Perlis Utara
 Perlis constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
Perlis Utara 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
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Perlis Utara | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Othman Abdullah | Alliance | |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | Othman Abdullah | Alliance | |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Othman Abdullah | Alliance | |
| 1973-1974 | BN | |||
| Constituency abolished | ||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Othman Abdullah | 10,763 | 49.53 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PMIP | Taharim Ariffin | 8,057 | 37.08 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Parti Rakyat | Kassim Ahmad | 2,910 | 13.39 | |
| Total valid votes | 21,730 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 981 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 22,711 | 81.31 | |||
| Registered electors | 27,932 | ||||
| Majority | 2,706 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | Alliance
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Othman Abdullah | 12,521 | 67.17 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PMIP | Ismail Mohamad | 6,119 | 32.83 | |
| Total valid votes | 18,640 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 721 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 19,361 | 82.81 | |||
| Registered electors | 23,379 | ||||
| Majority | 6,402 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | Alliance
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Othman Abdullah | 9,638 | 62.48 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PMIP | Abu Bakar Hamzah | 5,787 | 37.52 | ||
| Total valid votes | 15,425 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 126 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 15,551 | 79.50 | ||||
| Registered electors | 19,560 | |||||
| Majority | 3,851 | |||||
| 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. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.