Mata Kuching

Mata Kuching

Penang constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

Mata Kuching was a federal constituency in Penang, 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.

History

It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Mata Kuching
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party	Vote Share
Constituency created from Bagan and Seberang Utara
4th	P036	1974–1978	Ling Liong Sik (林良实)	BN (MCA)	13,755 53.97%
5th		1978–1982			23,564 65.27%
6th		1982–1986			26,995 62.11%
Constituency abolished split into Bagan and Tasek Gelugor

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Mata Kuching			Bagan Ajam
			Bagan Dalam
			Bagan Jermal

Historical boundaries

State Constituency	Area
	1974
Bagan Ajam	Bagan Ajam Bagan Lalang Permatang Tok Jaya Sungai Puyu Teluk Ayer Tawar
Bagan Dalam	Bagan Dalam Bagan Luar Limbungan Perai Sungai Nyior
Bagan Jermal	Bagan Jermal Butterworth Mak Mandin Raja Uda Taman Anggerik

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982: Mata Kuching

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik	26,995	62.11	3.16
	DAP	Goh Sin Khoon	14,839	34.14	34.14
	Independent	Raja Ahamed Narudin @ Raja Mohamed Raja Sulaiman	1,626	3.74	3.74
Total valid votes			43,460	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,186
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			44,646	77.46	1.83
Registered electors			57,635
Majority			12,156	27.97	14.13
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978: Mata Kuching

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik	23,564	65.27	11.30
	SDP	Loh Kim Heng	8,365	23.17	23.17
	PAS	Abdul Hamid Abdullah	4,174	11.56	11.56
Total valid votes			36,103	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,501
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			37,604	79.29	4.68
Registered electors			47,425
Majority			15,199	42.10	21.31
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974: Mata Kuching

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Lim Liong Seek @ Ling Liong Sik	13,755	53.97
	PEKEMAS	Ong Yi How	8,457	33.18
	DAP	Goh Lim Eam	3,273	12.84
Total valid votes			25,485	100.00
Total rejected ballots			869
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			26,354	83.97
Registered electors			31,385
Majority			5,298	20.79
This was a new constituency created.