Dato' Kramat (federal constituency)
 Penang constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
Dato' Kramat was a federal constituency in Penang, 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
[edit]It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
[edit]| Members of Parliament for Dato' Kramat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Penang Island | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | P037 | 1959-1963 | Lim Kean Siew (林建寿) |
SF (Lab) |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | P037 | 1963-1964 | Lim Kean Siew (林建寿) |
SF (Lab) |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | P037 | 1971-1972 | V. David (வே. தேவிட்) |
GERAKAN |
| 1972-1974 | PEKEMAS | |||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Jelutong | ||||
State constituency
[edit]| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Dato Kramat | Sungei Pinang | ||||||
| Tanjong Barat | |||||||
| Tanjong Selatan | |||||||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GERAKAN | V. David | 17,272 | 75.40 |  75.40
| ||
| Alliance | Lim Chong Hai | 5,635 | 24.60 |  4.99
| ||
| Total valid votes | 22,907 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,048 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,955 | 77.14 | 8.09
| |||
| Registered electors | 31,053 | |||||
| Majority | 11,637 | 50.80 | 43.63
| |||
| GERAKAN gain from Socialist Front | Swing | ? | ||||
Source(s) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Front | Lim Kean Siew | 10,102 | 38.79 | 27.47
| |
| UDP | Teh Ewe Lim | 8,236 | 31.62 | 31.62
| |
| Alliance | Lim Cheng Poh | 7,707 | 29.59 | 2.34
| |
| Total valid votes | 26,045 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 656 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 26,701 | 85.23 | 13.10
| ||
| Registered electors | 31,327 | ||||
| Majority | 1,866 | 7.17 | 27.16
| ||
| Socialist Front hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Front | Lim Kean Siew | 10,474 | 66.26 | |||
| Alliance | Lee Thean Chew | 5,048 | 31.93 | |||
| Independent | C. M. Ramli | 286 | 1.81 | |||
| Total valid votes | 15,808 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 15,911 | 72.13 | ||||
| Registered electors | 22,058 | |||||
| Majority | 5,426 | 34.33 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Penyata Pilehanraya Umum Dewan Ra'ayat dan Dewan Undangan Negeri bagi Neger12 Tanah Melayu, Sabah dan Sarawak Tahun 1969". Surohanjaya Pilehanraya. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
- ^ "Putusan2 penoh semua negeri" (in Malay). Berita Harian. August 21, 1959. p. 6. Retrieved January 12, 2021 – via eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
- ^ "All the Federal Election Results". Singapore Free Press. August 20, 1959. p. 9. Retrieved January 12, 2021 – via eresources.nlb.gov.sg.