Langat (federal constituency) explained

Langat
State:Selangor
Fed-Status:defunct
Fed-Created:1955
Fed-Abolished:1974
Fed-Election-First:1955
Fed-Election-Last:1969

Langat was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 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 Langat
Parliament NoYears Member Party
Constituency created
Federal Legislative Council
1st1955-1959Abu Bakar Baginda
(ابو بكر بڬيندا)
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
P0691959-1963 Zakaria Mohd Taib
(زكريا محمد طائب)
Parliament of Malaysia
P0691963-1964 Zakaria Mohd Taib
(زكريا محمد طائب)
1964–1969
1969-1971 Parliament was suspended[1] [2]
P0691971-1973 Shariff Ahmad
(شريف احمد)
1973-1974
Constituency abolished, renamed to Ulu Langat

State constituency

ParliamentaryconstituencyState constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
LangatKajang
Kuala Langat
Semenyih
Ulu Langat

Notes and References

  1. News: Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang . Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa . Utusan Online . 2012-03-12 . 2016-05-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160604045153/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2012&dt=0312&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Rencana&pg=re_05.htm . 2016-06-04 .
  2. Web site: www.parlimen.gov.my . 2016-05-20.