Petaling Jaya (federal constituency)

Petaling Jaya

Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1986
Last contested	1990

Petaling Jaya was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 1995.

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 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Petaling Jaya
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986–90	Eng Seng Chai	DAP
8th	1990–95	Kua Kia Soong
Constituency abolished, split into Petaling Jaya Utara and Petaling Jaya Selatan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Kua Kia Soong	40,685	62.19
	BN	Soh Chee Wen	24,735	37.81
Total valid votes			65,420	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,161
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			66,581	67.68
Registered electors
Majority			15,950
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Eng Seng Chai	29,929	55.88
	BN	Lee Phon Yong	21,176	39.54
	SDP	Wong Sai Hou	2,454	4.58
Total valid votes			53,559	100.00
Total rejected ballots				801
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			54,360	67.61
Registered electors			80,403
Majority			8,753
This was a new constituency created.