Nilam Puri (federal constituency)

Nilam Puri was a federal constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1995.

Nilam Puri

Kelantan constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1974
Last contested	1990

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 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Nilam Puri
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Kota Bharu Hulu
4th	1974-1978	Mohamad Asri Muda	BN (PAS)
5th	1978-1982	Mohamed Ali	BN (UMNO)
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Mohamad Sabu	PAS
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kubang Kerian

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Nilam Puri			Ketereh
				Mulong
			Peringat
			Salor

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohamad Sabu	19,596	62.05
	BN	Annuar Musa	11,457	36.28
	Independent	Kamarudin	526	1.67
Total valid votes			31,579	100.00
Total rejected ballots			802
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,381	80.42
Registered electors
Majority			8,139
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Ali	12,911	51.09
	PAS	Wan Daud Wan Jusoh	12,359	48.91
Total valid votes			25,270	100.00
Total rejected ballots			729
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,999	76.49
Registered electors			33,990
Majority			552
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Ali	15,029	51.97
	PAS	Mohamad Asri Muda	13,890	48.03
Total valid votes			28,919	100.00
Total rejected ballots			764
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			29,683	82.55
Registered electors			35,958
Majority			1,139
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Ali	13,031	54.51
	PAS	Mustapha Ibrahim	10,874	45.49
Total valid votes			23,905	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			30,765
Majority			2,157
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Asri Muda	15,736	78.11
	Independent	Zainab @ Esah Abdullah	4,409	21.89
Total valid votes			20,145	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			30,116
Majority			11,327
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.