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Damansara 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
editRepresentation history
edit| Members of Parliament for Damansara | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created, renamed from Bangsar | ||||
| 4th | P086 | 1974-1978 | Subramaniam Sinniah (சி. சுப்ரமணியம்) |
BN (MIC) |
| 5th | 1978-1982 | V. David (வே. தேவிட்) |
DAP | |
| 6th | 1982-1986 | Tan Koon Swan (陈群川) |
BN (MCA) | |
| Constituency abolished, split into Lembah Pantai and Seputeh | ||||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Tan Koon Swan | 34,659 | 59.43 |  19.12
| |
| DAP | V. David | 20,137 | 34.53 |  12.90
| |
| PAS | Ramli Mohamed Yasin | 3,527 | 6.05 | 5.85
| |
| Total valid votes | 58,323 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 449 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 58,772 | 67.88 | 0.13
| ||
| Registered electors | 86,576 | ||||
| Majority | 14,522 | 24.90 | 17.78
| ||
| BN gain from DAP | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | V. David | 21,461 | 47.43 | 19.30
| |
| BN | Subramaniam Sinniah | 18,239 | 40.31 | 10.91
| |
| PAS | Syed Ibrahim Syed Abdul Rahman | 5,386 | 11.90 | 11.90
| |
| PEKEMAS | Thinakaran Rajakannu | 161 | 0.36 | 20.29
| |
| Total valid votes | 45,247 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 337 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 45,584 | 67.75 | 8.56
| ||
| Registered electors | 67,278 | ||||
| Majority | 3,222 | 7.12 | 15.97
| ||
| DAP gain from BN | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Subramaniam Sinniah | 9,763 | 51.22 | |||
| DAP | Hor Cheok Foon | 5,362 | 28.13 | |||
| PEKEMAS | K. C. Cheah | 3,935 | 20.65 | |||
| Total valid votes | 19,060 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 0 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,571 | 59.19 | ||||
| Registered electors | 38,028 | |||||
| Majority | 4,401 | 23.09 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||