Petaling (federal constituency)

Petaling

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

Petaling was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.^[1]

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	Yeoh Poh San	42,710	53.29	16.12
	DAP	Patto Perumal	37,436	46.71	16.12
Total valid votes			80,146	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,800
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			81,946	71.44	3.15
Registered electors			114,704
Majority			5,274	6.58	19.08
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Kit Siang	41,017	62.83	22.42
	BN	Yeoh Poh San	24,263	37.17	0.30
Total valid votes			65,280	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,309
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			67,589	74.59	0.17
Registered electors			90,611
Majority			16,754	25.66	22.12
	DAP hold		Swing