Kapar (federal constituency)

Kapar

Selangor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Manivannan Gowindasamy PKR
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Kapar is a federal constituency in Selangor, 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 when it was redistributed between Kuala Selangor and Pelabuhan Kelang. It was re-created in 1984 from parts of Kuala Selangor and Pelabuhan Kelang.

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kapar, Bukit Kapar Utara, Kampung Meru, Kampung Haji Shariff, Kampung Nenas, Pekan Meru, Jalan Haji Salleh, Kampung Batu Belah, Taman Klang, Jalan Meru, Bukit Kapar Selatan, Taman Meru Indah, Klang Kawasan 19, Kampung Budiman, Kampung Sungai Serdang, Kampung Tok Muda, Perepat, Pekan Kapar, Batu 9 Kapar, Sementa, Bandar Sultan Sulaiman, Taman Klang Utama 1, Kampung Batu Empat, Taman Kapar Indah, Batu 11 & 12 Kapar, Taman Sri Kerayong, Batu 10 Kapar, Sungai Kapar Indah, Taman Chempaka Sari, Taman Klang Utama 2, Kampung Sungai Pinang, Rantau Panjang, Kampung Batu Tiga, Taman Eng Ann 1, Persiaran Sultan Ibrahim 2, Bandar Klang, Sungai Pinang Selatan, Pasar Jawa, Jalan Goh Hock Huat, Teluk Kapas, Persiaran Sultan Ibrahim 1, Taman Eng Ann 2, Sungai Bertih Selatan, Sungai Bertih Utara, Sungai Udang Utara, Jalan Yadi, Kampong Delek, Sungai Sirih, Kuala Klang, Sri Perantau, Tanjong Klang, Sungai Lima, Bandar Pulau Ketam, Bagan Teo Chew, Sungai Udang Selatan, Kampong Delek Kanan, Kampong Delek Kiri.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kapar
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Hamzah Alang	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Hamzah Alang	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971	Hamzah Alang	Alliance
	1971-1973	Mohd Tahir Abdul Manan
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished, merged into Kuala Selangor and Pelabuhan Kelang
Constituency re-created from Kuala Selangor and Pelabuhan Kelang
7th	1986-1990	D. P. Vijandran	BN
8th	1990-1995	M. Mahalingam
9th	1995-1999	Leelavathi Govindasamy
10th	1999-2004	Komala Devi Perumal
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Manikavasagam Sundaram	PKR
13th	2013-present	Manivannan Gowindasamy

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	G Manivannan Gowindasamy	69,849	56.18
	BN	Sakthivel Alagappan	46,059	37.05
	Berjasa	Mohd Pathan Hussin	6,289	5.06
	Independent	Norhamzah Suratman	1,067	0.86
	Independent	Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz	835	0.67
	Independent	Palaya Rengaiah	231	0.19
Total valid votes			124,330	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,379
Unreturned ballots			314
Turnout			127,023	88.11
Registered electors			144,159
Majority			23,790
	PKR hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Manikavasagam Sundaram	48,196	57.31
	BN	Komala Devi M Perumal	35,899	42.69
Total valid votes			84,095	100.00
Total rejected ballots			3,064
Unreturned ballots			127
Turnout			87,286	77.78
Registered electors			112,224
Majority			12,297
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Komala Devi M Perumal	44,007	59.93
	KEADILAN	Ang Hiok Gai	29,419	40.07
Total valid votes			73,426	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,356
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			75,789	72.74
Registered electors
Majority			14,588
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Komala Devi M Perumal	27,830	50.68
	PAS	Dzulkefly Ahmad	24,970	45.47
	Independent	N. Tamilarasan @ Kim Chai	2,112	3.85
Total valid votes			54,912	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,116
Unreturned ballots			32
Turnout			56,060	75.24
Registered electors
Majority			2,860
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Leelavathi K. Govindasamy	33,283	69.62
	S46	Sanad Said	14,524	30.38
Total valid votes			47,807	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,678
Unreturned ballots			110
Turnout			49,595	73.41
Registered electors
Majority			18,759
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	M. Mahalingam	22,038	58.23
	S46	Sanad Said	15,811	41.77
Total valid votes			37,849	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,511
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			39,360	73.87
Registered electors
Majority			6,227
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	D. P. Vijandran	20,938	70.65
	PAS	Aziz Hamzah	8,697	29.35
Total valid votes			29,635	100.00
Total rejected ballots			957
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			30,592	69.64
Registered electors			43,928
Majority			12,241
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general by-election, 3 April 1971 Upon the death of incumbent, Hamzah Alang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohd Tahir Abdul Manan	12,314	77.61
	PMIP	Mohamed Jais Fatahur Rahman	3,552	22.39
Total valid votes			15,866	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			26,370
Majority			8,762
	Alliance hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Hamzah Alang	7,781	43.38
	DAP		6,734	37.55
	PMIP		3,420	19.07
Total valid votes			17,935	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			1,047
	Alliance hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Hamzah Alang
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			5,108
	Alliance hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Hamzah Alang
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority			2,127
This was a new constituency created.