Langat_(federal_constituency)

Langat
Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1955
Last contested	1969

Langat (federal constituency)

Former federal constituency in Malaysia

Langat was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1974.

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The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

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Members of Parliament for Langat
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Federal Legislative Council
1st		1955-1959	Abu Bakar Baginda (ابو بكر بڬيندا)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P069	1959-1963	Zakaria Mohd Taib (زكريا محمد طائب)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P069	1963-1964	Zakaria Mohd Taib (زكريا محمد طائب)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	P069	1964-1969	Zakaria Mohd Taib (زكريا محمد طائب)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	P069	1971-1973	Shariff Ahmad (شريف احمد)	Alliance (UMNO)
3rd	P069	1973-1974	Shariff Ahmad (شريف احمد)	BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Ulu Langat

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Langat		Kajang
	Kuala Langat
		Semenyih
	Ulu Langat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Shariff Ahmad	8,433	55.25	15.44
	GERAKAN	Loh Chee Foom	6,829	44.75	44.75
Total valid votes			15,262	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,110
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,372	70.75	9.56
Registered electors			23,142
Majority			1,604	10.50	30.88
	Alliance hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Zakaria Mohd Taib	10,275	70.69	13.27
	Socialist Front	Ahmad Boestamam	4,260	29.31	13.27
Total valid votes			14,535	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,047
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,582	80.31	3.23
Registered electors			19,403
Majority			6,015	41.38	26.54
	Alliance hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Zakaria Mohd Taib	6,937	57.42	19.28
	Socialist Front	Koh Pak Ngee	5,145	42.58	42.58
Total valid votes			12,082	100.00
Total rejected ballots			166
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,248	77.08	9.92
Registered electors			15,890
Majority			1,792	14.84	38.56
	Alliance hold		Swing

Langat_(federal_constituency)

Langat (federal constituency)

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State constituency

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Abu Bakar Baginda	7,069	76.70
	NEGARA	Mohd Nazir Abdul	2,147	23.30
Total valid votes			9,216	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,216	87.00
Registered electors			10,593
Majority			4,922	53.40
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times.^[3]^[4]