Jitra-Padang Terap

Jitra-Padang Terap
Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Jitra-Padang Terap was a federal constituency in Kedah, 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 Jitra-Padang Terap
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Fatimah Hashim	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Fatimah Hashim	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Fatimah Hashim	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Fatimah Hashim	Alliance
3rd	1973-1974	Fatimah Hashim	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Jitra-Padang Terap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Fatimah Hashim	15,145	56.64
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Siti Fatimah @ Salmah Sheikh Hussain	11,595	43.36
Total valid votes			26,740	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,186
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			27,927	78.23
Registered electors			35,697
Majority			3,550
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		Alliance

Malaysian general election, 1964: Jitra-Padang Terap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Fatimah Hashim	15,835	72.17
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Isa Mohamad	6,105	27.83
Total valid votes			21,940	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,077
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,017	78.12
Registered electors			29,464
Majority			9,730
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		Alliance

Malayan general election, 1959: Jitra-Padang Terap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Fatimah Hashim	10,981	65.22
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Husin Salleh	5,856	34.78
Total valid votes			16,837	100.00
Total rejected ballots			212
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,049	75.52
Registered electors			22,576
Majority			5,125
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. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "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. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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