Larut-Matang (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
Constituency in Malaysia
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Larut-Matang was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
 Perak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
The federal constituency was created in 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]
History
It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Larut-Matang | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Cheah Kay Chuan (谢啟皋) |
Alliance (MCA) | 15,407 64.04% |
| Constituency abolished, split into Larut Selatan and Larut Utara | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Larut-Matang | Larut South-Matang | ||||||
| Selama-Larut North | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Cheah Khay Chuan | 15,407 | 64.04 | |||
| Perak Malay League | Abu Bakar Said | 4,453 | 18.51 | |||
| National Association of Perak | Wan Zarazillah | 3,437 | 14.29 | |||
| Labour | Puran Singh | 761 | 3.16 | |||
| Total valid votes | 24,058 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 24,508 | 81.70 | ||||
| Registered electors | 29,447 | |||||
| Majority | 10,954 | 45.53 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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