Ulu Kinta was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
Perak constituency | |
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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 edit
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history edit
Members of Parliament for Ulu Kinta | ||||
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Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Kinta Utara | ||||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | P049 | 1959-1963 | Chan Swee Ho (曾瑞豪) |
PPP |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | P049 | 1963-1964 | Chan Swee Ho (曾瑞豪) |
PPP |
2nd | 1964-1969 | Chin Foon (甄宽) |
Alliance (MCA) | |
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
3rd | P049 | 1971-1973 | Chan Yoon Onn (陈源安) |
PPP |
1973-1974 | BN (PPP) | |||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kinta |
State constituency edit
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Ulu Kinta | Chemor | ||||||
Sungei Raia |
Election results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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PPP | Chan Yoon Onn | 10,706 | 58.51 | 18.52 | |
Alliance | Chin Foon | 7,591 | 41.49 | 4.84 | |
Total valid votes | 18,297 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 841 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 19,138 | 78.19 | 5.11 | ||
Registered electors | 24,475 | ||||
Majority | 3,115 | 17.02 | 10.68 | ||
PPP gain from Alliance | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Chin Foon | 7,351 | 46.33 | 10.65 | |
PPP | Chan Swee Ho | 6,345 | 39.99 | 13.94 | |
Socialist Front | Low Sin Yean | 2,172 | 13.69 | 3.31 | |
Total valid votes | 15,868 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 567 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 16,435 | 83.30 | 9.90 | ||
Registered electors | 19,729 | ||||
Majority | 1,006 | 6.34 | 11.91 | ||
Alliance gain from PPP | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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PPP | Chan Swee Ho | 6,996 | 53.93 | |||
Alliance | K. C. Chan | 4,629 | 35.68 | |||
Socialist Front | Yau Hong Seh | 1,347 | 10.38 | |||
Total valid votes | 12,972 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 348 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 13,320 | 73.40 | ||||
Registered electors | 18,147 | |||||
Majority | 2,367 | 18.25 | ||||
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. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.