Petaling (federal constituency)

Petaling
Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

Petaling was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 Petaling
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Oh Keng Seng	DAP
5th	1978-1982	Lim Kit Siang	DAP
6th	1982-1986	Yeoh Poh San	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yeoh Poh San	42,710	53.29
	DAP	Patto Perumal	37,436	46.71
Total valid votes			80,146	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,800
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			81,946	71.44
Registered electors			114,704
Majority			5,274
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Kit Siang
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			90,611
Majority			16,754
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Oh Keng Seng
	BN	Goh Hock Guan
	PEKEMAS	Pang Koik My
	Independent	Lim Kui Sang
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			48,100
Majority			238
This was a new constituency created.

References

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