Sungei Perak Ulu (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
 Perak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1957 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
Sungei Perak Ulu was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.[1]
History[edit]
It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Representation history[edit]
| Members of Parliament for Sungei Perak Ulu | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1955-1957 | Mohd Ghazali Jawi (محمد غزالي جاوي) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
| 1957-1959 | Meor Samsudin Meor Yahya (ميور شمس الدين ميور يحي) | ||
| Constituency abolished, split into Kuala Kangsar and Ulu Perak | |||
State constituency[edit]
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Sungei Perak Ulu | Kuala Kansgar | ||||||
| Ulu Perak | |||||||
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Meor Samsudin Meor Yahya | 12,795 | 68.04 |  3.44
| |
| Rakyat | Mohamed Shariff Babul | 5,601 | 31.96 |  31.96
| |
| Total valid votes | 18,805 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 349 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 19,154 | 58.20 | 24.80
| ||
| Registered electors | 32,376 | ||||
| Majority | 7,134 | 36.08 | 15.83
| ||
| Alliance hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Mohd Ghazali Jawi | 16,781 | 71.48 | |||
| Independent | Mat Judin Ahmad | 4,595 | 19.57 | |||
| National Association of Perak | Syed Nordin Wafa | 2,099 | 8.94 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,475 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,475 | 83.00 | ||||
| Registered electors | 28,283 | |||||
| Majority | 12,186 | 51.91 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.