Port Dickson (federal constituency)
Constituency of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Port Dickson is a federal constituency in Port Dickson District, Negeri Sembilan and Alor Gajah District (Tanjung Tuan), Malacca, Malaysia that is represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974 and from 2018 to present. This is only constituency located in two states at same parlimentary seat.
Negeri Sembilan constituency | |
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Federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
MP | |
Constituency created | 1958 |
Constituency abolished | 1974 |
Constituency re-created | 2018 |
First contested | 1959 |
Last contested | 2022 |
Demographics | |
Population (2020)[1] | 128,954 |
Electors (2023)[2] | 109,818 |
Area (km²)[3] | 571 |
Pop. density (per km²) | 225.8 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution, but it was abolished in the 1974 redistribution. However in 2018 the Port Dickson federal constituency was re-created and replaced the Telok Kemang federal constituency following the 2018 redelineation and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.[4]