Malacca Utara (federal constituency)

Malacca Utara was a federal constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Malacca Utara

Malacca constituency
Defunct federal constituency
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 Malacca Utara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Abdul Ghani Ishak	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Abdul Ghani Ishak	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Abdul Ghafar Baba	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Alor Gajah

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Ghafar Baba	15,692	63.86
	PMIP	Ali Md. Salleh	8,881	36.14
Total valid votes			24,573	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,515
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,088	78.49
Registered electors			33,237
Majority			6,811
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Ghani Ishak	16,892	70.84
	Socialist Front	Sulaiman Mohamed Attas	4,429	18.57
	PMIP	Mohamed Yusof Sulong	2,523	10.58
Total valid votes			23,844	100.00
Total rejected ballots			865
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,709	83.92
Registered electors			29,443
Majority			12,463
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Ghani Ishak	11,078	60.17
	PMIP	Karim Dalib	4,461	24.23
	Socialist Front	Abdul Karim Bakar	2,872	15.60
Total valid votes			18,411	100.00
Total rejected ballots			183
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,594	81.09
Registered electors			22,930
Majority			6,617
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.