Setapak (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency)
Former federal constituency in Kuala Lumpur
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Setapak was a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.
 the Federal Territories of Malaysia 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
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Setapak | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created from Setapak and Bukit Bintang | |||||
| 4th | P085 | 1974-1978 | Mohd. Idris Ibrahim (محمد. إدريس إبراهيم) | BN (UMNO) | 14,743 70.54% |
| 5th | 1978-1982 | Uncontested | |||
| 6th | 1982-1986 | Mohammad Idris Mohammad Basari (محمد إدريس محمد باسري) |
32,348 65.42% | ||
| Constituency abolished, split into Batu and Titiwangsa | |||||
Historical boundaries
| Federal constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1974 | |
| Setapak |
|
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Mohammad Idris Mohammad Basari | 32,348 | 65.42 |  65.42 | |
| DAP | Mohamad Isa Mohamad Ismail | 12,649 | 25.58 | 25.58 | |
| PAS | Othman Abdul Razak | 4,452 | 9.00 | 9.00 | |
| Total valid votes | 49,449 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 498 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 49,947 | 62.23 | |||
| Registered electors | 80,266 | ||||
| Majority | 19,699 | 39.84 | |||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Mohd. Idris Ibrahim won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Mohd. Idris Ibrahim | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | ||||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Mohd. Idris Ibrahim | 14,743 | 70.54 | |||
| PEKEMAS | Ishak Surin | 3,213 | 15.73 | |||
| DAP | Ganga Nayar | 2,944 | 14.09 | |||
| Total valid votes | 20,900 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 177 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,077 | 60.58 | ||||
| Registered electors | 34,792 | |||||
| Majority | 11,530 | 54.81 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||