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Former federal constituency in Malaysia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Langat was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1974.
Selangor constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1955 |
Constituency abolished | 1974 |
First contested | 1955 |
Last contested | 1969 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Members of Parliament for Langat | ||||
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Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | ||||
Federal Legislative Council | ||||
1st | 1955-1959 | Abu Bakar Baginda (ابو بكر بڬيندا) |
Alliance (UMNO) | |
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | P069 | 1959-1963 | Zakaria Mohd Taib (زكريا محمد طائب) | Alliance (UMNO) |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | P069 | 1963-1964 | Zakaria Mohd Taib (زكريا محمد طائب) | Alliance (UMNO) |
2nd | 1964–1969 | |||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
3rd | P069 | 1971-1973 | Shariff Ahmad (شريف احمد) | Alliance (UMNO) |
1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | |||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Ulu Langat |
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Langat | Kajang | ||||||
Kuala Langat | |||||||
Semenyih | |||||||
Ulu Langat |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Shariff Ahmad | 8,433 | 55.25 | 15.44 | |
GERAKAN | Loh Chee Foom | 6,829 | 44.75 | 44.75 | |
Total valid votes | 15,262 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,110 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 16,372 | 70.75 | 9.56 | ||
Registered electors | 23,142 | ||||
Majority | 1,604 | 10.50 | 30.88 | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Zakaria Mohd Taib | 10,275 | 70.69 | 13.27 | |
Socialist Front | Ahmad Boestamam | 4,260 | 29.31 | 13.27 | |
Total valid votes | 14,535 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,047 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 15,582 | 80.31 | 3.23 | ||
Registered electors | 19,403 | ||||
Majority | 6,015 | 41.38 | 26.54 | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Zakaria Mohd Taib | 6,937 | 57.42 | 19.28 | |
Socialist Front | Koh Pak Ngee | 5,145 | 42.58 | 42.58 | |
Total valid votes | 12,082 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 166 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 12,248 | 77.08 | 9.92 | ||
Registered electors | 15,890 | ||||
Majority | 1,792 | 14.84 | 38.56 | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Abu Bakar Baginda | 7,069 | 76.70 | |||
NEGARA | Mohd Nazir Abdul | 2,147 | 23.30 | |||
Total valid votes | 9,216 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 9,216 | 87.00 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,593 | |||||
Majority | 4,922 | 53.40 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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