Sungei Perak Ulu (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Sungei Perak Ulu 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 | 1957 |
| 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 Ulu | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1st | 1955–1957 | Mohd Ghazali Jawi (محمد غزالي جاوي) |
Alliance (UMNO) | 16,781 71.48% |
| 1957–1959 | Meor Samsudin Meor Yahya (ميور شمس الدين ميور يحي) |
12,795 68.04% | ||
| Constituency abolished, split into Kuala Kangsar and Ulu Perak[2] | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1959* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Sungei Perak Ulu | Kuala Kansgar | ||||||
| Ulu Perak | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Meor Samsudin Meor Yahya | 12,795 | 68.04 |  3.44 | |
| Rakyat | Mohamed Shariff Babul | 5,601 | 31.96 |  31.96 | |
| Total valid votes | 18,805 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 349 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 19,154 | 58.20 | 24.80 | ||
| Registered electors | 32,376 | ||||
| Majority | 7,134 | 36.08 | 15.83 | ||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19571106-1.2.9
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Mohd Ghazali Jawi | 16,781 | 71.48 | |||
| Independent | Mat Judin Ahmad | 4,595 | 19.57 | |||
| National Association of Perak | Syed Nordin Wafa | 2,099 | 8.94 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,475 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,475 | 83.00 | ||||
| Registered electors | 28,283 | |||||
| Majority | 12,186 | 51.91 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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