Hilir Perak (federal constituency)

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Hilir Perak
Flag of Perak.svg Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished1986
First contested 1959
Last contested 1982

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

Contents

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 Hilir Perak
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Sungei Perak Hilir and Telok Anson
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st P0541959-1963 Mohamed Abbas Ahmad
(محمد عباس احمد)
Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st P0541963-1964Mohamed Abbas Ahmad
(محمد عباس احمد)
Alliance (UMNO)
2nd 1964-1969Othman Abdullah
(عثمان عبدالله)
1969-1971Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd P0541971-1973 Ahmad Damanhuri Abdul Wahab
(احمد دامنهوري عبدالوهاب)
Alliance (UMNO)
1973-1974BN (UMNO)
4th P0611974-1978 Abu Bakar Arshad
(ابو بكر ارشد)
5th 1978-1982 Kamaluddin Maamor
(كمالو الدين معمور)
6th 1982-1986 Megat Junid Megat Ayub
(مڬت جونيد مڬت ايوب)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Pasir Salak

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
Hilir PerakBandar
Kampong Gajah
Sungei Manik

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Megat Junid Megat Ayub 16,58273.24Increase2.svg 9.17
PAS Ahmad Abdul Majid6,05826.76Increase2.svg 4.14
Total valid votes22,640 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,392
Unreturned ballots
Turnout24,03272.99
Registered electors32,925
Majority10,52446,48Increase2.svg 5.03
BN hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1978
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Kamaluddin Maamor13,64364.07Decrease2.svg 8.57
PAS Abdul Kader Kahar4,81722.62Increase2.svg 22.62
DAP Zainal Abidin Adnan2,49311.71Increase2.svg 11.71
PEKEMAS Abdul Latif Nasain3421.61Increase2.svg 1.61
Total valid votes21,295 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors29,838
Majority8,82641.45Decrease2.svg 3.83
BN hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1974
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Abu Bakar Arshad13,07772.64Increase2.svg 72.64
PEKEMAS Ahmad Boestamam 4,92527.36Increase2.svg 27.36
Total valid votes18,002 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,317
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout19,31971.10Decrease2.svg 2.53
Registered electors26,524
Majority8,15245.28Increase2.svg 25.78
BN gain from Alliance Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1969
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Alliance Ahmad Damanhuri Abdul Wahab7,30259.75Decrease2.svg 5.38
PMIP Abdul Aziz Othman4,91940.25Increase2.svg 8.48
Total valid votes12,221 100.00
Total rejected ballots815
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout13,03673.63Decrease2.svg 6.20
Registered electors17,705
Majority2,38319.50Decrease2.svg 13.86
Alliance hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1964
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Alliance Othman Abdullah7,88365.13Increase2.svg 8.13
PMIP Hassan Adli Arshad3,84531.77Decrease2.svg 3.30
UDP Ja'afar Sidik Maamor3753.10Increase2.svg 3.10
Total valid votes12,103 100.00
Total rejected ballots514
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout12,61779.83Increase2.svg 9.04
Registered electors15,805
Majority4,03833.36Increase2.svg 27.36
Alliance hold Swing
Malayan general election, 1959
PartyCandidateVotes %
Alliance Mohamed Abbas Ahmad4,81853.00
PMIP Abu Bakar Anjang4,27347.00
Total valid votes9,091 100.00
Total rejected ballots100
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout9,19170.79
Registered electors12,984
Majority5456.00
This was a new constituency created.

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