Menglembu (federal constituency)

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
Parliament	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	27,187	52.69
	DAP	Lau Dak Kee	24,412	47.31
Total valid votes			51,599	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,824
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			53,423	73.88
Registered electors			72,307
Majority			2,775
	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			61,439
Majority			12,770
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Fan Yew Teng
	BN	S. P. Seenivasagam
	Independent	Koo Eng Kuang
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			51,316
Majority
	DAP gain from PPP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	S. P. Seenivasagam	29,089	81.0
	Alliance	Hew Chai Kee	6,818	19.0
Total valid votes			35,907	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,391
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			37,298	71.85
Registered electors			51,913
Majority			22,271
	PPP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	S. P. Seenivasagam	20,367	58.08
	Alliance	Lim Eng Chang	11,246	32.07
	Socialist Front	Yunos Mohd Isa	3,457	9.86
Total valid votes			35,070	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,117
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			36,187	78.68
Registered electors			45,994
Majority			9,121
	PPP hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	S. P. Seenivasagam	14,338	65.43
	Alliance	Wong Kok Weng	6,292	28.71
	Socialist Front	Idham Khatib	1,283	5.85
Total valid votes			21,913	100.00
Total rejected ballots			131
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,044	65.59
Registered electors			33,609
Majority			8,046
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.