Damansara (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency)

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Damansara

the Federal Territories of Malaysia constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

Damansara was a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

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.

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Koon Swan	34,659	59.43	19.12
	DAP	V. David	20,137	34.53	12.90
	PAS	Ramli Mohamed Yasin	3,527	6.05	5.85
Total valid votes			58,323	100.00
Total rejected ballots			449
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			58,772	67.88	0.13
Registered electors			86,576
Majority			14,522	24.90	17.78
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	V. David	21,461	47.43	19.30
	BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	18,239	40.31	10.91
	PAS	Syed Ibrahim Syed Abdul Rahman	5,386	11.90	11.90
	PEKEMAS	Thinakaran Rajakannu	161	0.36	20.29
Total valid votes			45,247	100.00
Total rejected ballots			337
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			45,584	67.75	8.56
Registered electors			67,278
Majority			3,222	7.12	15.97
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?