Port Dickson (federal constituency)
Port Dickson Negeri Sembilan constituency |
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| Defunct federal constituency |
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| Legislature |
Dewan Rakyat |
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| Constituency created |
1958 |
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| Constituency abolished |
1974 |
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| First contested |
1959 |
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| Last contested |
1969 |
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Port Dickson was a federal constituency in Negeri Sembilan, 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 Port Dickson |
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created |
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya |
| 1st | 1959-1963 | T. Mahima Singh | Alliance |
| Parliament of Malaysia |
| 1st | 1963-1964 | T. Mahima Singh | Alliance |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 |
| | 1969-1971 | Parliament dissolved[1][2] |
| 3rd | 1971-1974 | Soorian Arjunan | DAP |
| Constituency abolished |
Election results
| Malaysian general election, 1969 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% |
|
DAP | Soorian Arjunan | 10,266 | 53.89 |
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Alliance | Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh | 6,606 | 34.68 |
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PMIP | Mansor Abu Bakar | 1,872 | 9.83 |
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UMCO | Wong Tai Oon | 307 | 1.61 |
| Total valid votes |
19,051 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots |
697 |
| Unreturned ballots |
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| Turnout |
19,748 | 74.18 |
| Registered electors |
26,623 |
| Majority |
3,660 |
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DAP gain from Alliance |
Swing |
?
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| Malaysian general election, 1964 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% |
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Alliance | Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh | 7,911 | 49.35 |
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UDP | Ng Hup Chwee | 2,174 | 13.56 |
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Independent | Nadchatiram Saraswathy Devi | 2,074 | 12.94 |
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Socialist Front | R. Murugan | 2,020 | 12.60 |
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PPP | Ibrahim Ahmad | 1,349 | 8.41 |
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Independent | Ong Boon Hong | 504 | 3.14 |
| Total valid votes |
16,032 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots |
1,219 |
| Unreturned ballots |
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| Turnout |
17,251 | 78.12 |
| Registered electors |
22,083 |
| Majority |
5,737 |
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Alliance hold |
Swing |
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| Malayan general election, 1959 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% |
| On the nomination day, Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh won uncontested. |
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Alliance | Mahima Singh Thaliwal Karam Singh |
| Total valid votes |
| 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots |
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| Unreturned ballots |
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| Turnout |
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| Registered electors |
15,763 |
| Majority |
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| This was a new constituency created. |
References