Rasah (federal constituency)

Rasah

Negeri Sembilan constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Teo Kok Seong DAP
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2013

Rasah is a federal constituency in Negeri Sembilan, 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 Jijan, Kampong Kondok, Tiroi, Labu, Labu Jaya, Kampung Gadong Jaya, Bukit Kepayang, Taman Permai, Jalan Kong Sang, Jalan Dato Bandar Tunggal, Jalan Yam Tuan, Jalan Lee Sam, Jalan Tuanku Munawir, Bukit Tembok, Taman Bukit Kaya, Seremban 2, Pekan Rahang, Pekan Rasah, Kampong Bahru Rasah, Taman Bukit Chedang, Kampong Pondok, Jalan Tok Ungku, Kampong Datok Mansor, Desa Sri Mambau, Taman Sungai Ujong, Pekan Mambau, Rasah Jaya, Bukit Blossom, Taman Seremban, Kampong Bahru Rahang, Senawang, Taman Seremban Jaya.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Rasah
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986-1990	Hu Sepang	DAP
8th	1990-1995	Wong See Wah	BN
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Goh Siow Huat
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Loke Siew Fook	DAP
13th	2013-present	Teo Kok Seong

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Teo Kok Seong	48,964	65.77
	BN	Teo Eng Kian	25,479	34.23
Total valid votes			74,443	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,208
Unreturned ballots			209
Turnout			75,860	85.81
Registered electors			88,403
Majority			23,485
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Loke Siew Fook	34,271	61.87
	BN	Yeow Chai Thiam	21,120	38.13
Total valid votes			55,391	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,261
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			56,654	78.56
Registered electors			72,115
Majority			13,151
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Goh Siow Huat	25,009	55.02
	DAP	Chan Su Sann	20,446	44.98
Total valid votes			45,455	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,294
Unreturned ballots			1,306
Turnout			48,055	73.76
Registered electors
Majority			4,563
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Goh Siow Huat	28,641	51.24
	DAP	Chen Man Hin	27,255	48.76
Total valid votes			55,896	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,825
Unreturned ballots			638
Turnout			58,359	73.44
Registered electors
Majority			1,386
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong See Wah	30,946	59.83
	DAP	Chen Man Hin	20,775	40.17
Total valid votes			51,721	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,525
Unreturned ballots			486
Turnout			53,732	73.53
Registered electors
Majority			10,171
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wong See Wah	25,872	53.12
	DAP	Hu Sepang	22,836	46.88
Total valid votes			48,708	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,489
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			50,197	75.31
Registered electors
Majority			3,036
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Hu Sepang	21,139	51.80
	BN	Wong Seng Chow	19,668	48.20
Total valid votes			40,807	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,184
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			41,991	74.29
Registered electors			56,521
Majority			1,471
This was a new constituency created.