Sitiawan (federal constituency)

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

Sitiawan

Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

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

Members of Parliament for Sitiawan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Yong Woo Ming (杨武明)	Alliance (MCA)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Yong Woo Ming (杨武明)	Alliance (MCA)
2nd	1964-1969	Kam Woon Wah (甘文华)
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1972	Richard Ho Ung Hun (何文翰)	DAP
	1972-1973		Alliance (MCA)[3]
	1973-1974		BN (MCA)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Lumut

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Sitiawan		Lekir
		Lumut

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Richard Ho Ung Hun	11,607	59.31
	Alliance	Kam Woon Wah	7,964	40.69
Total valid votes			19,571	100.00
Total rejected ballots			921
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,492	73.37
Registered electors			27,930
Majority			3,643
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Kam Woon Wah	11,136	60.41
	UDP	Too Joon Hing	7,299	39.59
Total valid votes			18,435	100.00
Total rejected ballots			685
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,120	80.08
Registered electors			23,877
Majority			3,837
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Yong Woo Ming	6,442	41.67
	Independent	Too Joon Hing	6,079	39.33
	PPP	Hor Hock Lung	2,937	19.00
Total valid votes			15,458	100.00
Total rejected ballots			155
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,613	61.15
Registered electors			25,531
Majority			373
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
3. "Two DAP MPs Join MCA". The Straits Times. 18 May 1972. Retrieved 2016-05-20.