Hilir Perak (federal constituency)

Hilir Perak
[[File:Flag of Perak.svg\|23x15px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1959
Last contested	1982

Hilir Perak was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 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 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Hilir Perak
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sungei Perak Hilir and Telok Anson
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Mohamed Abbas Ahmad (محمد عباس احمد)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Mohamed Abbas Ahmad (محمد عباس احمد)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969	Othman Abdullah (عثمان عبدالله)	Alliance (UMNO)
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Ahmad Damanhuri Abdul Wahab (احمد دامنهوري عبدالوهاب)	Alliance (UMNO)
3rd	1973-1974	Ahmad Damanhuri Abdul Wahab (احمد دامنهوري عبدالوهاب)	BN (UMNO)
4th	1974-1978	Abu Bakar Arshad (ابو بكر ارشد)
5th	1978-1982	Kamaluddin Maamor (كمالو الدين معمور)
6th	1982-1986	Megat Junid Megat Ayub (مڬت جونيد مڬت ايوب)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Pasir Salak

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Hilir Perak		Bandar
			Kampong Gajah
		Sungei Manik

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Megat Junid Megat Ayub	16,582	73.24
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Ahmad Abdul Majid	6,058	26.76
Total valid votes			22,640	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,392
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,032	72.99
Registered electors			32,925
Majority			10,524
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Kamaluddin Maamor	13,643	64.07
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Abdul Kader Kahar	4,817	22.62
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Zainal Abidin Adnan	2,493	11.71
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PEKEMAS	Abdul Latif Nasain	342	1.61
Total valid votes			21,295	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			29,838
Majority			8,826
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Abu Bakar Arshad	13,077	72.64
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PEKEMAS	Ahmad Boestamam	4,925	27.36
Total valid votes			18,002	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			26,524
Majority			8,152
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		Alliance

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Ahmad Damanhuri Abdul Wahab	7,302	59.75
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Abdul Aziz Othman	4,919	40.25
Total valid votes			12,221	100.00
Total rejected ballots			815
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,036	73.63
Registered electors			17,705
Majority			2,383
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		Alliance

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Othman Abdullah	7,883	65.13
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Hassan Adli Arshad	3,845	31.77
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	UDP	Ja'afar Sidik Maamor	375	3.10
Total valid votes			12,103	100.00
Total rejected ballots			514
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,617	79.83
Registered electors			15,805
Majority			4,038
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		Alliance

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Mohamed Abbas Ahmad	4,818	53.00
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Abu Bakar Anjang	4,273	47.00
Total valid votes			9,091	100.00
Total rejected ballots			100
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,191	70.79
Registered electors			12,984
Majority			545
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.

[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.

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