Seremban Barat (federal constituency)

Seremban Barat
Negeri Sembilan constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Seremban Barat 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 Seremban Barat
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Quek Kai Dong	Independent
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Quek Kai Dong	Independent
2nd	1964-1969	Siow Loong Hin	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1974	Sinnathamby Seevaratnam	DAP
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Sinnathamby Seevaratnam	11,705	59.44
	Alliance	Tai Kon Chin	7,277	36.95
	UMCO	Tan Kee Jon	710	3.61
Total valid votes			19,692	100.00
Total rejected ballots			978
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,670	74.09
Registered electors			27,900
Majority			4,428
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Siow Loong Hin	10,163	53.90
	Socialist Front	Koo Eng Kuang	6,688	35.47
	UDP	Oh Siew Kheng	2,005	10.63
Total valid votes			18,856	100.00
Total rejected ballots			700
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,556	78.99
Registered electors			24,758
Majority			3,475
	Alliance gain from Independent		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Quek Kai Dong	4,752	38.94
	Socialist Front	S. Sathappan	3,949	32.36
	Alliance	A. S. Dawood	3,409	27.94
	Independent	C. Rajadurai	93	0.76
Total valid votes			12,203	100.00
Total rejected ballots			71
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,274	83.26
Registered electors			14,741
Majority			803
This was a new constituency created.

References

↑ 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.

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