Sungei Perak Hilir (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Sungei Perak Hilir was a federal constituency in Penang, 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 Sungei Perak Hilir | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1st | 1955–1959 | Abdul Aziz Mat Jabar (عبدالعزيز مت جبار) |
Alliance (UMNO) | 17,483 77.56% |
| Constituency abolished, split into Parit and Hilir Perak | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1959* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Sungei Perak Hilir | Lower Perak North | ||||||
| Parit | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Abdul Aziz Mat Jabar | 17,483 | 77.56 | |||
| National Association of Perak | Meor Ahmad Yusoff | 4,794 | 21.27 | |||
| Independent | Mohd Dahan Katib | 264 | 1.17 | |||
| Total valid votes | 22,541 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,541 | 89.20 | ||||
| Registered electors | 25,270 | |||||
| Majority | 12,689 | 56.29 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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