Ulu Perak (federal constituency)

Ulu Perak
Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Ulu Perak was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

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 Ulu Perak
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Mohamed Ghazali Jawi	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan	Alliance
3rd	1973-1974	Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan	13,013	65.63
	PMIP	Abdul Wahab Md Noor	5,124	25.84
	Independent	Din Jusoh	1,691	8.53
Total valid votes			19,828	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,044
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,872	78.22
Registered electors			26,684
Majority			7,889
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Ghazali Jawi	12,846	68.49
	PMIP	Aduan Alang Abdul Mutalib	3,015	16.07
	UDP	Tan Kim Seng	2,896	15.44
Total valid votes			18,757	100.00
Total rejected ballots			768
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,525	84.26
Registered electors			23,172
Majority			9,831
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan	7,869	54.93
	Independent	Tan Kim Seng	3,780	26.39
	PMIP	Abdul Samad Md Noh	2,677	18.69
Total valid votes			14,326	100.00
Total rejected ballots			183
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,509	67.70
Registered electors			21,430
Majority			4,089
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. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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