Dato' Kramat (federal constituency)

Dato' Kramat was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Dato' Kramat

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

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 Dato' Kramat
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Lim Kean Siew (林建寿)	Socialist Front
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Lim Kean Siew (林建寿)	Socialist Front
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1972	V. David	Gerakan
	1972-1974		PEKEMAS
Constituency abolished, renamed to Jelutong

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Dato Kramat		Sungei Pinang
		Tanjong Barat
		Tanjong Selatan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GERAKAN	V. David	17,272	75.40
	Alliance	Lim Chong Hai	5,635	24.60
Total valid votes			22,907	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,048
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,955	77.14
Registered electors			31,053
Majority			11,637
	GERAKAN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Lim Kean Siew	10,102	38.79
	UDP	Teh Ewe Lim	8,236	31.62
	Alliance	Lim Cheng Poh	7,707	29.59
Total valid votes			26,045	100.00
Total rejected ballots			656
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,701	85.23
Registered electors			31,327
Majority			1,866
	Socialist Front hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Lim Kean Siew	10,474	66.26
	Alliance	Lee Thean Chew	5,048	31.93
	Independent	C. M. Ramli	286	1.81
Total valid votes			15,808	100.00
Total rejected ballots			103
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,911	72.13
Registered electors			22,058
Majority			5,426
This was a new constituency created.

References

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.