Semantan (federal constituency)

Semantan
Pahang constituency
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1959
First contested	1955
Last contested	1955

Semantan was a federal constituency in Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.^[1]^[2]

History[]

It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Semantan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1955-1959	Abdul Razak Hussein	Alliance (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Bentong and Temerloh

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Semantan	Bentong
	Jerantut
	Temerloh

References[]

^ "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
^ "Portal Rasmi Parlimen Malaysia - Maklumat Umum". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-08-13.

[1] "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

[2] "Portal Rasmi Parlimen Malaysia - Maklumat Umum". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-08-13.

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