Petaling (federal constituency)

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Malaysian electoral constituency

Petaling Selangor constituency

Defunct federal constituency
Legislature| Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created| 1974
Constituency abolished| 1986
First contested| 1974
Last contested| 1982

Petaling was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.[1]

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

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It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.

### Representation history

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Members of Parliament for Petaling

Parliament  | No | Years | Member | Party
Constituency created from Damansara
4th | P081 | 1974-1978 | Oh Keng Seng
(胡更生) | DAP
5th | 1978-1982 | Lim Kit Siang
(林吉祥)
6th | 1982-1986 | Yeoh Poh San
(杨宝山) | BN (MCA)
Constituency abolished, split into Petaling Jaya and Puchong

### State constituency

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Parliamentary

constituency

| State constituency

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1955–59*  | 1959–1974  | 1974–1986  | 1986–1995  | 1995–2004  | 2004–2018  | 2018–present
Petaling  |  | Petaling Jaya  |
Serdang  |
Sungei Way  |

## Election results

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Malaysian general election, 1982 Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ∆%

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| BN | Yeoh Poh San | 42,710 | 53.29 |  16.12
| DAP | Patto Perumal | 37,436 | 46.71 |  16.12
Total valid votes  | 80,146 |  100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 1,800
Unreturned ballots  | 0
Turnout  | 81,946 | 71.44 |  3.15
Registered electors  | 114,704
Majority  | 5,274 | 6.58 |  19.08
| BN gain from DAP | Swing | ?

Malaysian general election, 1978 Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ∆%

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| DAP | Lim Kit Siang | 41,017 | 62.83 |  22.42
| BN | Yeoh Poh San | 24,263 | 37.17 |  0.30
Total valid votes  | 65,280 |  100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 2,309
Unreturned ballots  | 0
Turnout  | 67,589 | 74.59 |  0.17
Registered electors  | 90,611
Majority  | 16,754 | 25.66 |  22.12
| DAP hold | Swing |

Malaysian general election, 1974 Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %

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| DAP | Oh Keng Seng | 14,106 | 40.41
| BN | Goh Hock Guan | 12,868 | 36.87
| PEKEMAS | Pang Koik My | 5,961 | 17.08
| Independent | Lim Kui Sang | 1,970 | 5.64
Total valid votes  | 34,905 |  100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 925
Unreturned ballots  | 0
Turnout  | 35,830 | 74.76
Registered electors  | 48,100
Majority  | 1,238 | 3.54
This was a new constituency created.

## References

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1. ^ Thong, L. B. (2006). PETALING JAYA: THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF MALAYSIA’S FIRST NEW TOWN. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 79(2 (291)), 1–22. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41493670