Petaling (federal constituency) explained

Petaling
State:Selangor
Fed-Status:defunct
Fed-Created:1974
Fed-Abolished:1986
Fed-Election-First:1974
Fed-Election-Last:1982

Petaling was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.[1]

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 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Petaling
Parliament NoYears Member Party
Constituency created from Damansara
P0811974-1978 Oh Keng Seng
(胡更生)
DAP
1978-1982 Lim Kit Siang
(林吉祥)
1982-1986 Yeoh Poh San
(杨宝山)
Constituency abolished, split into Petaling Jaya and Puchong

State constituency

ParliamentaryconstituencyState constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
PetalingPetaling Jaya
Serdang
Sungei Way

Notes and References

  1. Thong, L. B. (2006). PETALING JAYA: THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF MALAYSIA’S FIRST NEW TOWN. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 79(2 (291)), 1–22. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41493670