Larut Selatan
Perak constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1958 |
Constituency abolished | 1974 |
First contested | 1959 |
Last contested | 1969 |
Larut Selatan was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
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 Selatan | ||||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
Constituency created | ||||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | 1959-1963 | Lim Swee Aun (林瑞安) | Alliance (MCA) | |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | 1963-1964 | Lim Swee Aun (林瑞安) | Alliance (MCA) | |
2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
3rd | 1971-1973 | Ng Hoe Hun (黄和汉) | Gerakan | |
1973-1974 | BN (GERAKAN) | |||
Constituency abolished, split into Matang and Taiping |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Gerakan | Ng Hoe Hun | 15,641 | 49.85 | |
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Lim Swee Aun | 10,774 | 34.34 | |
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PMIP | Md Tahir Abdul Rauf | 4,962 | 15.81 | |
Total valid votes | 31,377 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,233 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 32,610 | 68.69 | |||
Registered electors | 47,472 | ||||
Majority | 4,867 | ||||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|Gerakan]] | Swing | Alliance
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Lim Swee Aun | 18,906 | 63.22 | |
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | UDP | Lim Eng Chuan | 5,080 | 16.99 | |
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Socialist Front | Othman Abdullah | 3,185 | 10.65 | |
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PMIP | Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid | 2,734 | 9.14 | |
Total valid votes | 29,905 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,124 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 31,029 | 75.85 | |||
Registered electors | 40,909 | ||||
Majority | 13,826 | ||||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | Alliance
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Lim Swee Aun | 11,218 | 54.11 | ||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PPP | C. H. Yin | 6,444 | 31.08 | ||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PMIP | Md Yunus Md Hashim | 3,071 | 14.81 | ||
Total valid votes | 20,733 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 148 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 20,881 | 63.99 | ||||
Registered electors | 32,633 | |||||
Majority | 4,774 | |||||
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.