Kluang (federal constituency)

Kluang

Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Liew Chin Tong DAP
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Kluang is a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Ladang Coronation, Pekan Sri Lalang Barat, Pekan Sri Lalang Timor, Ladang Mengkibol, Mengkibol Barat, Mengkibol Timor, Taman Kurnia, Bakar Sampah, Lambak, Yap Tau Sah, Yap Tau Sah Timor, Padang Tembak, Jalan Mersing, Jalan Johor Tenggara, Kluang Layang, Ladang Lambak, Ladang Elaeis, Ladang Bukit Benut, Kampung Gunung Lambak, Taman Megah, Kampong Melayu Timor II, Kampung Tengah, Kampong Paya Timor, Kampong Paya Barat, Kampong Melayu I, Kampong Melayu Timor, Kampong Melayu II, Taman Lian Seng, Haji Manan, Mesjid Lama, Bandar Tengah, Taman Ilham, Dorset, Taman Berlian, Jalan Hospital, Taman Kerjasama, Kampung Baru.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kluang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Loh Fook Yen	BN
5th	1978-1982	Lee Kaw	DAP
6th	1982-1986	Quah Wee Liam	BN
7th	1986-1990	Ling Chooi Sieng
8th	1990-1995	Kang Chow Oh
9th	1995-1999	Hoo Seong Chang
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Hou Kok Chung
13th	2013-present	Liew Chin Tong	DAP

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Liew Chin Tong	40,574	54.99
	BN	Hou Kok Chung	33,215	45.01
Total valid votes			73,789	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,292
Unreturned ballots			181
Turnout			75,262	86.78
Registered electors			86,732
Majority			7,359
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hou Kok Chung	27,970	53.62
	DAP	Ng Lam Hua	24,189	46.38
Total valid votes			52,159	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,884
Unreturned ballots			524
Turnout			54,567	76.60
Registered electors			71,233
Majority			3,781
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hoo Seong Chang	33,001	69.76
	DAP	Ng Lam Hua	14,303	30.24
Total valid votes			47,304	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,477
Unreturned ballots			881
Turnout			49,662	73.60
Registered electors
Majority			18,698
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hoo Seong Chang	30,540	71.51
	DAP	Chew Peck Choo	12,170	28.49
Total valid votes			42,710	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,033
Unreturned ballots			2,898
Turnout			46,641	72.94
Registered electors
Majority			18,370
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hoo Seong Chang	30,097	73.21
	DAP	Lim Ser Ho	11,014	26.79
Total valid votes			41,111	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,551
Unreturned ballots			817
Turnout			43,479	72.11
Registered electors
Majority			19,083
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kang Chow Oh	29,700	54.46
	DAP	Ng Wei Siong	24,832	45.54
Total valid votes			54,532	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,384
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			55,916	75.40
Registered electors
Majority			4,868
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ling Towi Seng @ Ling Chooi Sieng	22,891	50.96
	DAP	Lee Kaw	20,882	46.49
	PAS	Abu Hassan Umat @ Ahmad	1,149	2.56
Total valid votes			44,922	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,600
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			46,522	74.92
Registered electors			62,099
Majority			2,009
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Quah Wee Liam
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lee Kaw
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Loh Fook Yen
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.