Perlis Utara (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 Utara 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 Utara | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Perlis | |||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
1st | 1959-1963 | Othman Abdullah | Alliance (UMNO) |
Parliament of Malaysia | |||
1st | 1963-1964 | Othman Abdullah | Alliance (UMNO) |
2nd | 1964-1969 | ||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
3rd | 1971-1973 | Othman Abdullah | Alliance (UMNO) |
1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | ||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kangar |
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 Utara | Bandar Kangar | ||||||
Bintong | |||||||
Kaki Bukit | |||||||
Mata Ayer | |||||||
Paya | |||||||
Sena |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Othman Abdullah | 10,763 | 49.53 | ||
PMIP | Taharim Ariffin | 8,057 | 37.08 | ||
Parti Rakyat Malaysia | Kassim Ahmad | 2,910 | 13.39 | ||
Total valid votes | 21,730 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 981 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 22,711 | 81.31 | |||
Registered electors | 27,932 | ||||
Majority | 2,706 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Othman Abdullah | 12,521 | 67.17 | ||
PMIP | Ismail Mohamad | 6,119 | 32.83 | ||
Total valid votes | 18,640 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 721 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 19,361 | 82.81 | |||
Registered electors | 23,379 | ||||
Majority | 6,402 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Alliance | Othman Abdullah | 9,638 | 62.48 | |||
PMIP | Abu Bakar Hamzah | 5,787 | 37.52 | |||
Total valid votes | 15,425 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 126 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 15,551 | 79.50 | ||||
Registered electors | 19,560 | |||||
Majority | 3,851 | |||||
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