Setapak (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency)

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

Setapak

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

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.

History

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Setapak
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Setapak
4th	1974-1978	Mohd. Idris Ibrahim	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Mohammad Idris Mohammad Basari
Constituency abolished, split into Batu and Titiwangsa

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohammad Idris Mohammad Basari	32,348	65.42
	DAP	Mohamad Isa Mohamad Ismail	12,649	25.58
	PAS	Othman Abdul Razak	4,452	9.00
Total valid votes			49,449	100.00
Total rejected ballots			498
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			49,947	62.23
Registered electors			80,266
Majority			19,699
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Mohd. Idris Ibrahim won uncontested.
	BN	Mohd. Idris Ibrahim
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd. Idris Ibrahim
	PEKEMAS	Ishak Surin
	DAP	Ganga Nayar
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			34,792
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References