Petaling Jaya (federal constituency)
 Selangor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1984 |
| Constituency abolished | 1995 |
| First contested | 1986 |
| Last contested | 1990 |
Petaling Jaya was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 1995.
The federal constituency was created in the 1984 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 1995 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Petaling Jaya | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 7th | 1986–90 | Eng Seng Chai | DAP | |
| 8th | 1990–95 | Kua Kia Soong | ||
| Constituency abolished, split into Petaling Jaya Utara and Petaling Jaya Selatan | ||||
Election results
| Malaysian general election, 1990 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| DAP | Kua Kia Soong | 40,685 | 62.19 | |||||
| BN | Soh Chee Wen | 24,735 | 37.81 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 65,420 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,161 | |||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 66,581 | 67.68 | ||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||||
| Majority | 15,950 | |||||||
| DAP hold | Swing | |||||||
| Malaysian general election, 1986 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| DAP | Eng Seng Chai | 29,929 | 55.88 | |||||
| BN | Lee Phon Yong | 21,176 | 39.54 | |||||
| SDP | Wong Sai Hou | 2,454 | 4.58 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 53,559 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 801 | |||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 54,360 | 67.61 | ||||||
| Registered electors | 80,403 | |||||||
| Majority | 8,753 | |||||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
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