Matang (federal constituency)

Matang

Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

Matang was a federal constituency in Perak, 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.

It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Razlan Abdul Hamid	15,687	61.56	0.38
	DAP	Zainal Abidin Ahmad @ Adnan	5,268	20.67	0.27
	PAS	Abdullah Hassan	4,529	17.77	0.65
Total valid votes			25,484	100.00
Total rejected ballots			750
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			26,234	74.61	2.13
Registered electors			35,162
Majority			10,419	40.89	0.11
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hashim Ghazali	14,706	61.94	6.06
	DAP	Jamaluddin Yeop Hamzah	4,973	20.94	4.90
	PAS	Mohd Dali Main	4,065	17.12	17.12
Total valid votes			23,744	100.00
Total rejected ballots			787
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			24,531	76.74	5.23
Registered electors			31,967
Majority			9,733	41.00	1.16
	BN hold		Swing