Dindings (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

Dindings

Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1959
First contested	1955
Last contested	1955

Dindings was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system. ^[1]

History

It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Dindings
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1955–1959	Meor Ariff Alwi (ميور عارف علوي)	Alliance (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Bruas and Sitiawan

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Dindings	Dindings
	Taiping

Election results

Malayan general election, 1955 : Dindings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Meor Ariff Alwi	10,511	78.81
	National Association of Perak	Mohd Yunus Mahmood	1,629	12.21
	PMIP	Abd Wahab Mohd Noor	1,197	8.98
Total valid votes			13,337	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,337	82.75
Registered electors			16,117
Majority			8,882	66.60
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times. [2] [3]

References

1. "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
2. "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
3. "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.