Telok Anson (federal constituency)

Telok Anson

Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1955
Last contested	1982

Telok Anson was a federal constituency in the Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 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 Telok Anson
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Federal Legislative Council
1st		1955-1959	Bahaman Samsudin (بهامن شمس الدين)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P055	1959-1961	Woo Saik Hong (胡锡康)	Alliance (MCA)
		1961-1963	Too Joon Hing (朱运兴)	Independent
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P055	1963-1964	Too Joon Hing (朱运兴)	Independent
2nd		1964-1969	Ng Kam Poh (吴锦波)	Alliance (MCA)
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd	P055	1971-1974	Chan Fu King (陈富景)	DAP
4th	P062	1974-1978	Au How Cheong (欧效翔)	BN (GERAKAN)
5th		1978-1982
6th		1982-1986
Constituency abolished, renamed to Telok Intan

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Telok Anson		Batak Rabit
			Changkat Jong
	Lower Perak South
		Pasir Bedamar
	Teluk Anson

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Au How Cheong @ Haw Hew Kheong	13,475	49.21	1.23
	DAP	Chan Fu King	12,643	46.17	1.23
	PAS	Shamsuddin Tamyis	1,265	4.62	0.01
Total valid votes			27,383	100.00
Total rejected ballots			705
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,088	69.56
Registered electors			40,382
Majority			832	3.04	2.46
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Au How Cheong @ Haw Hew Kheong	12,773	50.44	0.47
	DAP	Chan Fu King	11,380	44.94	0.59
	PAS	Mohamad Ngah	1,168	4.61	4.61
Total valid votes			25,321	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			34,585
Majority			1,393	5.50	1.06
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Au How Cheong @ Haw Hew Kheong	9,685	50.91	50.91
	DAP	Chan Fu King	8,436	44.35	10.95
	PEKEMAS	Chai Kai Wooi	901	4.74	4.74
Total valid votes			19,022	100.00
Total rejected ballots			596
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,618	67.44	1.17
Registered electors			29,089
Majority			1,249	6.56	10.41
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chan Fu King	12,297	55.30	55.30
	Alliance	Ng Kam Poh	8,523	38.33	18.77
	PMIP	Maslan Abdullah	1,417	6.37	6.37
Total valid votes			22,237	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,274
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,511	66.27	11.90
Registered electors			35,475
Majority			3,774	16.97	2.77
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ng Kam Poh	12,251	57.10	15.27
	Socialist Front	Chai Kai Wooi	9,204	42.90	42.90
Total valid votes			21,455	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,317
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			22,772	78.17
Registered electors			29,130
Majority			3,047	14.20	20.68
	Alliance gain from Independent		Swing		?

Malaysian general by-election, 30 May 1961
Upon the death of incumbent, Woo Saik Hong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Too Joon Hing	11,943	56.86	56.86
	Alliance	Wah Keng Jooi	8,787	41.83	21.98
	Independent	Abdul Rashid Nanek @ Mak Fie Hoong	274	1.30	1.30
Total valid votes			21,004	100.00
Total rejected ballots			195
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,199
Registered electors
Majority			3,156	34.88	7.26
	Independent gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Woo Saik Hong	10,174	63.81	9.58
	PPP	Tan Poh Aun	5,770	36.19	36.19
Total valid votes			15,944	100.00
Total rejected ballots			218
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			16,162	71.00	10.90
Registered electors			22,762
Majority			4,404	27.62	20.06
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1955

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Bahaman Samsuddin	10,514	73.39
	PMIP	Hassan Adli Hassan	3,812	26.61
Total valid votes			14,326	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,326	81.90
Registered electors			17,492
Majority			7,952	46.78
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times. [3] [4]

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
3. "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
4. "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.