Larut Selatan

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Larut Selatan
Flag of Perak.svg Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished1974
First contested 1959
Last contested 1969

Larut Selatan was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Contents

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 Larut Selatan
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Larut-Matang
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st P0431959-1963 Lim Swee Aun
(林瑞安)
Alliance (MCA)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st P0431963-1964Lim Swee Aun
(林瑞安)
Alliance (MCA)
2nd 1964-1969
1969-1971Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd P0431971-1973Ng Hoe Hun
(黄和汉)
GERAKAN
1973-1974BN (GERAKAN)
Constituency abolished, split into Matang and Taiping

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
Larut SelatanMatang
Taiping

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969 : Larut Selatan
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia Ng Hoe Hun15,64149.85Increase2.svg 49.85
Alliance Lim Swee Aun 10,77434.34Decrease2.svg 23.88
PMIP Md Tahir Abdul Rauf4,96215.81Increase2.svg 6.67
Total valid votes31,377 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,233
Unreturned ballots
Turnout32,61068.69Decrease2.svg 7.16
Registered electors47,472
Majority4,86715.51Decrease2.svg 30.72
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia) Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1964 : Larut Selatan
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Alliance Lim Swee Aun 18,90663.22Increase2.svg 9.11
UDP Lim Eng Chuan5,08016.99Increase2.svg 16.99
Socialist Front Othman Abdullah3,18510.65Increase2.svg 10.65
PMIP Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid2,7349.14Increase2.svg 5.67
Total valid votes29,905 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,124
Unreturned ballots
Turnout31,02975.85Increase2.svg 11.86
Registered electors40,909
Majority13,82646.23Increase2.svg 23.20
Alliance hold Swing
Malayan general election, 1959 : Larut Selatan
PartyCandidateVotes %
Alliance Lim Swee Aun 11,21854.11
PPP C. H. Yin6,44431.08
PMIP Md Yunus Md Hashim3,07114.81
Total valid votes20,733 100.00
Total rejected ballots148
Unreturned ballots
Turnout20,88163.99
Registered electors32,633
Majority4,77423.03
This was a new constituency created.

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References

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