Sungai Besar (state constituency) explained

Sungai Besar
State:Selangor
State-Status:defunct
State-Created:1958
State-Abolished:2004
State-Election-First:1959
State-Election-Last:1999

Sungai Besar was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 2004.

The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungai Besar
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
Sungei Besar
1959-1964 Alliance (UMNO)
1964-1969
1969-1971 Assembly dissolved
1971-1973 Taiban Hassan Alliance (UMNO)
1973-1974 BN (UMNO)
1974-1978 Mohamed Ghazali Kantan
1978-1982
1982-1986
Sungai Besar
1986-1989 BN (UMNO)
1989-1990 Mahbud Hashim
1990-1995 Husin Taib
1995-1999 Ramli Norani
1999-2004 PAS
Constituency abolished, merged into Sabak

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