Sungai Besi (federal constituency)
Sungai Besi was a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1995.
 the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1974 |
| Constituency abolished | 1995 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1990 |
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 1995 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Sungai Besi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Bukit Bintang | |||
| Sungei Besi | |||
| 4th | 1974-1978 | Farn Seong Than (范相登) | DAP |
| 5th | 1978-1982 | Chan Kok Kit (陈国杰) | |
| 6th | 1982-1986 | ||
| Sungai Besi | |||
| 7th | 1986-1990 | Tan Kok Wai (陈国伟) | DAP |
| 8th | 1990-1995 | ||
| Constituency abolished, split into Cheras and Bandar Tun Razak | |||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Tan Kok Wai | 32,169 | 56.56 | ||
| BN | Tan Chai Ho | 23,313 | 40.99 | ||
| Independent | Abdul Hamid Selamat | 1,389 | 2.44 | ||
| Total valid votes | 56,871 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 432 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 57,303 | 70.87 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Majority | 8,856 | ||||
| DAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Tan Kok Wai | 22,188 | 49.12 | ||
| BN | Kee Yong Wee | 20,662 | 45.74 | ||
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Shariffuddin Budin | 2,320 | 5.14 | ||
| Total valid votes | 45,170 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 238 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 45,408 | 70.01 | |||
| Registered electors | 64,859 | ||||
| Majority | 1,526 | ||||
| DAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Chan Kok Kit | 40,434 | 52.97 | ||
| BN | Kee Yong Wee | 34,929 | 45.76 | ||
| Independent | Megat Ahmad Sani Megat Hashim | 969 | 1.27 | ||
| Total valid votes | 76,332 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 637 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 76,969 | 74.39 | |||
| Registered electors | 103,469 | ||||
| Majority | 5,505 | ||||
| DAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Chan Kok Kit | 40,307 | 75.61 | ||
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Seman Baba | 6,620 | 12.42 | ||
| Independent | Lim Heng Kiap | 3,098 | 5.81 | ||
| Amanah | Ganga Nayar | 1,701 | 3.19 | ||
| Independent | Woo Hon Kong | 1,584 | 2.97 | ||
| Total valid votes | 53,310 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 79,076 | ||||
| Majority | 33,687 | ||||
| DAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Farn Seong Than | 14,967 | 55.82 | |||
| BN | Shee Koon Ruay | 9,886 | 36.87 | |||
| PEKEMAS | Ang Chee Meng | 1,958 | 7.30 | |||
| Total valid votes | 26,811 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 42,446 | |||||
| Majority | 5,081 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
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