Sungai Besi (federal constituency)

Sungai Besi
the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1974
Last contested	1990

Sungai Besi was a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1995.

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 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Sungai Besi
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Sungei Besi
4th	1974-1978	Farn Seong Than	DAP
5th	1978-1982	Chan Kok Kit
6th	1982-1986	Chan Kok Kit
Sungai Besi
7th	1986-1990	Tan Kok Wai	DAP
8th	1990-1995	Tan Kok Wai	DAP
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Kok Wai	32,169	56.56
	BN	Tan Chai Ho	23,313	40.99
	Independent	Abdul Hamid Selamat	1,389	2.44
Total valid votes			56,871	100.00
Total rejected ballots			432
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			57,303	70.87
Registered electors
Majority			8,856
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Kok Wai	22,188	49.12
	BN	Kee Yong Wee	20,662	45.74
	PAS	Shariffuddin Budin	2,320	5.14
Total valid votes			45,170	100.00
Total rejected ballots			238
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			45,408	70.01
Registered electors			64,859
Majority			1,526
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982: Sungei Besi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chan Kok Kit	40,434	52.97
	BN	Kee Yong Wee	34,929	45.76
	Independent	Megat Ahmad Sani Megat Hashim	969	1.27
Total valid votes			76,332	100.00
Total rejected ballots			637
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			76,969	74.39
Registered electors			103,469
Majority			5,505
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978: Sungei Besi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chan Kok Kit
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			79,076
Majority			33,687
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974: Sungei Besi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Farn Seong Than
	BN	Shee Koon Ruay
	PEKEMAS	Ang Chee Meng
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			42,446
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-07.

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