Ampang (state constituency)

Ampang
Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1959
Last contested	1999

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

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

It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 1994.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Ampang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Muhyeeddin Mohamed Zakaria	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969	Muhyeeddin Mohamed Zakaria	Alliance (UMNO)
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Wong Swee Oy	DAP
4th	1974-1978	Lim Heng Kiap	BN (MCA)
5th	1978-1982	Tan Kui Sui @ Tan Kai See	BN (MCA)
6th	1982-1986	Ahmad Razali Mohamad Ali	BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Keramat and Pandan
Constituency re-created from Keramat
9th	1995-1999	Mufti Suib	BN (UMNO)
10th	1999-2004	Mufti Suib	BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Antarabangsa

Election results

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mufti Suib	10,776	52.76
	DAP	Yap Kok Heng	9,650	47.24
Total valid votes			20,426	100.00
Total rejected ballots			448
Unreturned ballots			61
Turnout			20,935	74.74
Registered electors			28,012
Majority			1,126
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mufti Suib	12,695	72.23
	DAP	Wong Kok Yew	4,880	27.77
Total valid votes			17,575	100.00
Total rejected ballots			453
Unreturned ballots			144
Turnout			18,172	69.34
Registered electors			26,208
Majority			7,815
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Ahmad Razali Mohamad Ali	29,348	87.08
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Abdul Karim Jamal	4,356	12.92
Total valid votes			33,704	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,148
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			34,852	69.39
Registered electors			50,229
Majority			24,992
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Tan Kui Sui @ Tan Kai See	12,749	52.82
	DAP	Zainal Rampak	6,733	27.90
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ibrahim Ja'afar	4,447	18.43
	Independent	Leow Kim Hock	206	0.85
Total valid votes			24,135	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			33,509
Majority			6,016
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Heng Kiap
	DAP	Au Keng Wah
	PEKEMAS	Zainal Rampak	1,202
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots			343
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			15,285
Majority
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Wong Swee Oy	7,634	42.90
	Alliance	Muhyeeddin Mohamed Zakaria	6,601	37.09
	PMIP	Yunus Yatim	3,560	20.01
Total valid votes			17,795	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,118
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,913	59.29
Registered electors			31,899
Majority			1,033
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Muhyeeddin Mohamed Zakaria	7,865	62.50
	Socialist Front	Zakaria Mohamed Yusof	4,720	37.50
Total valid votes			12,585	100.00
Total rejected ballots			777
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,362	69.67
Registered electors			19,178
Majority			3,145

Selangor state election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Muhyeeddin Mohamed Zakaria	3,579	49.27
	Socialist Front	Yusoff Betuah	2,585	35.59
	PMIP	Mamat @ Abdul Samad Mohamed Salleh	853	11.74
	National Party	Aziz Abdullah	247	3.40
Total valid votes			7,264	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			7,350	61.26
Registered electors			11,999
Majority			994
This was a new constituency created.

References

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

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