Perlis Utara (federal constituency)
Perlis Utara was a federal constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
Perlis constituency | |
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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 Perlis Utara | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | |||
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 | 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 |
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 |
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.
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