Krian (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
Former constituency in Malaysia
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Krian was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959. The federal constituency was created as part of 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]
 Perak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
History
It was abolished in 1959 when the constituency boundaries were redrawn.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Krian | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1st | 1955–1959 | Ahmad Tuan Hussain (احمد توان حسين) |
PMIP | 8,685 42.92% |
| Constituency abolished, split into Krian Laut and Krian Darat | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1959* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Krian | Krian East | ||||||
| Krian West | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMIP | Ahmad Tuan Hussain | 8,685 | 42.92 | |||
| Alliance | Sulaiman Ahmad | 8,235 | 40.70 | |||
| National Association of Perak | Mohd Jan Ngah Mohamed | 3,315 | 16.38 | |||
| Total valid votes | 20,235 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,235 | 78.20 | ||||
| Registered electors | 25,777 | |||||
| Majority | 450 | 2.22 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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