Larut Utara (federal constituency)

Larut Utara was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Larut Utara

Perak 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 Larut Utara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Tajudin Ali	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Tajudin Ali	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Tajudin Ali	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Larut

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Larut Utara		Larut
		Selama

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tajudin Ali	15,177	69.52
	PMIP	Raja Danif Raja Shaharuddin	6,655	30.48
Total valid votes			21,832	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,103
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,935	72.43
Registered electors			31,664
Majority			8,522
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tajudin Ali	14,778	72.19
	PMIP	Abdul Samad Noh	4,348	21.24
	UDP	Lim Eng Keat	1,344	6.57
Total valid votes			20,470	100.00
Total rejected ballots			836
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			21,306	78.79
Registered electors			27,041
Majority			10,430
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tajudin Ali	16,830	76.68
	PMIP	Ibrahim Alla Ditta	5,117	23.32
Total valid votes			21,947	100.00
Total rejected ballots			170
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,117	88.95
Registered electors			24,864
Majority			11,713
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.