Batang Padang (federal constituency)
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1955 |
Constituency abolished | 1986 |
First contested | 1955 |
Last contested | 1982 |
Batang Padang was a federal constituency in the Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1986.
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 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 Batang Padang | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | |||
Federal Legislative Council | |||
1st | 1955-1959 | Abdul Hamid Khan | Alliance (UMNO) |
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
1st | 1959-1963 | Abdul Hamid Khan | Alliance (UMNO) |
Parliament of Malaysia | |||
1st | 1963-1964 | Abdul Hamid Khan | Alliance (UMNO) |
2nd | 1964-1969 | ||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
3rd | 1971-1974 | Loh Jee Mee (罗意美) | DAP |
4th | 1974-1978 | Azharul Abidin Abdul Rahim | BN (UMNO) |
5th | 1978-1982 | ||
6th | 1982-1986 | ||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Tapah |
State constituency[]
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Batang Padang | Batang Padang North | ||||||
Batang Padang South | |||||||
Chenderiang | |||||||
Tapah | |||||||
Tapah Road |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Azharul Abidin Abdul Rahim | 14,297 | 67.62 | ||
DAP | Ibrahim Singgeh | 6,847 | 32.38 | ||
Total valid votes | 21,144 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,012 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 22,156 | 75.73 | |||
Registered electors | 29,255 | ||||
Majority | 7,450 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Azharul Abidin Abdul Rahim | 11,911 | 61.15 | ||
DAP | Jimmy Loh Jee Mee | 7,568 | 38.85 | ||
Total valid votes | 19,479 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | |||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 25,914 | ||||
Majority | 4,343 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Azharul Abidin Abdul Rahim | 7,408 | 51.33 | ||
DAP | Jimmy Loh Jee Mee | 7,024 | 48.67 | ||
Total valid votes | 14,432 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | |||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 22,098 | ||||
Majority | 384 | ||||
BN gain from DAP | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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DAP | Jimmy Loh Jee Mee | 7,188 | 50.37 | ||
Alliance | Mohamed Jumah Satir | 7,082 | 49.63 | ||
Total valid votes | 14,270 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 704 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 14,974 | 75.07 | |||
Registered electors | 19,946 | ||||
Majority | 106 | ||||
DAP gain from Alliance | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Abdul Hamid Khan Sakhawat Ali Khan | 7,827 | 58.68 | ||
People's Progressive Party (Malaysia) | Amirthalingam Sinniah | 3,412 | 25.58 | ||
Independent | Jimmy Loh Jee Mee | 2,099 | 15.74 | ||
Total valid votes | 13,338 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 899 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 14,237 | 80.88 | |||
Registered electors | 17,603 | ||||
Majority | 4,415 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Alliance | Abdul Hamid Khan Sakhawat Ali Khan | 6,231 | 54.26 | |||
Independent | Jaya Ramachandran | 3,749 | 32.65 | |||
PMIP | Hashim Mahaboob | 1,504 | 13.10 | |||
Total valid votes | 11,484 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 93 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 11,577 | 69.46 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,667 | |||||
Majority | 2,482 | |||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References[]
- ^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
Categories:
- Defunct Perak federal constituencies
- Constituencies established in 1958
- Constituencies disestablished in 1986