Seremban Barat (federal constituency)
 Negeri Sembilan constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
Seremban Barat was a federal constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
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[edit]
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history[edit]
| Members of Parliament for Seremban Barat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Seremban | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | P084 | 1959-1963 | Quek Kai Dong (郭开东) |
Independent |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | P084 | 1963-1964 | Quek Kai Dong (郭凯东) |
Independent |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Siow Loong Hin (萧隆兴) |
Alliance (MCA) | |
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | P084 | 1971-1974 | Sinnathamby Seevaratnam (சின்னாதம்பி சீவரத்னம்) |
DAP |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Mantin | ||||
State constituency[edit]
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Seremban Barat | Bukit Nanas | ||||||
| Labu | |||||||
| Lenggeng | |||||||
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Sinnathamby Seevaratnam | 11,705 | 59.44 |  59.44
| |
| Alliance | Tai Kon Chin | 7,277 | 36.95 |  16.95
| |
| United Malaysian Chinese Organisation | Tan Kee Jon | 710 | 3.61 | 3.61
| |
| Total valid votes | 19,692 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 978 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 20,670 | 74.09 | 4.90
| ||
| Registered electors | 27,900 | ||||
| Majority | 4,428 | 22.49 | 4.06
| ||
| DAP gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia) | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Siow Loong Hin | 10,163 | 53.90 | 25.96
| |
| Socialist Front | Koo Eng Kuang | 6,688 | 35.47 | 3.11
| |
| UDP | Oh Siew Kheng | 2,005 | 10.63 | 10.63
| |
| Total valid votes | 18,856 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 700 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 19,556 | 78.99 | |||
| Registered electors | 24,758 | ||||
| Majority | 3,475 | 18.43 | 11.85
| ||
| Alliance gain from Independent politician politician | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Quek Kai Dong | 4,752 | 38.94 | |||
| Socialist Front | S. Sathappan | 3,949 | 32.36 | |||
| Alliance | A. S. Dawood | 3,409 | 27.94 | |||
| Independent | C. Rajadurai | 93 | 0.76 | |||
| Total valid votes | 12,203 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 71 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 12,274 | 83.26 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,741 | |||||
| Majority | 803 | 6.58 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References[edit]
- ^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.