Ulu Nerus (federal constituency)

Ulu Nerus was a federal constituency in Terengganu, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

Ulu Nerus

Terengganu constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

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 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Ulu Nerus
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kuala Trengganu Utara
4th	1974-1978	Lukman Abdul Kadir	BN (PAS)
5th	1978-1982	Abdullah Abdul Rahman	BN (UMNO)
6th	1982-1986	Mamat Abdul Rahman
Constituency abolished, renamed to Setiu

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mamat Abdul Rahman	15,446	63.83
	PAS	Lukman Abdul Kadir	8,753	36.17
Total valid votes			24,199	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,113
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,312	80.07
Registered electors			31,612
Majority			6,693
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Abdul Rahman	12,436	62.18
	PAS	Lukman Abdul Kadir	7,565	37.82
Total valid votes			20,001	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			27,565
Majority			4,871
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lukman Abdul Kadir	10,739	62.97
	PSRM	Siti Nor Abdul Hamid	6,316	37.03
Total valid votes			17,055	100.00
Total rejected ballots			996
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,051	74.92
Registered electors			24,095
Majority			4,423
This was a new constituency created.

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