Perlis Utara (federal constituency)

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

Perlis Utara

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

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Othman Abdullah	10,763	49.53
	PMIP	Taharim Ariffin	8,057	37.08
	Parti Rakyat	Kassim Ahmad	2,910	13.39
Total valid votes			21,730	100.00
Total rejected ballots			981
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,711	81.31
Registered electors			27,932
Majority			2,706
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Othman Abdullah	12,521	67.17
	PMIP	Ismail Mohamad	6,119	32.83
Total valid votes			18,640	100.00
Total rejected ballots			721
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,361	82.81
Registered electors			23,379
Majority			6,402
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Othman Abdullah	9,638	62.48
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Hamzah	5,787	37.52
Total valid votes			15,425	100.00
Total rejected ballots			126
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,551	79.50
Registered electors			19,560
Majority			3,851
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.