Menglembu (federal constituency)

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Menglembu
Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created 1958
Constituency abolished 1986
First contested 1959
Last contested 1982

Menglembu was a federal constituency in the Perak, 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 Menglembu
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st 1959-1963 S. P. Seenivasagam PPP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st 1963-1964 S. P. Seenivasagam PPP
2nd 1964-1969
1969-1971 Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd 1971-1973 S. P. Seenivasagam PPP
1973-1974 BN
4th 1974-1978 Fan Yew Teng DAP
5th 1978-1982 Patto Perumal
6th 1982-1986 Yew Foo Weng BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Yew Foo Weng
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Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
BN gain from DAP Swing ?


Malaysian general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
DAP Patto Perumal
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Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
DAP hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
DAP Fan Yew Teng
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Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
DAP gain from PPP Swing ?


Malaysian general election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PPP S. P. Seenivasagam
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Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
PPP hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1964
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PPP S. P. Seenivasagam
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Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
PPP hold Swing


Malayan general election, 1959
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PPP S. P. Seenivasagam
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Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

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