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Setapak (Selangor federal constituency)

Setapak

Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Setapak was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Walter Loh Poh Khan	17,137	55.27	55.27
	Alliance	Teh Hock Heng	13,871	44.73	5.66
Total valid votes			31,008	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,165
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			33,173	57.23	10.99
Registered electors			57,969
Majority			3,266	10.54	7.51
	DAP gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia)		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Chan Seong Yoon	12,292	50.39	19.51
	Socialist Front	Tajuddin Abdul Kahar	7,888	32.34	12.01
	PAP	K. V. Thaver	4,214	17.27	17.27
Total valid votes			24,394	100.00
Total rejected ballots			871
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			25,265	68.22	1.72
Registered electors			37,034
Majority			4,404	18.05	4.58
	Alliance gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?