Petaling was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.Thong, L. B. (2006). PETALING JAYA: THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF MALAYSIA’S FIRST NEW TOWN. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 79(2 (291)), 1–22. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41493670
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 Members of Parliament for Petaling Parliament No Years Member PartyVote Share Constituency created from Batu, Damansara and Bungsar 4th P081 1974-1978 Oh Keng Seng (胡更生) DAP14,106 40.41% 5th 1978-1982 Lim Kit Siang (林吉祥)41,017 62.83% 6th 1982-1986 Yeoh Poh San (杨宝山) 42,710 53.29% Constituency abolished, split into Petaling Jaya and Puchong
State constituency Parliamentary constituencyState constituency1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–presentPetalingPetaling JayaSerdangSungei Way
Historical boundaries State ConstituencyArea1974Petaling Jaya Bukit Gasing Kampung Tunku Petaling Jaya Sungai Way Taman SEASerdang Kampung Tengah Kinrara Puchong Serdang Seri KembanganSungei Way Bukit Tandang Kampung Dato Harun Sungei Way Taman Medan Taman Sri Manja
Election results
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