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Bukit Bintang (federal constituency)

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Legislature
  
Dewan Rakyat

Constituency created
  
1958

Last contested
  
2013

MP
  
Fong Kui Lun DAP

First contested
  
1959

Bukit Bintang is a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974, from 1986 to present.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1974 after it was redistributed. It was re-created in 1984.

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Tiong Nam, Kampong Semarang, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Melayu, Bukit Nanas, Medan Pasar, Bukit Weld, Changkat Raja Chulan, Imbi Pasar, Lebohraya Foch, Jalan Sultan, Pudu Kanan, Kampong Loke Yuen, Medan Imbi, Jalan Hang Tuah, Brickfields Utara, Bukit Petaling, Brickfields Selatan, Persiaran Syed Putra, Lapangan Terbang, Razak Mansion.

2016–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Tiong Nam, Kampong Semarang, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Melayu, Bukit Nanas, Imbi Pasar, Changkat Raja Chulan, Bukit Weld, Medan Pasar, Lebohraya Foch, Jalan Sultan, Medan Imbi, Pudu Kanan, Kampong Loke Yuen, Jalan Hang Tuah, Brickfields Utara, Brickfields Selatan, Bukit Petaling, Persiaran Syed Putra, Lapangan Terbang, Razak Mansion.

References

Bukit Bintang (federal constituency) Wikipedia