Kok Lanas (federal constituency)

Kok Lanas
Kelantan constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1986
Last contested	1990

Kok Lanas was a federal constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 1995.

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 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 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kok Lanas
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986-1990	Abdullah Ahmad	BN
8th	1990-1995	Mohamad Shukri Mohamed	S46
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Mohamad Shukri Mohamed	19,203	67.27
	BN	Abdullah Ahmad	9,097	31.87
	Independent	Wan Mohd. Husni Wan Ismail	245	0.86
Total valid votes			28,545	100.00
Total rejected ballots			957
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			29,502	79.33
Registered electors
Majority			10,106
	S46 gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Ahmad	14,099	56.23
	PAS	Ab Rahman Ahmad	10,975	43.77
Total valid votes			25,074	100.00
Total rejected ballots			472
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,546	77.44
Registered electors			32,990
Majority			3,124
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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