Perlis Utara

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Perlis Utara
Flag of Perlis.svg Perlis constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished1974
First contested 1959
Last contested 1969

Perlis Utara was a federal constituency in Perlis, 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 Perlis Utara
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Perlis
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st P0011959-1963Othman Abdullah
(عثمان عبدالله)
Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st P0011963-1964Othman Abdullah
(عثمان عبدالله)
Alliance (UMNO)
2nd 1964-1969
1969-1971Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd P0011971-1973Othman Abdullah
(عثمان عبدالله)
Alliance (UMNO)
1973-1974BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kangar

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
Perlis UtaraBandar Kangar
Bintong
Kaki Bukit
Mata Ayer
Paya
Sena

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969 : Perlis Utara
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Alliance Othman Abdullah10,76349.53Decrease2.svg17.64
PMIP Taharim Ariffin8,05737.08Increase2.svg4.25
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Kassim Ahmad2,91013.39Increase2.svg13.39
Total valid votes21,730 100.00
Total rejected ballots981
Unreturned ballots
Turnout22,71181.31Decrease2.svg1.50
Registered electors27,932
Majority2,70612.45Decrease2.svg21.89
Alliance hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1964 : Perlis Utara
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Alliance Othman Abdullah12,52167.17Increase2.svg4.69
PMIP Ismail Mohamad6,11932.83Decrease2.svg4.69
Total valid votes18,640 100.00
Total rejected ballots721
Unreturned ballots
Turnout19,36182.81Increase2.svg3.31
Registered electors23,379
Majority6,40234.34Increase2.svg9.38
Alliance hold Swing
Malayan general election, 1959 : Perlis Utara
PartyCandidateVotes %
Alliance Othman Abdullah9,63862.48
PMIP Abu Bakar Hamzah5,78737.52
Total valid votes15,425 100.00
Total rejected ballots126
Unreturned ballots
Turnout15,55179.50
Registered electors19,560
Majority3,85124.96
This was a new constituency created.

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References

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