Damansara (federal constituency)

Damansara
the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1959
Last contested	1982

Damansara was a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 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 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Damansara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created in the state of Selangor
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Karam Singh Veriah	Socialist Front
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Karam Singh Veriah	Socialist Front
2nd	1964-1969	Michael Chen Wing Sum	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1974	Hor Cheok Foon	DAP
Constituency re-created in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
4th	1974-1978	Subramaniam Sinniah	BN
5th	1978-1982	V. David	DAP
6th	1982-1986	Tan Koon Swan	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Koon Swan	34,659	59.43
	DAP	V. David	20,137	34.53
	PAS	Ramli Mohamed Yasin	3,527	6.05
Total valid votes			58,323	100.00
Total rejected ballots			449
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			58,772	67.88
Registered electors			86,576
Majority			14,522
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	V. David
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			67,278
Majority			3,222
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Subramaniam Sinniah
	PEKEMAS	K. C. Cheah
	DAP	Hor Cheok Foon
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			38,028
Majority
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Hor Cheok Foon	15,567	56.29
	Alliance	Michael Chen Wing Sum	12,089	43.71
Total valid votes			27,656	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,002
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,658	69.34
Registered electors			41,331
Majority			3,478
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Michael Chen Wing Sum	9,148	43.68
	Socialist Front	Tan Kai Hee	8,602	41.08
	PAP	Lam Khuan Kit	3,191	15.24
Total valid votes			20,941	100.00
Total rejected ballots			856
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			21,797	72.52
Registered electors			30,056
Majority			546
	Alliance gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Karam Singh Veriah	9,026	61.49
	Alliance	Lee Eng Teh	5,653	38.51
Total valid votes			14,679	100.00
Total rejected ballots			192
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,871	75.40
Registered electors			19,722
Majority			3,373
This was a new constituency created.

References

↑ 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.

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