Dato' Kramat (federal constituency)
Malaysian Federal Constituency
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Dato' Kramat was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
 Penang 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 Dato' Kramat | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created from George Town | |||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||||
| 1st | P037 | 1959–1963 | Lim Kean Siew (林建寿) | SF (Lab) | 10,474 66.26% |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||||
| 1st | P037 | 1963–-1964 | Lim Kean Siew (林建寿) | SF (Lab) | 10,474 66.26% |
| 2nd | 1964–1969 | 10,102 38.79% | |||
| 1969–1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||||
| 3rd | P037 | 1971–1972 | V. David (வே. தேவிட்) | GERAKAN | 17,272 75.40% |
| 1972–1974 | PEKEMAS | ||||
| Constituency abolished, split into Jelutong and Tanjong | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1959* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Dato Kramat | Sungei Pinang | ||||||
| Tanjong Barat | |||||||
| Tanjong Selatan | |||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1959 | |
| Sungei Pinang |
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| Tanjong Barat |
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| Tanjong Selatan |
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GERAKAN | V. David | 17,272 | 75.40 |  75.40 | ||
| Alliance | Lim Chong Hai | 5,635 | 24.60 |  4.99 | ||
| Total valid votes | 22,907 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,048 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,955 | 77.14 | 8.09 | |||
| Registered electors | 31,053 | |||||
| Majority | 11,637 | 50.80 | 43.63 | |||
| GERAKAN gain from Socialist Front | Swing | ? | ||||
Source(s) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Front | Lim Kean Siew | 10,102 | 38.79 | 27.47 | |
| UDP | Teh Ewe Lim | 8,236 | 31.62 | 31.62 | |
| Alliance | Lim Cheng Poh | 7,707 | 29.59 | 2.34 | |
| Total valid votes | 26,045 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 656 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 26,701 | 85.23 | 13.10 | ||
| Registered electors | 31,327 | ||||
| Majority | 1,866 | 7.17 | 27.16 | ||
| Socialist Front hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Front | Lim Kean Siew | 10,474 | 66.26 | |||
| Alliance | Lee Thean Chew | 5,048 | 31.93 | |||
| Independent | C. M. Ramli | 286 | 1.81 | |||
| Total valid votes | 15,808 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 15,911 | 72.13 | ||||
| Registered electors | 22,058 | |||||
| Majority | 5,426 | 34.33 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||