Rawang (federal constituency)

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

Rawang 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[edit]

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.

Representation history[edit]

Members of Parliament for Rawang
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Ulu Selangor
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P068	1959-1963	Liu Yoong Peng (刘云鹏)	SF (Lab)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P068	1963-1964	Liu Yoong Peng (刘云鹏)	SF (Lab)
2nd	P068	1964-1969	Tunku Abdullah Tuanku Abdul Rahman (تونكو عبدالله توانكو عبدالرحمن)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	P068	1971-1973	Tunku Abdullah Tuanku Abdul Rahman (تونكو عبدالله توانكو عبدالرحمن)	Alliance (UMNO)
3rd	P068	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished split into Ulu Selangor, Selayang and Shah Alam

State constituency[edit]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Rawang		Kuang
Rawang		Serendah

Election results[edit]

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tunku Abdullah Tuanku Abdul Rahman	8,260	50.77	16.70
	GERAKAN	G. T. Rajah	8,010	49.23	49.23
Total valid votes			16,270	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,251
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,521	70.75	6.35
Registered electors			24,765
Majority			250	1.54	33.40
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tunku Abdullah Tuanku Abdul Rahman	9,935	67.47	10.46
	Socialist Front	Lee Chi Kit	4,789	32.53	24.48
Total valid votes			14,724	100.00
Total rejected ballots			659
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,383	77.10
Registered electors			19,951
Majority			5,146	34.94	11.84
	Alliance gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist Front	Liu Yoong Peng	6,143	57.01
	Alliance	Abdul Karim Kassim	3,654	33.91
	Independent	Borhan Abdul Majid	978	9.08
Total valid votes			10,775	100.00
Total rejected ballots			118
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,893	75.76
Registered electors			14,378
Majority			2,489	23.10
This was a new constituency created.

References[edit]

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

[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.

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