Larut Selatan (federal constituency)

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

Larut Selatan 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 Larut Selatan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Larut-Matang
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Lim Swee Aun (林瑞安)	Alliance (MCA)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Lim Swee Aun (林瑞安)	Alliance (MCA)
2nd	1964-1969	Lim Swee Aun (林瑞安)	Alliance (MCA)
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Ng Hoe Hun (黄和汉)	Gerakan
3rd	1973-1974	Ng Hoe Hun (黄和汉)	BN (GERAKAN)
Constituency abolished, split into Matang and Taiping

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Larut Selatan		Matang
Larut Selatan		Taiping

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	Ng Hoe Hun	15,641	49.85
	Alliance	Lim Swee Aun	10,774	34.34
	PMIP	Md Tahir Abdul Rauf	4,962	15.81
Total valid votes			31,377	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,233
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,610	68.69
Registered electors			47,472
Majority			4,867
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Lim Swee Aun	18,906	63.22
	UDP	Lim Eng Chuan	5,080	16.99
	Socialist Front	Othman Abdullah	3,185	10.65
	PMIP	Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid	2,734	9.14
Total valid votes			29,905	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,124
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			31,029	75.85
Registered electors			40,909
Majority			13,826
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Lim Swee Aun	11,218	54.11
	People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)	C. H. Yin	6,444	31.08
	PMIP	Md Yunus Md Hashim	3,071	14.81
Total valid votes			20,733	100.00
Total rejected ballots			148
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,881	63.99
Registered electors			32,633
Majority			4,774
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.

[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.

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