Bandar Klang (state constituency)

Bandar Klang

Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1974
Last contested	1999

Bandar Klang was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 2004.

The state constituency was created in the 1974 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 Bandar Klang
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Jeram, Bukit Raja, Sementa Port Swettenham and Kampong Jawa
Bandar Kelang
4th	N23	1974-1978	Tong Kok Mau (童國模)	BN (MCA)
5th		1978-1982
6th		1982-1986	Tan Seng Giaw (陳勝堯)	DAP
Klang Bandar
7th	N34	1986-1990	Tan Seng Giaw (陳勝堯)	DAP
8th		1990-1995	Chua Kow Eng (蔡高英)	GR (DAP)
Bandar Klang
9th	N41	1995-1999	Chua Kow Eng (蔡高英)	DAP
10th		1999-2004	Teng Chang Khim (鄧章欽)	BA (DAP)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Sungai Pinang

Election results

Selangor state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teng Chang Khim	13,927	49.73	0.19
	BN	Tan Chee Keong	13,482	48.14	1.25
	MDP	Chua Kok Eng	599	2.14	2.14
Total valid votes			28,008	100.00
Total rejected ballots			437
Unreturned ballots			56
Turnout			28,501	71.82	0.42
Registered electors			39,685
Majority			445	1.59	1.06
	DAP hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chua Kow Eng	13,606	49.92	18.06
	BN	Ang Thye Chin	13,461	49.39	17.37
	Independent	Pupalan Muthusamy	188	0.69	0.69
Total valid votes			27,255	100.00
Total rejected ballots			404
Unreturned ballots			61
Turnout			27,720	71.40	2.16
Registered electors			38,824
Majority			145	0.53	35.42
	DAP hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1990: Klang Bandar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chua Kow Eng	13,658	67.98	6.21
	BN	Ang Thye Chin	6,434	32.02	0.41
Total valid votes			20,092	100.00
Total rejected ballots			329
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			20,455	73.56	1.68
Registered electors			27,809
Majority			7,224	35.95	6.61
	DAP hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986: Klang Bandar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Seng Giaw	13,223	61.77	9.46
	BN	Goon Swee Fook	6,942	32.43	32.43
	NASMA	Yeoh Lai Seng	927	4.33	4.33
	SDP	Yeoh Poh San	314	1.47	1.47
Total valid votes			21,406	100.00
Total rejected ballots			397
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,803	71.88	1.03
Registered electors			30,333
Majority			6,281	29.34	24.71
	DAP hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1982: Bandar Kelang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Seng Giaw	18,075	58.49
	BN	Tong Kok Mau	12,830	41.51
Total valid votes			26,905	100.00
Total rejected ballots			446
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			27,351	70.85
Registered electors			38,602
Majority			1,245	4.63
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1978: Bandar Kelang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Tong Kok Mau won uncontested.
	BN	Tong Kok Mau
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1974: Bandar Kelang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Tong Kok Mau	5,084	38.13
	Independent	Wong Tai Moi	4,836	36.27
	DAP	Chan Kok Kit	3,109	23.32
	PEKEMAS	Tai Sen Sart	303	2.27
Total valid votes			13,332	100.00
Total rejected ballots			656
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,988	69.33
Registered electors			20,175
Majority			248	1.86
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-25.