Sungai Besar (state constituency)

Sungai Besar was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 2004.

Sungai Besar
Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
LegislatureSelangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished2004
First contested1959
Last contested1999

The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

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It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungai Besar
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
Sungei Besar
1st 1959-1964 Taiban Hassan Alliance (UMNO)
2nd 1964-1969
1969-1971 Assembly dissolved
3rd 1971-1973 Taiban Hassan Alliance (UMNO)
1973-1974 BN (UMNO)
4th 1974-1978 Mohamed Ghazali Kantan
5th 1978-1982
6th 1982-1986
Sungai Besar
7th 1986-1989 Abu Samah Nordin BN (UMNO)
1989-1990 Mahbud Hashim
8th 1990-1995 Husin Taib
9th 1995-1999 Ramli Norani
10th 1999-2004 Sallehen Mukhyi PAS
Constituency abolished, merged into Sabak

Election results

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Selangor state election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PAS Sallehen Mukhyi 4,666 50.85
BN Ramli Norani 4,510 49.15
Total valid votes 9,176 100.00
Total rejected ballots 277
Unreturned ballots 29
Turnout 9,482 71.06
Registered electors 13,343
Majority 156
PAS gain from BN Swing ?


Selangor state election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Ramli Norani 6,570 73.90
PAS Ruslan Ahmad 2,320 26.10
Total valid votes 8,890 100.00
Total rejected ballots 364
Unreturned ballots 41
Turnout 9,295 68.30
Registered electors 13,609
Majority 4,250
BN hold Swing


Selangor state election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Husin Taib 6,350 69.90
S46 Daud Sikandar Ali 2,735 30.10
Total valid votes 9,085 100.00
Total rejected ballots 465
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 9,550 72.27
Registered electors 13,215
Majority 3,615
BN hold Swing


Selangor state by-election, 1 November 1989
Upon the death of incumbent, Abu Samah Nordin
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Mahbud Hashim 5,098 67.38
PAS Abd. Razak Dawami 2,468 32.62
Total valid votes 7,566 100.00
Total rejected ballots 122
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 7,688 63.57
Registered electors 12,094
Majority 2,630
BN hold Swing


Selangor state election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Abu Samah Nordin 5,218 71.99
PAS Ruslan Ahmad 2,030 28.01
Total valid votes 7,248 100.00
Total rejected ballots 336
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 7,584 63.86
Registered electors 11,876
Majority 3,188
BN hold Swing


Selangor state election, 1982: Sungei Besar
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Mohamed Ghazali Kantan 5,710 76.42
PAS Ruslan Ahmad 1,762 23.58
Total valid votes 7,472 100.00
Total rejected ballots 292
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 7,764 67.71
Registered electors 11,466
Majority 3,948
BN hold Swing


Selangor state election, 1978: Sungei Besar
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Mohamed Ghazali Kantan 4,596 68.20
PAS Hassan Shukri 2,143 31.80
Total valid votes 6,739 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors 10,746
Majority 2,453
BN hold Swing


Selangor state election, 1974: Sungei Besar
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Mohamed Ghazali Kantan 3,375 68.22
Independent Taiban Hassan 1,439 29.09
PEKEMAS Shariff Sadri 133 2.69
Total valid votes 4,947 100.00
Total rejected ballots 530
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 5,477 71.05
Registered electors 7,709
Majority 1,936
BN gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia) Swing ?


Selangor state election, 1969: Sungei Besar
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Alliance Taiban Hassan 5,787 62.15
PMIP Hassan Shukri 3,524 37.85
Total valid votes 9,311 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,247
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 10,558 66.85
Registered electors 15,793
Majority 2,263
Alliance hold Swing


Selangor state election, 1964: Sungei Besar
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Alliance Taiban Hassan 4,716 65.33
PMIP Zakaria Ismail 2,503 34.67
Total valid votes 7,219 100.00
Total rejected ballots 801
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 8,020 71.51
Registered electors 11,215
Majority 2,213
Alliance hold Swing


Selangor state election, 1959: Sungei Besar
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Alliance Taiban Hassan 3,229 59.62
PMIP Abdul Hakim Abdullah 2,187 40.38
Total valid votes 5,416 100.00
Total rejected ballots 275
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 5,691 64.60
Registered electors 8,810
Majority 1,042
This was a new constituency created.

References

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  • "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-25.