Pelabuhan Kelang (federal constituency)

Pelabuhan Kelang was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

Pelabuhan Kelang

Selangor 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 Pelabuhan Kelang
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kapar and Klang
4th	P079	1974-1978	V. Manickavasagam (வி. கோவிந்தராஜ்)	BN (MIC)
5th		1978-1979
		1979-1982	V. Govindaraj (வி. கோவிந்தராஜ்)
6th		1982-1986
Constituency abolished, split into Kapar and Klang

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Pelabuhan Kelang			Kapar
			Selat Kelang
			Sementa

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	V. Govindaraj	25,026	54.94	2.42
	DAP	Nadarasa @ Nadarajah Muthu Thamby	13,142	28.85	5.13
	PAS	Abdullah Hashim	7,385	16.21	6.74
Total valid votes			45,553	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,212
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			46,765	76.52
Registered electors			61,113
Majority			11,884	26.09	2.71
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 1 December 1979
Upon the death of incumbent, V. Manickavasagam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	V. Govindaraj	17,219	52.52	12.07
	DAP	K. Ramasen	7,777	23.72	7.41
	PAS	Ahmad Subki Abd. Latif @ Subky Abd. Latif	7,525	22.95	18.67
	Independent	Abdul Hanif Abdul Manaf	114	0.35	0.35
	Independent	Mani Nagaindra Valliappan	83	0.25	0.25
	Independent	Mohan Lal	43	0.13	0.13
	Independent	Hari Devan Mookhen	22	0.07	0.07
Total valid votes			32,783	100.00
Total rejected ballots			528
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			33,311
Registered electors
Majority			9,442	28.80	4.66
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	V. Manickavasagam	21,429	64.59	2.66
	DAP	K. Ramasen	10,329	31.13	21.79
	PAS	Mohd Zin Ibrahim	1,420	4.28	4.28
Total valid votes			33,178	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,242
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			37,935	75.90	0.21
Registered electors			49,979
Majority			11,100	33.46	10.37
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	V. Manickavasagam	16,277	67.25
	PEKEMAS	A. V. Kathiah	5,669	23.42
	DAP	Abdul Aziz Ismail	2,260	9.34
Total valid votes			24,202	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,261
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			25,467	76.11
Registered electors			33,459
Majority			10,608	43.83
This was a new constituency created.

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