Langat (federal constituency)

Langat
Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Langat was a federal constituency in Selangor, 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

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Langat
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Zakaria Mohd Taib	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Zakaria Mohd Taib	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Zakaria Mohd Taib	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Shariff Ahmad	Alliance
3rd	1973-1974	Shariff Ahmad	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Shariff Ahmad	8,433	55.25
	Gerakan	Loh Chee Foom	6,829	44.75
Total valid votes			15,262	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,110
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,372	70.75
Registered electors			23,142
Majority			1,604
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Zakaria Mohd Taib	10,275	70.69
	Socialist Front	Ahmad Boestamam	4,260	29.31
Total valid votes			14,535	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,047
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,582	80.31
Registered electors			19,403
Majority			6,015
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Zakaria Mohd Taib	6,937	57.42
	Socialist Front	Koh Pak Ngee	5,145	42.58
Total valid votes			12,082	100.00
Total rejected ballots			166
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,248	77.08
Registered electors			15,890
Majority			1,792
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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