Teluk Gadung (state constituency)

Teluk Gadung
Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1986
Last contested	1990

Teluk Gadung was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1984 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 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Teluk Gadung
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Selat Klang
7th	1986-1990	Tong Yoke Seng	BN (MCA)
8th	1990-1995	Chew Kim Swee	DAP
Constituency abolished, renamed to Pelabuhan Klang

Election results

Selangor state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chew Kim Swee	8,321	53.35
	BN	Tong Yoke Seng	7,276	46.65
Total valid votes			15,597	100.00
Total rejected ballots			355
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,952	70.04
Registered electors			22,777
Majority			1,045
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Tong Yoke Seng	7,711	53.25
	DAP	Chua Kow Eng	6,770	46.75
Total valid votes			14,481	100.00
Total rejected ballots			387
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,868	68.70
Registered electors			21,643
Majority			941
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 2016-05-25.

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