Perlis Selatan (federal constituency)
Perlis constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1958 |
Constituency abolished | 1974 |
First contested | 1959 |
Last contested | 1969 |
Perlis Selatan was a federal constituency in Perlis, 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 Perlis Selatan | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Perlis | |||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
1st | 1959-1963 | Mokhtar Ismail | Alliance (UMNO) |
Parliament of Malaysia | |||
1st | 1963-1964 | Mokhtar Ismail | Alliance (UMNO) |
2nd | 1964-1969 | ||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
3rd | 1971-1973 | Mokhtar Ismail | Alliance (UMNO) |
1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | ||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Arau |
State constituency[]
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Perlis Selatan | Arau | ||||||
Kayang | |||||||
Kuala Perlis | |||||||
Kurong Anai | |||||||
Sanglang | |||||||
Utan Aji |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Mokhtar Ismail | 11,432 | 52.78 | ||
PMIP | Abu Bakar Hamzah | 10,229 | 47.22 | ||
Total valid votes | 21,661 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 610 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 22,271 | 79.18 | |||
Registered electors | 28,128 | ||||
Majority | 1,203 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Mokhtar Ismail | 10,486 | 59.12 | ||
PMIP | Yusof Abdullah | 7,250 | 40.88 | ||
Total valid votes | 17,736 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 843 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 18,579 | 80.39 | |||
Registered electors | 23,112 | ||||
Majority | 3,236 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Alliance | Mokhtar Ismail | 8,015 | 56.53 | |||
PMIP | Abdul Rahman Osman | 6,163 | 43.47 | |||
Total valid votes | 14,178 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 97 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 14,275 | 75.95 | ||||
Registered electors | 18,795 | |||||
Majority | 1,852 | |||||
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 Perlis federal constituencies