Dato' Kramat (federal constituency)

Dato' Kramat

Penang constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Dato' Kramat was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

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 Dato' Kramat
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from George Town
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P037	1959–1963	Lim Kean Siew (林建寿)	SF (Lab)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P037	1963–-1964	Lim Kean Siew (林建寿)	SF (Lab)
2nd		1964–1969
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd	P037	1971–1972	V. David (வே. தேவிட்)	GERAKAN
		1972–1974		PEKEMAS
Constituency abolished, split into Jelutong and Tanjong

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Dato Kramat		Sungei Pinang
		Tanjong Barat
		Tanjong Selatan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	GERAKAN	V. David	17,272	75.40	75.40
	Alliance	Lim Chong Hai	5,635	24.60	4.99
Total valid votes			22,907	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,048
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,955	77.14	8.09
Registered electors			31,053
Majority			11,637	50.80	43.63
	GERAKAN gain from Socialist Front		Swing		?
Source(s) Election Commission of Malaysia. [3]

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Socialist Front	Lim Kean Siew	10,102	38.79	27.47
	UDP	Teh Ewe Lim	8,236	31.62	31.62
	Alliance	Lim Cheng Poh	7,707	29.59	2.34
Total valid votes			26,045	100.00
Total rejected ballots			656
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			26,701	85.23	13.10
Registered electors			31,327
Majority			1,866	7.17	27.16
	Socialist Front hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist Front	Lim Kean Siew	10,474	66.26
	Alliance	Lee Thean Chew	5,048	31.93
	Independent	C. M. Ramli	286	1.81
Total valid votes			15,808	100.00
Total rejected ballots			103
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,911	72.13
Registered electors			22,058
Majority			5,426	34.33
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) Berita Harian. [4] Singapore Free Press. [5]

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.
3. "Penyata Pilehanraya Umum Dewan Ra'ayat dan Dewan Undangan Negeri bagi Neger12 Tanah Melayu, Sabah dan Sarawak Tahun 1969". Surohanjaya Pilehanraya. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
4. "Putusan2 penoh semua negeri" (in Malay). Berita Harian. August 21, 1959. p. 6. Retrieved January 12, 2021– via eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
5. "All the Federal Election Results". Singapore Free Press. August 20, 1959. p. 9. Retrieved January 12, 2021– via eresources.nlb.gov.sg.