Sitiawan (federal constituency)
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Sitiawan was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
 Perak 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 Sitiawan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created from Dindings | |||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||||
| 1st | P045 | 1959-1963 | Yong Woo Ming (杨武明) | Alliance (MCA) | 6,442 41.67% |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||||
| 1st | P045 | 1963-1964 | Yong Woo Ming (杨武明) | Alliance (MCA) | 6,442 41.67% |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Kam Woon Wah (甘文华) |
11,136 60.41% | ||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||||
| 3rd | P045 | 1971-1972 | Richard Ho Ung Hun (何文翰) | DAP | 11,607 59.31% |
| 1972-1973 | Alliance (MCA)[3] | ||||
| 1973-1974 | BN (MCA) | ||||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Lumut | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Sitiawan | Lekir | ||||||
| Lumut | |||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1959 | |
| Lekir |
|
| Lumut |
|
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Richard Ho Ung Hun | 11,607 | 59.31 |  59.31 | |
| Alliance | Kam Woon Wah | 7,964 | 40.69 |  19.72 | |
| Total valid votes | 19,571 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 921 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 20,492 | 73.37 | 6.71 | ||
| Registered electors | 27,930 | ||||
| Majority | 3,643 | 18.62 | 2.20 | ||
| DAP gain from Alliance | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Kam Woon Wah | 11,136 | 60.41 | 18.74 | |
| UDP | Too Joon Hing | 7,299 | 39.59 | 39.59 | |
| Total valid votes | 18,435 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 685 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 19,120 | 80.08 | 18.93 | ||
| Registered electors | 23,877 | ||||
| Majority | 3,837 | 20.82 | 18.48 | ||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Yong Woo Ming | 6,442 | 41.67 | |||
| Independent | Too Joon Hing | 6,079 | 39.33 | |||
| PPP | Hor Hock Lung | 2,937 | 19.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 15,458 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 155 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 15,613 | 61.15 | ||||
| Registered electors | 25,531 | |||||
| Majority | 373 | 2.34 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||