Setapak (federal constituency)

Setapak

the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1959
Last contested	1982

Setapak was a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 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 Setapak
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created in the state of Selangor
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Ahmad Boestamam	Socialist Front
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Ahmad Boestamam	Socialist Front
2nd	1964-1969	Chan Seong Yoon	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1972	Walter Loh Poh Khan	DAP
	1972-1973		Alliance[3]
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency re-created in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
4th	1974-1978	Mohd. Idris Ibrahim	BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Mohammad Idris Mohammad Basari
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohammad Idris Mohammad Basari	32,348	65.42
	DAP	Mohamad Isa Mohamad Ismail	12,649	25.58
	PAS	Othman Abdul Razak	4,452	9.00
Total valid votes			49,449	100.00
Total rejected ballots			498
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			49,947	62.23
Registered electors			80,266
Majority			19,699
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
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

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd. Idris Ibrahim
	PEKEMAS	Ishak Surin
	DAP	Ganga Nayar
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			34,792
Majority
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Walter Loh Poh Khan	17,137	55.27
	Alliance	Teh Hock Heng	13,871	44.73
Total valid votes			31,008	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,165
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			33,173	57.23
Registered electors			57,969
Majority			3,266
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Chan Seong Yoon	12,292	50.39
	Socialist Front	Tajuddin Abdul Kahar	7,888	32.34
	PAP	K. V. Thaver	4,214	17.27
Total valid votes			24,394	100.00
Total rejected ballots			871
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,265	68.22
Registered electors			37,034
Majority			4,404
	Alliance gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Ahmad Boestamam	6,901	44.35
	Alliance	Aishah Ghani	4,805	30.88
	Independent	Yap Kim Swee	3,853	24.76
Total valid votes			15,559	100.00
Total rejected ballots			102
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,661	69.64
Registered electors			22,490
Majority			2,096
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
3. "Two DAP MPs Join MCA". The Straits Times. 18 May 1972. Retrieved 2016-05-20.