Mata Kuching
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Mata Kuching was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.
 Penang constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1974 |
| Constituency abolished | 1986 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1982 |
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 1986 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Mata Kuching | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created from Bagan and Seberang Utara | |||||
| 4th | P036 | 1974–1978 | Ling Liong Sik (林良实) | BN (MCA) | 13,755 53.97% |
| 5th | 1978–1982 | 23,564 65.27% | |||
| 6th | 1982–1986 | 26,995 62.11% | |||
| Constituency abolished split into Bagan and Tasek Gelugor | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1959* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Mata Kuching | Bagan Ajam | ||||||
| Bagan Dalam | |||||||
| Bagan Jermal | |||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1974 | |
| Bagan Ajam |
|
| Bagan Dalam |
|
| Bagan Jermal |
|
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik | 26,995 | 62.11 |  3.16 | |
| DAP | Goh Sin Khoon | 14,839 | 34.14 |  34.14 | |
| Independent | Raja Ahamed Narudin @ Raja Mohamed Raja Sulaiman | 1,626 | 3.74 | 3.74 | |
| Total valid votes | 43,460 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,186 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 44,646 | 77.46 | 1.83 | ||
| Registered electors | 57,635 | ||||
| Majority | 12,156 | 27.97 | 14.13 | ||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik | 23,564 | 65.27 | 11.30 | |
| SDP | Loh Kim Heng | 8,365 | 23.17 | 23.17 | |
| PAS | Abdul Hamid Abdullah | 4,174 | 11.56 | 11.56 | |
| Total valid votes | 36,103 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,501 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 37,604 | 79.29 | 4.68 | ||
| Registered electors | 47,425 | ||||
| Majority | 15,199 | 42.10 | 21.31 | ||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik | 13,755 | 53.97 | |||
| PEKEMAS | Ong Yi How | 8,457 | 33.18 | |||
| DAP | Goh Lim Eam | 3,273 | 12.84 | |||
| Total valid votes | 25,485 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 869 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 26,354 | 83.97 | ||||
| Registered electors | 31,385 | |||||
| Majority | 5,298 | 20.79 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||