Menglembu (federal constituency)

Menglembu

Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1959
Last contested	1982

Menglembu was a federal constituency in the Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 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 Menglembu
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party	Vote Share
Constituency created from Ipoh-Menglembu
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P051	1959-1963	Sri Padhmaraja Seenivasagam (ஸ்ரீ பத்மராஜா சீனிவாசகம்)	PPP	14,338 65.43%
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P051	1963-1964	Sri Padhmaraja Seenivasagam (ஸ்ரீ பத்மராஜா சீனிவாசகம்)	PPP	14,338 65.43%
2nd		1964-1969			20,367 58.08%
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended
3rd	P051	1971-1973	Sri Padhmaraja Seenivasagam (ஸ்ரீ பத்மராஜா சீனிவாசகம்)	PPP	29,0089 81.01%
		1973-1974		BN (PPP)
4th	P055	1974-1978	Fan Yew Teng (范俊登)	DAP	22,505 62.53%
5th		1978-1982	Patto Perumal (பாட்டோ பெருமாள்)		29,573 63.77%
6th		1982-1986	Yew Foo Weng (游富荣)	BN (MCA)	27,187 52.69%
Constituency abolished, split into Pasir Pinji, Batu Gajah and Gopeng

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Menglembu		Kuala Pari
		Pasir Puteh

Historical boundaries

State Constituency	Area
	1959	1974
Kuala Pari	Bukit Merah Falim Kuala Pari Menglembu Tebing Tinggi	Bukit Merah Falim Kampung Meranti Lapan Lahat Menglembu
Pasir Puteh	Gunung Rapat Pasir Puteh Pekan Razaki Taman Shatin Taman Boom Bak	Kampung Cempaka Sari Kampung Paloh Pasir Puteh Taman Boon Bak Tebing Tinggi

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yew Foo Weng	27,187	52.69	11.08
	DAP	Lau Dak Kee	24,412	47.31	11.08
Total valid votes			51,599	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,824
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			53,423	73.88	4.10
Registered electors			72,307
Majority			2,775	5.38	22.16
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Patto Perumal	29,573	63.77	63.77
	BN	Lee Chan Fai @ Lee Soon Heng	16,803	36.23	36.23
Total valid votes			46,376	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,536
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			47,912	77.98	2.53
Registered electors			61,439
Majority			12,770	27.54	2.32
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Fan Yew Teng	22,505	62.53	62.53
	BN	S. P. Seenivasagam	11,757	32.66	32.66
	Independent	Koo Eng Kuang	1,731	4.81	4.81
Total valid votes			35,993	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,004
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			36,997	75.45	3.60
Registered electors			51,316
Majority			10,748	29.86	32.16
	DAP gain from PPP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	S. P. Seenivasagam	29,089	81.01	22.93
	Alliance	Hew Chai Kee	6,818	18.99	13.08
Total valid votes			35,907	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,391
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			37,298	71.85	6.83
Registered electors			51,913
Majority			22,271	62.02	32.16
	PPP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	. P. Seenivasagam	20,367	58.08	7.35
	Alliance	Lim Eng Chang	11,246	32.07	3.36
	Socialist Front	Yunos Mohd Isa	3,457	9.86	4.01
Total valid votes			35,070	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,117
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			36,187	78.68	13.09
Registered electors			45,994
Majority			9,121	26.01	39.58
	PPP hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PPP	S. P. Seenivasagam	14,338	65.43
	Alliance	Wong Kok Weng	6,292	28.71
	Socialist Front	Idham Khatib	1,283	5.85
Total valid votes			21,913	100.00
Total rejected ballots			131
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			22,044	65.59
Registered electors			33,609
Majority			8,046	36.72
This was a new constituency created.