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Bangsar (federal constituency)

{{Short description|Former constituency of Malaysia}}

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Bangsar was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

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 1974 when it was redistributed.

=Representation history=

class=wikitable
colspan="5" | Members of Parliament for Bangsar
Parliament

!No

YearsMemberParty
colspan="5" align="center" | Constituency created from Kuala Lumpur Barat
colspan="5" align="center" | Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st

|P071

1959-1963V. David
( வே. தேவிட்)		bgcolor="{{party color|Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front}}"| {{Font color|white| SF (Lab)}}
colspan="5" align="center" | Parliament of Malaysia
1st

| rowspan="3" |P071

1963-1964V. David
(வே. தேவிட்)		bgcolor="{{party color|Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front}}"| {{Font color|white| SB (Lab)}}
rowspan=2| 2nd1964-1965rowspan=2| Devan Nair
(ദേവൻ നായർ)		bgcolor="{{People's Action Party/meta/shading}}"| PAP
1965-1969bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| DAP
|1969-1971colspan=2 align=center| Parliament was suspended{{cite news|url=http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2012&dt=0312&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Rencana&pg=re_05.htm |title=Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang |author=Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa |newspaper=Utusan Online |date=2012-03-12 |accessdate=2016-05-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=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 |archivedate=2016-06-04 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/files/hindex/pdf/DR-20021971.pdf |title=www.parlimen.gov.my |format= |work= |accessdate=2016-05-20}}
3rd

|P071

1971-1974Goh Hock Guan
(吴福源)		bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| DAP
colspan="5" align="center" | Constituency abolished, renamed to Damansara

= State constituency =

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |Parliamentary

constituency

! colspan="7" |State constituency

1955–59*

!1959–1974

!1974–1986

!1986–1995

!1995–2004

!2004–2018

!2018–present

rowspan="2" |Bangsar

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|Pantai

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Salak

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Election results

{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1969|Bangsar (federal constituency)|Bangsar|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|Goh Hock Guan|37,050|79.34|{{increase}} 79.34}}

{{MASelec|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Lew Sip Hon|9,648|20.66|{{decrease}} 4.92}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|46,698| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|1,320|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|48,018|59.22|{{decrease}} 8.50}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|81,086|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|27,402|58.68|{{increase}} 56.56}}

{{MASelec/hold|Democratic Action Party|}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1964|Bangsar (federal constituency)|Bangsar|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|People's Action Party|Devan Nair|13,494|35.36|{{increase}} 35.36}}

{{MASelec|Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front|V. David|12,686|33.24|{{decrease}} 7.35}}

{{MASelec|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Koh Pooi Kee|9,761|25.58|{{increase}} 4.58}}

{{MASelec|People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)|Chew Choo Soot|2,219|5.81|{{decrease}} 4.15}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|38,160| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|1,293|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|39,453|67.72|{{decrease}} 0.29}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|58,261|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|808|2.12|{{decrease}} 65.89}}

{{MASelec/gain|People's Action Party|Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front|?}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Malayan general|1959|Bangsar (federal constituency)|Bangsar|percent=yes}}

{{MASelec|Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front|V. David|9,734|40.59}}

{{MASelec|Independent politician|Koh Pooi Kee|6,821|28.45}}

{{MASelec|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Lau Joo Kooi|5,036|21.00}}

{{MASelec|People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)|Ong Yeow Kay|2,388|9.96}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|23,979| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|198|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|24,177|68.01}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|35,549|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|2,913|12.14}}

{{MASelec/note|This was a new constituency created.}}

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References

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Category:Defunct Selangor federal constituencies