Peringat (federal constituency)

Peringat
Kelantan constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1994
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1995
Last contested	1999

Peringat was a federal constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1995 to 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 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 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Peringat
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Annuar Musa	BN
10th	1999-2004	Muhammad Mustafa	KEADILAN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	KEADILAN	Muhammad Mustafa	19,481	56.57
	BN	Annuar Musa	14,956	43.43
Total valid votes			34,437	100.00
Total rejected ballots			726
Unreturned ballots			1,108
Turnout			36,271	80.05
Registered electors
Majority			4,525
	KEADILAN gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Annuar Musa	16,725	53.07
	S46	Rafei Mat Salleh	14,790	46.93
Total valid votes			31,515	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,621
Unreturned ballots			300
Turnout			33,436	79.14
Registered electors
Majority			1,935
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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