Larut Selatan (federal constituency)

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

Larut Selatan was a federal constituency in Perak, 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 Larut Selatan
ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st1959-1963Lim Swee AunAlliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st1963-1964Lim Swee AunAlliance
2nd1964-1969
1969-1971Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd1971-1973Ng Hoe HunGerakan
1973-1974BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
GerakanNg Hoe Hun15,64149.85
AllianceLim Swee Aun10,77434.34
PMIPMd Tahir Abdul Rauf4,96215.81
Total valid votes 31,377 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,233
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 32,61068.69
Registered electors 47,472
Majority 4,867
Gerakan gain from Alliance Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1964
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
AllianceLim Swee Aun18,90663.22
UDPLim Eng Chuan5,08016.99
Socialist FrontOthman Abdullah3,18510.65
PMIPAbdul Rahman Abdul Hamid2,7349.14
Total valid votes 29,905 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,124
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 31,02975.85
Registered electors 40,909
Majority 13,826
Alliance hold Swing
Malayan general election, 1959
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
AllianceLim Swee Aun11,21854.11
PPPC. H. Yin6,44431.08
PMIPMd Yunus Md Hashim3,07114.81
Total valid votes 20,733 100.00
Total rejected ballots 148
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 20,88163.99
Registered electors 32,633
Majority 4,774
This was a new constituency created.

References

  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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