Perlis Utara
Perlis Utara was a federal constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
 Perlis constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Perlis | |||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Othman Abdullah (عثمان عبدالله) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | Othman Abdullah (عثمان عبدالله) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | ||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Othman Abdullah (عثمان عبدالله) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | ||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Kangar | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Perlis Utara | Bandar Kangar | ||||||
| Bintong | |||||||
| Kaki Bukit | |||||||
| Mata Ayer | |||||||
| Paya | |||||||
| Sena | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Othman Abdullah | 10,763 | 49.53 | ||
| PMIP | Taharim Ariffin | 8,057 | 37.08 | ||
| Parti Rakyat Malaysia | Kassim Ahmad | 2,910 | 13.39 | ||
| Total valid votes | 21,730 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 981 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 22,711 | 81.31 | |||
| Registered electors | 27,932 | ||||
| Majority | 2,706 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Othman Abdullah | 12,521 | 67.17 | ||
| PMIP | Ismail Mohamad | 6,119 | 32.83 | ||
| Total valid votes | 18,640 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 721 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 19,361 | 82.81 | |||
| Registered electors | 23,379 | ||||
| Majority | 6,402 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Othman Abdullah | 9,638 | 62.48 | |||
| PMIP | Abu Bakar Hamzah | 5,787 | 37.52 | |||
| Total valid votes | 15,425 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 126 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 15,551 | 79.50 | ||||
| Registered electors | 19,560 | |||||
| Majority | 3,851 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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