th 1978-1982
6th 1982-1986
Sungai Besar
7th 1986-1989 Abu Samah Nordin BN (UMNO)
1989-1990 Mahbud Hashim
8th 1990-1995 Husin Taib
9th 1995-1999 Ramli Norani
10th 1999-2004 Sallehen Mukhyi PAS
Constituency abolished, merged into Sabak

Election results

Selangor state election, 1999
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PAS Sallehen Mukhyi4,66650.85
BN Ramli Norani4,51049.15
Total valid votes9,176 100.00
Total rejected ballots277
Unreturned ballots29
Turnout9,48271.06
Registered electors13,343
Majority156
PAS gain from BN Swing ?
Selangor state election, 1995
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Ramli Norani6,57073.90
PAS Ruslan Ahmad2,32026.10
Total valid votes8,890 100.00
Total rejected ballots364
Unreturned ballots41
Turnout9,29568.30
Registered electors13,609
Majority4,250
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1990
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Husin Taib6,35069.90
S46 Daud Sikandar Ali2,73530.10
Total valid votes9,085 100.00
Total rejected ballots465
Unreturned ballots
Turnout9,55072.27
Registered electors13,215
Majority3,615
BN hold Swing

Selangor state by-election, 1 November 1989
Upon the death of incumbent, Abu Samah Nordin
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Mahbud Hashim5,09867.38
PAS Abd. Razak Dawami2,46832.62
Total valid votes7,566 100.00
Total rejected ballots122
Unreturned ballots
Turnout7,68863.57
Registered electors12,094
Majority2,630
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1986
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Abu Samah Nordin5,21871.99
PAS Ruslan Ahmad2,03028.01
Total valid votes7,248 100.00
Total rejected ballots336
Unreturned ballots
Turnout7,58463.86
Registered electors11,876
Majority3,188
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1982 : Sungei Besar
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Mohamed Ghazali Kantan5,71076.42
PAS Ruslan Ahmad1,76223.58
Total valid votes7,472 100.00
Total rejected ballots292
Unreturned ballots
Turnout7,76467.71
Registered electors11,466
Majority3,948
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1978 : Sungei Besar
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Mohamed Ghazali Kantan4,59668.20
PAS Hassan Shukri2,14331.80
Total valid votes6,739 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors10,746
Majority2,453
BN hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1974 : Sungei Besar
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Mohamed Ghazali Kantan3,37568.22
Independent Taiban Hassan1,43929.09
PEKEMAS Shariff Sadri1332.69
Total valid votes4,947 100.00
Total rejected ballots530
Unreturned ballots
Turnout5,47771.05
Registered electors7,709
Majority1,936
BN gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia) Swing ?
Selangor state election, 1969 : Sungei Besar
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Alliance Taiban Hassan5,78762.15
PMIP Hassan Shukri3,52437.85
Total valid votes9,311 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,247
Unreturned ballots
Turnout10,55866.85
Registered electors15,793
Majority2,263
Alliance hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1964 : Sungei Besar
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Alliance Taiban Hassan4,71665.33
PMIP Zakaria Ismail2,50334.67
Total valid votes7,219 100.00
Total rejected ballots801
Unreturned ballots
Turnout8,02071.51
Registered electors11,215
Majority2,213
Alliance hold Swing
Selangor state election, 1959 : Sungei Besar
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Alliance Taiban Hassan3,22959.62
PMIP Abdul Hakim Abdullah2,18740.38
Total valid votes5,416 100.00
Total rejected ballots275
Unreturned ballots
Turnout5,69164.60
Registered electors8,810
Majority1,042
This was a new constituency created.

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