Perlis Selatan (federal constituency)

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

Perlis Selatan

Perlis 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 Perlis Selatan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Mokhtar Ismail	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Mokhtar Ismail	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Mokhtar Ismail	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Arau

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mokhtar Ismail	11,432	52.78
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Hamzah	10,229	47.22
Total valid votes			21,661	100.00
Total rejected ballots			610
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,271	79.18
Registered electors			28,128
Majority			1,203
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mokhtar Ismail	10,486	59.12
	PMIP	Yusof Abdullah	7,250	40.88
Total valid votes			17,736	100.00
Total rejected ballots			843
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,579	80.39
Registered electors			23,112
Majority			3,236
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mokhtar Ismail	8,015	56.53
	PMIP	Abdul Rahman Osman	6,163	43.47
Total valid votes			14,178	100.00
Total rejected ballots			97
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,275	75.95
Registered electors			18,795
Majority			1,852
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.