Kepong (federal constituency)

Kepong

the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Tan Seng Giaw @ Tan Chun Tin DAP
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Kepong is a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kampong Melayu Kepong, Jinjang Tempatan Pertama, Jinjang Tempatan Kedua, Jinjang Tempatan Ketiga, Jinjang Tempatan Keempat, Pekan Kepong, Jinjang Tengah, Jinjang Tempatan Utara, Taman Kepong, Kepong Baru Barat, Kepong Utara, Jinjang Tempatan Kesepuluh, Jinjang Tempatan Kesebelas, Kepong Baru Timor, Kepong Selatan, Jinjang Utara, Kepong Baru Tengah, Kepong Baru Tambahan.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kepong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Tan Chee Khoon	PEKEMAS
5th	1978-1982	Tan Tiong Hong	BN
6th	1982-1986	Tan Seng Giaw @ Tan Chun Tin	DAP
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Seng Giaw @ Tan Chun Tin	47,837	82.30
	BN	Chandrakumanan Arumugam	7,530	12.96
	Independent	Yee Poh Ping	2,757	4.74
Total valid votes			58,124	100.00
Total rejected ballots			388
Unreturned ballots			73
Turnout			58,585	86.11
Registered electors			68,035
Majority			40,307
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Seng Giaw @ Tan Chun Tin	35,552	75.23
	BN	Lau Hoi Keong	11,704	24.77
Total valid votes			47,256	100.00
Total rejected ballots			212
Unreturned ballots			40
Turnout			47,508	78.17
Registered electors			60,775
Majority			23,848
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Seng Giaw @ Tan Chun Tin	23,282	52.07
	BN	Ma Woei Chyi	21,428	47.93
Total valid votes			44,710	100.00
Total rejected ballots			212
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			44,956	74.59
Registered electors
Majority			1,854
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Seng Giaw @ Tan Chun Tin	25,085	50.77
	BN	Ma Woei Chyi	23,319	47.20
	Independent	Mano	1,003	2.03
Total valid votes			49,407	100.00
Total rejected ballots			271
Unreturned ballots			52
Turnout			49,730	76.55
Registered electors
Majority			1,766
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Seng Giaw @ Tan Chun Tin	25,075	55.56
	BN	Tan Poh Eng	20,053	44.44
Total valid votes			45,128	100.00
Total rejected ballots			270
Unreturned ballots			56
Turnout			45,454	75.62
Registered electors
Majority			5,022
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Seng Giaw @ Tan Chun Tin	38,323	70.58
	BN	Lim Kim Hoe	15,971	29.42
Total valid votes			54,294	100.00
Total rejected ballots			385
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			54,679	71.23
Registered electors
Majority			22,352
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Seng Giaw @ Tan Chun Tin	33,049	64.81
	BN	Lum Weng Keong	16,536	32.43
	NASMA	Wong Kim Lin	1,405	2.76
Total valid votes			50,990	100.00
Total rejected ballots			486
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			51,476	71.73
Registered electors			71,767
Majority			16,513
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Seng Giaw @ Tan Chun Tin
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Tiong Hong
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from PEKEMAS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PEKEMAS	Tan Chee Khoon
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.