Selandar (federal constituency)

Selandar
Malacca constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1986
Last contested	1999

Selandar was a federal constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 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 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Selandar
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986-1990	Kok Wee Kiat	BN
8th	1990-1995	Fong Chan Onn
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fong Chan Onn	23,055	65.18
	KEADILAN	Chua Tian Chang	12,316	34.82
Total valid votes			35,371	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,084
Unreturned ballots			70
Turnout			36,525	73.70
Registered electors
Majority			10,739
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fong Chan Onn	28,366	84.54
	S46	Burkhan Abdullah	5,186	15.46
Total valid votes			33,552	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,497
Unreturned ballots			111
Turnout			35,160	73.80
Registered electors
Majority			23,180
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fong Chan Onn	19,120	68.68
	S46	Samat Abdullah	8,719	31.32
Total valid votes			27,839	100.00
Total rejected ballots			898
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,737	75.66
Registered electors
Majority			10,401
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kok Wee Kiat	17,864	70.66
	DAP	Ang Kuang Meng	7,417	29.34
Total valid votes			25,281	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,098
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,379	70.70
Registered electors			37,313
Majority			10,447
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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