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Rawang (federal constituency)

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Rawang 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 Rawang
Parliament

!No

YearsMemberParty
colspan="5" align="center" | Constituency created from Ulu Selangor
colspan="5" align="center" | Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st

|P068

1959-1963Liu Yoong Peng
(刘云鹏)		bgcolor="{{party color|Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front}}"| {{Font color|white| SF (Lab)}}
colspan="5" align="center" | Parliament of Malaysia
1st

| rowspan="2" |P068

1963-1964Liu Yoong Peng
(刘云鹏)		bgcolor="{{party color|Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front}}"| {{Font color|white| SF (Lab)}}
2nd1964-1969Tunku Abdullah Tuanku Abdul Rahman
(تونكو عبدالله توانكو عبدالرحمن)		bgcolor="{{party color|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Alliance}}" | {{Font color|white| Alliance (UMNO)}}
colspan="2" |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 |access-date=2016-05-20}}{{cite web |url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/files/hindex/pdf/DR-20021971.pdf |title=www.parlimen.gov.my |access-date=2016-05-20}}
rowspan=2| 3rd

| rowspan="2" |P068

1971-1973rowspan=2| Tunku Abdullah Tuanku Abdul Rahman
(تونكو عبدالله توانكو عبدالرحمن)		bgcolor="{{party color|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Alliance}}" | {{Font color|white| Alliance (UMNO)}}
1973-1974bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (UMNO)}}
colspan="5" align="center" | Constituency abolished split into Ulu Selangor, Selayang and Shah Alam

= 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" |Rawang

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|Kuang

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Serendah

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Election results

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

{{MASelec|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Tunku Abdullah Tuanku Abdul Rahman|8,260|50.77|{{decrease}} 16.70}}

{{MASelec|Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia|G. T. Rajah|8,010|49.23|{{increase}} 49.23}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|16,270| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|1,251|}}

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

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|17,521|70.75|{{decrease}} 6.35}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|24,765|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|250|1.54|{{decrease}} 33.40}}

{{MASelec/hold|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|}}

{{end}}

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

{{MASelec|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Tunku Abdullah Tuanku Abdul Rahman|9,935|67.47|{{increase}} 10.46}}

{{MASelec|Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front|Lee Chi Kit|4,789|32.53|{{decrease}} 24.48}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|14,724| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|659|}}

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

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|15,383|77.10}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|19,951|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|5,146|34.94|{{increase}} 11.84}}

{{MASelec/gain|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front|?}}

{{end}}

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

{{MASelec|Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front|Liu Yoong Peng|6,143|57.01}}

{{MASelec|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Abdul Karim Kassim|3,654|33.91}}

{{MASelec|Independent politician|Borhan Abdul Majid|978|9.08}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|10,775| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|118|}}

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

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|10,893|75.76}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|14,378|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|2,489|23.10}}

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

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References

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Category:Defunct Selangor federal constituencies