Krian Laut (federal constituency)

Krian Laut
Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Krian Laut was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

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 1974 when it was redistributed.

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Krian Laut
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1966	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman
2nd	1966-1969	Sulaiman Taib
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Sulaiman Taib	Alliance (UMNO)
3rd	1973-1974	Sulaiman Taib	BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Parit Buntar

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Krian Laut		Kuala Kurau
Krian Laut		Parit Buntar

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Sulaiman Taib	11,092	50.69
	PMIP	Mohamed Ja'afar Ibrahim	10,792	49.31
Total valid votes			21,884	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,163
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,047	75.60
Registered electors			30,485
Majority			300
	Alliance hold		Swing
Source(s) Election Commission of Malaysia.^[3]

Malaysian general by-election, 12 March 1966
Upon the death of incumbent, Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Sulaiman Taib	11,206	56.91
	PMIP	Baharuddin Abdul Latiff	8,484	43.09
Total valid votes			19,690	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			26,953
Majority			2,722^[4]
	Alliance hold		Swing
Source(s) Berita Harian.^[5]

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman	10,109	50.94
	PMIP	Abdul Wahab Mohd Noor	7,452	37.55
	Socialist Front	Mohd Nordin Abdul Jalil	2,282	11.50
Total valid votes			19,843	100.00
Total rejected ballots			583
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,426	79.77
Registered electors			25,605
Majority			2,657
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman	8,074	51.59
	PMIP	Ahmad Hussain	7,577	48.41
Total valid votes			15,651	100.00
Total rejected ballots			126
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,777	70.40
Registered electors			22,409
Majority			497
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.
^ "Penyata Pilehanraya Umum Dewan Ra'ayat dan Dewan Undangan Negeri bagi Neger12 Tanah Melayu, Sabah dan Sarawak Tahun 1969". Surohanjaya Pilehanraya. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
^ "聯吉盟〓沿海區補選勝利蘇萊曼誓言將忠誠服務感謝各族熱烈支持". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
^ Berita Harian, 22 January 1966, page 2.

[1] 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.

[2] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

[PR1969-3] "Penyata Pilehanraya Umum Dewan Ra'ayat dan Dewan Undangan Negeri bagi Neger12 Tanah Melayu, Sabah dan Sarawak Tahun 1969". Surohanjaya Pilehanraya. Retrieved 19 November 2009.

[4] "聯吉盟〓沿海區補選勝利蘇萊曼誓言將忠誠服務感謝各族熱烈支持". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.

[5] Berita Harian, 22 January 1966, page 2.

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