Perlis Selatan

Perlis Selatan
Perlis constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Perlis Selatan was a federal constituency in Perlis, 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 Perlis Selatan
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Perlis
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P002	1959-1963	Mokhtar Ismail (مختار اسماعيل)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P002	1963-1964	Mokhtar Ismail (مختار اسماعيل)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	P002	1964-1969	Mokhtar Ismail (مختار اسماعيل)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	P002	1971-1973	Mokhtar Ismail (مختار اسماعيل)	Alliance (UMNO)
3rd	P002	1973-1974	Mokhtar Ismail (مختار اسماعيل)	BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Arau

State constituency[edit]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Perlis Selatan		Arau
		Kayang
		Kuala Perlis
		Kurong Anai
		Sanglang
		Utan Aji

Election results[edit]

Malaysian general election, 1969: Perlis Selatan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mokhtar Ismail	11,432	52.78	2.59
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Hamzah	10,229	47.22	2.59
Total valid votes			21,661	100.00
Total rejected ballots			610
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			22,271	79.18	1.21
Registered electors			28,128
Majority			1,203	5.56	12.68
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964: Perlis Selatan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mokhtar Ismail	10,486	59.12	2.59
	PMIP	Yusof Abdullah	7,250	40.88	2.59
Total valid votes			17,736	100.00
Total rejected ballots			843
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			18,579	80.39	4.44
Registered electors			23,112
Majority			3,236	18.24	5.08
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959: Perlis Selatan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Mokhtar Ismail	8,015	56.53
	PMIP	Abdul Rahman Osman	6,163	43.47
Total valid votes			14,178	100.00
Total rejected ballots			97
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,275	75.95
Registered electors			18,795
Majority			1,852	13.06
This was a new constituency created.

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.

[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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