Seputeh (federal constituency)

Seputeh

the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Teresa Kok Suh Sim DAP
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2013

Seputeh is a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 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 Penghulu Mat, Seputeh, Taman Desa, Salak Selatan, Kuchai, Taman Happy Tengah, Salak Tempatan Changkat, Salak Tempatan Dalam, Salak Tempatan Bukit, Taman Sri Petaling Timur, Petaling Utara, Taman Happy Utara, Taman Salak South, Taman Happy Selatan, Taman Yarl, Taman Overseas Union Utara, Taman Sri Petaling, Bandar Sri Petaling, Taman Overseas Union Selatan, Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Seputeh
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986-1990	Liew Ah Kim	DAP
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Teresa Kok Suh Sim
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teresa Kok Suh Sim	61,500	86.08
	BN	Nicole Wong Siaw Ting	9,948	13.92
Total valid votes			71,448	100.00
Total rejected ballots			302
Unreturned ballots			109
Turnout			71,859	83.58
Registered electors			85,976
Majority			51,552
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teresa Kok Suh Sim	47,230	81.48
	BN	Chew Chee Lin	10,738	18.52
Total valid votes			57,968	100.00
Total rejected ballots			174
Unreturned ballots			65
Turnout			58,207	75.70
Registered electors			76,891
Majority			36,492
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teresa Kok Suh Sim	33,197	62.05
	BN	Chin Yen Foo	20,302	37.95
Total valid votes			53,499	100.00
Total rejected ballots			187
Unreturned ballots			32
Turnout			53,718	71.91
Registered electors
Majority			12,895
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teresa Kok Suh Sim	28,657	54.37
	BN	Sua Chong Keh	23,457	44.51
	MDP	Liew Ah Kim	457	0.87
	Independent	M. Thurai	134	0.25
Total valid votes			52,705	100.00
Total rejected ballots			249
Unreturned ballots			41
Turnout			52,995	73.58
Registered electors
Majority			5,200
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Liew Ah Kim	26,518	55.68
	BN	Ooi Saw Choo	20,903	43.89
	Independent	Liew Choon Teck	203	0.43
Total valid votes			47,624	100.00
Total rejected ballots			261
Unreturned ballots			90
Turnout			47,975	70.73
Registered electors
Majority			5,615
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Liew Ah Kim	39,445	70.59
	BN	Fu Ah Kiow	16,437	29.41
Total valid votes			55,882	100.00
Total rejected ballots			500
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			56,382	69.06
Registered electors
Majority			23,008
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Liew Ah Kim	36,782	69.97
	BN	David Chua Kok Tee	15,789	30.03
Total valid votes			52,571	100.00
Total rejected ballots			379
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			52,950	70.46
Registered electors			75,153
Majority			20,993
This was a new constituency created.