Batang Padang (federal constituency)

Batang Padang was a federal constituency in the Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1986.

Batang Padang

Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1959
Last contested	1982

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 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 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Batang Padang
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Abdul Hamid Khan	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Abdul Hamid Khan	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1974	Loh Jee Mee (罗意美)	DAP
4th	1974-1978	Azharul Abidin Abdul Rahim	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
Constituency abolished, renamed to Tapah

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Azharul Abidin Abdul Rahim	14,297	67.62
	DAP	Ibrahim Singgeh	6,847	32.38
Total valid votes			21,144	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,012
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,156	75.73
Registered electors			29,255
Majority			7,450
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Azharul Abidin Abdul Rahim	11,911	61.15
	DAP	Jimmy Loh Jee Mee	7,568	38.85
Total valid votes			19,479	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			25,914
Majority			4,343
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Azharul Abidin Abdul Rahim	7,408	51.33
	DAP	Jimmy Loh Jee Mee	7,024	48.67
Total valid votes			14,432	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			22,098
Majority			384
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Jimmy Loh Jee Mee	7,188	50.37
	Alliance	Mohamed Jumah Satir	7,082	49.63
Total valid votes			14,270	100.00
Total rejected ballots			704
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,974	75.07
Registered electors			19,946
Majority			106
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Hamid Khan Sakhawat Ali Khan	7,827	58.68
	PPP	Amirthalingam Sinniah	3,412	25.58
	Independent	Jimmy Loh Jee Mee	2,099	15.74
Total valid votes			13,338	100.00
Total rejected ballots			899
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,237	80.88
Registered electors			17,603
Majority			4,415
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Hamid Khan Sakhawat Ali Khan	6,231	54.26
	Independent	Jaya Ramachandran	3,749	32.65
	PMIP	Hashim Mahaboob	1,504	13.10
Total valid votes			11,484	100.00
Total rejected ballots			93
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,577	69.46
Registered electors			16,667
Majority			2,482
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.