Pelabuhan Kelang (federal constituency)

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Pelabuhan Kelang was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

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=

class=wikitable
colspan="5" | Members of Parliament for Pelabuhan Kelang
Parliament

!No

YearsMemberParty
colspan="5" align="center" | Constituency created from Kapar and Klang
4th

| rowspan="4" |P079

1974-1978rowspan=2| V. Manickavasagam
(வி. கோவிந்தராஜ்)
rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (MIC)}}
rowspan=2| 5th1978-1979
1979-1982rowspan=2| V. Govindaraj
(வி. கோவிந்தராஜ்)
6th1982-1986
colspan="5" align="center" | Constituency abolished, split into Kapar and Klang

= 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="3" |Pelabuhan Kelang

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|Kapar

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Selat Kelang

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Sementa

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Election results

{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1982|Pelabuhan Kelang (federal constituency)|Pelabuhan Kelang|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|V. Govindaraj|25,026|54.94|{{decrease}} 2.42}}

{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|Nadarasa @ Nadarajah Muthu Thamby|13,142|28.85|{{increase}} 5.13}}

{{MASelec|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|Abdullah Hashim|7,385|16.21|{{decrease}} 6.74}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|45,553| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|1,212|}}

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

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|46,765|76.52}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|61,113|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|11,884|26.09|{{decrease}} 2.71}}

{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}

{{end}}

{{anchor|Election result 1979}}

{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1 December 1979|by=yes|Pelabuhan Kelang (federal constituency)|Pelabuhan Kelang|percent=yes|change=yes|reason=Upon the death of incumbent, V. Manickavasagam}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|V. Govindaraj|17,219|52.52|{{decrease}} 12.07}}

{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|K. Ramasen|7,777|23.72|{{decrease}} 7.41}}

{{MASelec|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|Ahmad Subki Abd. Latif @ Subky Abd. Latif|7,525|22.95|{{increase}} 18.67}}

{{MASelec|Independent politician|Abdul Hanif Abdul Manaf|114|0.35|{{increase}} 0.35}}

{{MASelec|Independent politician|Mani Nagaindra Valliappan|83|0.25|{{increase}} 0.25}}

{{MASelec|Independent politician|Mohan Lal|43|0.13|{{increase}} 0.13}}

{{MASelec|Independent politician|Hari Devan Mookhen|22|0.07|{{increase}} 0.07}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|32,783| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|528|}}

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

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|33,311|}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors||}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|9,442|28.80|{{decrease}} 4.66}}

{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1978|Pelabuhan Kelang (federal constituency)|Pelabuhan Kelang|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|V. Manickavasagam|21,429|64.59|{{decrease}} 2.66}}

{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|K. Ramasen|10,329|31.13|{{increase}} 21.79}}

{{MASelec|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|Mohd Zin Ibrahim|1,420|4.28|{{increase}} 4.28}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|33,178| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|1,242|}}

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

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|37,935|75.90|{{decrease}} 0.21}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|49,979|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|11,100|33.46|{{decrease}} 10.37}}

{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1974|Pelabuhan Kelang (federal constituency)|Pelabuhan Kelang|percent=yes}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|V. Manickavasagam|16,277|67.25}}

{{MASelec|Malaysian Social Justice Party|A. V. Kathiah|5,669|23.42}}

{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|Abdul Aziz Ismail|2,260|9.34}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|24,202| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|1,261|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|4|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|25,467|76.11}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|33,459|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|10,608|43.83}}

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

{{end}}

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