Mata Kuching
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1974 |
Constituency abolished | 1986 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 1982 |
Mata Kuching was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.
The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 1986 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
Members of Parliament for Mata Kuching | ||||
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Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created, renamed from Bagan | ||||
4th | P036 | 1974-1978 | Ling Liong Sik (林良实) | BN (MCA) |
5th | 1978-1982 | |||
6th | 1982-1986 | |||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bagan |
State constituency
Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Mata Kuching | Bagan Ajam | ||||||
Bagan Dalam | |||||||
Bagan Jermal |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik | 26,995 | 62.11 | ![]() | |
DAP | Goh Sin Khoon | 14,839 | 34.14 | ![]() | |
Independent | Raja Ahamed Narudin @ Raja Mohamed Raja Sulaiman | 1,626 | 3.74 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 43,460 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,186 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 44,646 | 77.46 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 57,635 | ||||
Majority | 12,156 | 27.97 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik | 23,564 | 65.27 | ![]() | |
SDP | Loh Kim Heng | 8,365 | 23.17 | ![]() | |
PAS | Abdul Hamid Abdullah | 4,174 | 11.56 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 36,103 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,501 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 37,604 | 79.29 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 47,425 | ||||
Majority | 15,199 | 42.10 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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BN | Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik | 13,755 | 53.97 | |||
PEKEMAS | Ong Yi How | 8,457 | 33.18 | |||
DAP | Goh Lim Eam | 3,273 | 12.84 | |||
Total valid votes | 25,485 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 869 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 26,354 | 83.97 | ||||
Registered electors | 31,385 | |||||
Majority | 5,298 | 20.79 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. |