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Sungai Besar
Selangor constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1959
Last contested	1999

Sungai Besar was a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 2004.

The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sungai Besar
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Sungei Besar
1st	1959-1964	Taiban Hassan	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969	Taiban Hassan	Alliance (UMNO)
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Taiban Hassan	Alliance (UMNO)
3rd	1973-1974	Taiban Hassan	BN (UMNO)
4th	1974-1978	Mohamed Ghazali Kantan
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
Sungai Besar
7th	1986-1989	Abu Samah Nordin	BN (UMNO)
7th	1989-1990	Mahbud Hashim
8th	1990-1995	Husin Taib
9th	1995-1999	Ramli Norani
10th	1999-2004	Sallehen Mukhyi	PAS
Constituency abolished, merged into Sabak

Election results

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Sallehen Mukhyi	4,666	50.85
	BN	Ramli Norani	4,510	49.15
Total valid votes			9,176	100.00
Total rejected ballots			277
Unreturned ballots			29
Turnout			9,482	71.06
Registered electors			13,343
Majority			156
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Ramli Norani	6,570	73.90
	PAS	Ruslan Ahmad	2,320	26.10
Total valid votes			8,890	100.00
Total rejected ballots			364
Unreturned ballots			41
Turnout			9,295	68.30
Registered electors			13,609
Majority			4,250
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Husin Taib	6,350	69.90
	S46	Daud Sikandar Ali	2,735	30.10
Total valid votes			9,085	100.00
Total rejected ballots			465
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,550	72.27
Registered electors			13,215
Majority			3,615
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state by-election, 1 November 1989
Upon the death of incumbent, Abu Samah Nordin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mahbud Hashim	5,098	67.38
	PAS	Abd. Razak Dawami	2,468	32.62
Total valid votes			7,566	100.00
Total rejected ballots			122
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			7,688	63.57
Registered electors			12,094
Majority			2,630
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abu Samah Nordin	5,218	71.99
	PAS	Ruslan Ahmad	2,030	28.01
Total valid votes			7,248	100.00
Total rejected ballots			336
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			7,584	63.86
Registered electors			11,876
Majority			3,188
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1982: Sungei Besar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohamed Ghazali Kantan	5,710	76.42
	PAS	Ruslan Ahmad	1,762	23.58
Total valid votes			7,472	100.00
Total rejected ballots			292
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			7,764	67.71
Registered electors			11,466
Majority			3,948
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1978: Sungei Besar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohamed Ghazali Kantan	4,596	68.20
	PAS	Hassan Shukri	2,143	31.80
Total valid votes			6,739	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			10,746
Majority			2,453
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1974: Sungei Besar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Ghazali Kantan	3,375	68.22
	Independent	Taiban Hassan	1,439	29.09
	PEKEMAS	Shariff Sadri	133	2.69
Total valid votes			4,947	100.00
Total rejected ballots			530
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,477	71.05
Registered electors			7,709
Majority			1,936
	BN gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia)		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 1969: Sungei Besar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Taiban Hassan	5,787	62.15
	PMIP	Hassan Shukri	3,524	37.85
Total valid votes			9,311	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,247
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,558	66.85
Registered electors			15,793
Majority			2,263
	Alliance hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1964: Sungei Besar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Taiban Hassan	4,716	65.33
	PMIP	Zakaria Ismail	2,503	34.67
Total valid votes			7,219	100.00
Total rejected ballots			801
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			8,020	71.51
Registered electors			11,215
Majority			2,213
	Alliance hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1959: Sungei Besar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Taiban Hassan	3,229	59.62
	PMIP	Abdul Hakim Abdullah	2,187	40.38
Total valid votes			5,416	100.00
Total rejected ballots			275
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,691	64.60
Registered electors			8,810
Majority			1,042
This was a new constituency created.