Bangsar (federal constituency)
Former constituency of Malaysia
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Bangsar was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
 Selangor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
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 Bangsar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created from Kuala Lumpur Barat | |||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||||
| 1st | P071 | 1959-1963 | V. David (வே. தேவிட்) | SF (Lab) | 9,734 40.59% |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||||
| 1st | P071 | 1963-1964 | V. David (வே. தேவிட்) | SB (Lab) | 9,734 40.59% |
| 2nd | 1964-1965 | Devan Nair (ദേവൻ നായർ) | PAP | 13,494 34.56% | |
| 1965-1969 | DAP | ||||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||||
| 3rd | P071 | 1971-1974 | Goh Hock Guan (吴福源) | DAP | 37,050 79.34% |
| Constituency abolished, split into Kuala Lumpur Bandar, Damansara, Petaling and Sungei Besi | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Bangsar | Pantai | ||||||
| Salak | |||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1959 | |
| Pantai |
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| Salak |
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Goh Hock Guan | 37,050 | 79.34 |  79.34 | |
| Alliance | Lew Sip Hon | 9,648 | 20.66 |  4.92 | |
| Total valid votes | 46,698 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,320 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 48,018 | 59.22 | 8.50 | ||
| Registered electors | 81,086 | ||||
| Majority | 27,402 | 58.68 | 56.56 | ||
| DAP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Devan Nair | 13,494 | 35.36 | 35.36 | |
| Socialist Front | V. David | 12,686 | 33.24 | 7.35 | |
| Alliance | Koh Pooi Kee | 9,761 | 25.58 | 4.58 | |
| PPP | Chew Choo Soot | 2,219 | 5.81 | 4.15 | |
| Total valid votes | 38,160 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,293 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 39,453 | 67.72 | 0.29 | ||
| Registered electors | 58,261 | ||||
| Majority | 808 | 2.12 | 65.89 | ||
| PAP gain from Socialist Front | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Front | V. David | 9,734 | 40.59 | |||
| Independent | Koh Pooi Kee | 6,821 | 28.45 | |||
| Alliance | Lau Joo Kooi | 5,036 | 21.00 | |||
| PPP | Ong Yeow Kay | 2,388 | 9.96 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,979 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 198 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,177 | 68.01 | ||||
| Registered electors | 35,549 | |||||
| Majority | 2,913 | 12.14 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||