Ulu Pahang (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
Constituency in Malaysia
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Ulu Pahang was a federal constituency in Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
 Pahang 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 was 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
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Ulu Pahang | Cameron Highlands | ||||||
| Lipis Selatan | |||||||
| Lipis Timor | |||||||
| Lipis Utara | |||||||
| Raub Selatan | |||||||
| Raub Utara | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Mohamed Sulong Mohamed Ali | 16,075 | 89.38 | |||
| Independent | Abdul Hamid Ma'ajab | 1,910 | 10.62 | |||
| Total valid votes | 17,985 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,985 | 78.84 | ||||
| Registered electors | 22,811 | |||||
| Majority | 14,165 | 78.76 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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