Larut Utara (federal constituency)
Larut Utara was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
Defunct federal constituency | |
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Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1958 |
Constituency abolished | 1974 |
First contested | 1959 |
Last contested | 1969 |
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 Utara | ||||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
Constituency created | ||||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | 1959-1963 | Tajudin Ali | Alliance | |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | 1963-1964 | Tajudin Ali | Alliance | |
2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
3rd | 1971-1973 | Tajudin Ali | Alliance | |
1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | |||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Larut |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Tajudin Ali | 15,177 | 69.52 | ||
PMIP | Raja Danif Raja Shaharuddin | 6,655 | 30.48 | ||
Total valid votes | 21,832 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,103 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 22,935 | 72.43 | |||
Registered electors | 31,664 | ||||
Majority | 8,522 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Tajudin Ali | 14,778 | 72.19 | ||
PMIP | Abdul Samad Noh | 4,348 | 21.24 | ||
UDP | Lim Eng Keat | 1,344 | 6.57 | ||
Total valid votes | 20,470 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 836 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 21,306 | 78.79 | |||
Registered electors | 27,041 | ||||
Majority | 10,430 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Alliance | Tajudin Ali | 16,830 | 76.68 | |||
PMIP | Ibrahim Alla Ditta | 5,117 | 23.32 | |||
Total valid votes | 21,947 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 170 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 22,117 | 88.95 | ||||
Registered electors | 24,864 | |||||
Majority | 11,713 | |||||
This was a new constituency created. |
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References
- 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.
- "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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