Kinta (federal constituency)

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Kinta
Flag of Perak.svg Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created1974
Constituency abolished1986
First contested 1974
Last contested 1982

Kinta was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

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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 Kinta
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Ulu Kinta and Kampar
4th P0531974-1978 Ngan Siong Hin
(颜祥兴)
DAP
5th 1978-1982 Yang Choong Fu
(杨忠富)
BN (MCA)
6th 1982-1986 Lim Liang Seng
(林良成)
Constituency abolished, split into Ipoh, Menglembu, Tambun and Gopeng

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
KintaChemor
Gopeng

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Lim Liang Seng30,22959.75Increase2.svg 10.90
DAP Soong Chok Tak17,35634.31Decrease2.svg 9.46
PAS Mohamed Tarmizi Mahmood2,3854.71Decrease2.svg 2.67
PEKEMAS Shaharuddin Dahlan6191.22Increase2.svg 1.22
Total valid votes50,589 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,263
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout51,85274.76Decrease2.svg 3.51
Registered electors69,362
Majority12,87325.44Increase2.svg 20.36
BN hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1978
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Yang Choong Fu @ Yeoh Teong Hoo21,22148.85Increase2.svg 4.67
DAP Farn Seong Than19,01443.77Decrease2.svg 2.09
PAS Samsudin Harun3,2077.38Increase2.svg 7.38
Total valid votes43,442 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,689
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout45,13178.27Increase2.svg 0.97
Registered electors57,661
Majority2,2075.08Increase2.svg 3.40
BN gain from DAP Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1974
PartyCandidateVotes%
DAP Ngan Siong Hin @ Ngan Siong Eng15,88545.86
BN Wong Kwong Nam15,30444.18
Independent Yong Su Hian2,0285.85
Independent Samsudin Harun1,4244.11
Total valid votes34,641 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,156
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout35,79777.30
Registered electors46,307
Majority5811.68
This was a new constituency created.

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