Bukit Bintang (federal constituency)

Bukit Bintang

the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Fong Kui Lun DAP
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Bukit Bintang is a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974, from 1986 to present.

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

History

It was abolished in 1974 after it was redistributed. It was re-created in 1984.

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Tiong Nam, Kampong Semarang, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Melayu, Bukit Nanas, Medan Pasar, Bukit Weld, Changkat Raja Chulan, Imbi Pasar, Lebohraya Foch, Jalan Sultan, Pudu Kanan, Kampong Loke Yuen, Medan Imbi, Jalan Hang Tuah, Brickfields Utara, Bukit Petaling, Brickfields Selatan, Persiaran Syed Putra, Lapangan Terbang, Razak Mansion.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bukit Bintang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created in the state of Selangor
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Cheah Theam Swee	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Cheah Theam Swee	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Tan Toh Hong
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1972	Yeoh Teck Chye	Gerakan
	1972-1974		PEKEMAS
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
7th	1986-1990	Lee Lam Thye	DAP
8th	1990-1995	Wee Choo Keong
9th	1995
	1995-1999	Lee Chong Meng	BN
10th	1999-2004	Fong Kui Lun	DAP
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Fong Kui Lun	30,408	73.42
	BN	Frankie Gan Joon Zin	11,009	26.58
Total valid votes			41,417	100.00
Total rejected ballots			355
Unreturned ballots			52
Turnout			41,824	75.06
Registered electors			55,721
Majority			19,399
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Fong Kui Lun	26,811	68.14
	BN	Lee Chong Meng	12,534	31.86
Total valid votes			39,345	100.00
Total rejected ballots			466
Unreturned ballots			630
Turnout			40,441	67.42
Registered electors			59,986
Majority			14,277
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Fong Kui Lun	19,103	48.81
	BN	Tan Chew Mooi	18,799	48.03
	MDP	Wee Choo Keong	1,107	2.83
	Independent	Lim Peng Soon	132	0.34
Total valid votes			39,141	100.00
Total rejected ballots			499
Unreturned ballots			298
Turnout			39,938	61.34
Registered electors
Majority			304
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Fong Kui Lun	19,115	51.25
	BN	Lee Chong Meng	17,981	48.21
	Independent	Lim Peng Soon	198	0.53
Total valid votes			37,294	100.00
Total rejected ballots			733
Unreturned ballots			1,306
Turnout			39,333	62.56
Registered electors
Majority			1,134
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
Initially, the Returning Officer had declared Wee Choo Keong as the elected representative for Bukit Bintang at the night of 25 April 1995. However, Lee Chong Meng filed his petition to nullify the election due to the fact that Wee had been convicted of the offence of contempt of Court and fined RM7,000, and hence disqualified to be a Member of Parliament under the provisions of Article 48(l)(e) of the Federal Constitution. Election was declared null and void. The Federal Court had made such a controversial decision to declare Lee Chong Meng as the rightful winner. The appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal. No by-election was held by the Election Commission of Malaysia.
	DAP	Wee Choo Keong	20,403	57.66
	BN	Lee Chong Meng	14,857	41.99
	Independent	Teng Chang Khim	123	0.35
Total valid votes			35,383	100.00
Total rejected ballots			433
Unreturned ballots			850
Turnout			36,666	61.75
Registered electors
Majority			5,546
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Wee Choo Keong	31,829	78.86
	BN	Tan Kah Choun	8,534	21.14
Total valid votes			40,363	100.00
Total rejected ballots			195
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			40,558	61.40
Registered electors
Majority			23,295
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lee Lam Thye	37,393	83.76
	BN	Yap Fook Hing	7,248	16.24
Total valid votes			44,641	100.00
Total rejected ballots			292
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			44,933	66.52
Registered electors			67,548
Majority			30,145
	DAP gain from Gerakan		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Gerakan	Yeoh Teck Chye
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Gerakan gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tan Toh Hong
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Cheah Theam Swee
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.