Jitra-Padang Terap was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
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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
editIt was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
editMembers of Parliament for Jitra-Padang Terap | ||||
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Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Kedah Utara | ||||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | P003 | 1959-1963 | Fatimah Hashim (فاطمة هاشم) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | P003 | 1963-1964 | Fatimah Hashim (فاطمة هاشم) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
3rd | P003 | 1971-1973 | Fatimah Hashim (فاطمة هاشم) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | |||
Constituency abolished, split into Jerlun-Langkawi and Padang Terap |
State constituency
editParliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Jitra-Padang Terap | Jitra | ||||||
Padang Terap |
Election results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Fatimah Hashim | 15,145 | 56.64 | 15.53 | |
PMIP | Siti Fatimah @ Salmah Sheikh Hussain | 11,595 | 43.36 | 15.53 | |
Total valid votes | 26,740 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,186 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 27,927 | 78.23 | 0.09 | ||
Registered electors | 35,697 | ||||
Majority | 3,550 | 13.28 | 31.06 | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Fatimah Hashim | 15,835 | 72.17 | 6.95 | |
PMIP | Isa Mohamad | 6,105 | 27.83 | 6.95 | |
Total valid votes | 21,940 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,077 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 23,017 | 78.12 | 2.60 | ||
Registered electors | 29,464 | ||||
Majority | 9,730 | 44.34 | 13.90 | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Alliance | Fatimah Hashim | 10,981 | 65.22 | |||
PMIP | Husin Salleh | 5,856 | 34.78 | |||
Total valid votes | 16,837 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 212 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 17,049 | 75.52 | ||||
Registered electors | 22,576 | |||||
Majority | 5,125 | 30.44 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References
edit- ^ 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.