Ulu Kelantan (federal constituency)

Ulu Kelantan was a federal constituency in the Kelantan, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1986.

Ulu Kelantan

Kelantan 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 Ulu Kelantan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ibrahim	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Tengku Indra Petra Sultan Ibrahim	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969	Hussein Sulaiman
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Nik Ahmad Kamil Nik Mahmud	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
4th	1974-1978	Tengku Razaleigh Tengku Mohd Hamzah
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
Constituency abolished, renamed to Gua Musang

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tengku Razaleigh Tengku Mohd Hamzah	15,573	61.35
	PAS	Hassan Mat Saman	9,810	38.65
Total valid votes			25,383	100.00
Total rejected ballots			717
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,100	80.68
Registered electors			32,350
Majority			5,763
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tengku Razaleigh Tengku Mohd Hamzah	10,267	64.28
	PAS	Khaidir Khatib	5,705	35.72
Total valid votes			15,972	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			21,048
Majority			4,562
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Tengku Razaleigh Tengku Mohd Hamzah won uncontested.
	BN	Tengku Razaleigh Tengku Mohd Hamzah
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			16,765
Majority
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Nik Ahmad Kamil Nik Mahmud	15,954	56.35
	PMIP	Khaidir Khatib	12,358	43.65
Total valid votes			28,312	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,046
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			29,358	76.14
Registered electors			38,560
Majority			3,596
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Hussein Sulaiman	12,681	57.11
	PMIP	Wan Yusof Che Tengah	9,108	41.02
	Socialist Front	Abdullah Mat Ariff	414	1.86
Total valid votes			22,203	100.00
Total rejected ballots			947
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,150	78.53
Registered electors			29,479
Majority			3,573
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tengku Indra Petra Sultan Ibrahim	8,770	50.50
	PMIP	Amaluddin Darus	8,306	47.82
	Parti Negara	Mohamed Yatim Shamsuddin	292	1.68
Total valid votes			17,368	100.00
Total rejected ballots			62
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,430	76.32
Registered electors			22,839
Majority			464
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. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.