Seremban Timor (federal constituency)
 Negeri Sembilan constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
Seremban Timor 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 Timor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Seremban | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | P080 | 1959-1963 | Chin See Yin (陈世英) |
Independent |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | P080 | 1963-1964 | Chin See Yin (陈世英) |
Independent |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Quek Kai Dong (郭开东) |
Alliance (MCA) | |
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | P080 | 1971-1974 | Chen Man Hin (曾敏兴) |
DAP |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Seremban | ||||
State constituency
[edit]| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Seremban Timor | Rahang | ||||||
| Rantau | |||||||
| Sungei Ujong | |||||||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Chen Man Hin | 13,475 | 60.32 |  60.32
| |
| Alliance | Wong Seng Chow | 8,073 | 36.14 |  7.90
| |
| United Malaysian Chinese Organisation | Chin See Yin | 791 | 3.54 | 3.54
| |
| Total valid votes | 22,339 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 905 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 23,244 | 72.14 | 5.26
| ||
| Registered electors | 32,222 | ||||
| Majority | 5,402 | 24.18 | 4.95
| ||
| DAP gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia) | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Quek Kai Dong | 9,604 | 44.04 | 29.52
| |
| PAP | Lau Kit Sun | 5,410 | 24.81 | 24.81
| |
| Socialist Front | Lim Kee Sai | 5,124 | 23.50 | 4.57
| |
| UDP | Francis Wong Lun King | 1,670 | 7.66 | 7.66
| |
| Total valid votes | 21,808 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 642 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 22,450 | 77.40 | 0.85
| ||
| Registered electors | 29,004 | ||||
| Majority | 4,194 | 19.23 | 6.71
| ||
| Alliance gain from Independent | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Chin See Yin | 5,762 | 40.59 | |||
| Socialist Front | Robert Singam | 3,985 | 28.07 | |||
| PMIP | Md Nor Abdul Hamid | 2,387 | 16.82 | |||
| Alliance | Tham Tat Ming | 2,061 | 14.52 | |||
| Total valid votes | 14,195 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 14,298 | 76.55 | ||||
| Registered electors | 18,678 | |||||
| Majority | 1,777 | 12.52 | ||||
| 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.