Bungsar (federal constituency)

Bungsar

Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Bungsar was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

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 Bungsar
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	V. David	Socialist Front
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	V. David	Socialist Front
2nd	1964-1965	Devan Nair	PAP
	1965-1969		DAP
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Goh Hock Guan	DAP
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Goh Hock Guan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	DAP gain from PAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAP	Devan Nair
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	PAP gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	V. David
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.