Ulu Perak (federal constituency)
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Ulu Perak was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
 Perak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
History
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Ulu Perak | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created from Sungei Perak Ulu | |||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||||
| 1st | P039 | 1959-1963 | Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan (محمد نور محمد داهن) | Alliance (UMNO) | 7,869 54.93% |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||||
| 1st | P039 | 1963-1964 | Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan (محمد نور محمد داهن) | Alliance (UMNO) | 7,869 54.93% |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Mohamed Ghazali Jawi (محمد غزالي جاوي) |
12,846 68.49% | ||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||||
| 3rd | P039 | 1971-1973 | Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan (محمد نور محمد داهن) | Alliance (UMNO) | 13,013 65.63% |
| 1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | ||||
| Constituency abolished, split into Gerik and Padang Rengas | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Ulu Perak | Grik | ||||||
| Lenggong | |||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1959 | |
| Grik |
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| Lenggong |
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan | 13,013 | 65.63 |  2.86 | |
| PMIP | Abdul Wahab Mohd Noor | 5,124 | 25.84 |  9.77 | |
| Independent | Din Jusoh | 1,691 | 8.53 | 8.53 | |
| Total valid votes | 19,828 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,044 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 20,872 | 78.22 | 6.04 | ||
| Registered electors | 26,684 | ||||
| Majority | 7,889 | 39.79 | 12.63 | ||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Mohamed Ghazali Jawi | 12,846 | 68.49 | 13.56 | |
| PMIP | Aduan Alang Abdul Mutalib | 3,015 | 16.07 | 2.62 | |
| UDP | Tan Kim Seng | 2,896 | 15.44 | 15.44 | |
| Total valid votes | 18,757 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 768 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 19,525 | 84.26 | 16.56 | ||
| Registered electors | 23,172 | ||||
| Majority | 9,831 | 52.42 | 23.88 | ||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan | 7,869 | 54.93 | |||
| Independent | Tan Kim Seng | 3,780 | 26.39 | |||
| PMIP | Abdul Samad Md Noh | 2,677 | 18.69 | |||
| Total valid votes | 14,326 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 183 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 14,509 | 67.70 | ||||
| Registered electors | 21,430 | |||||
| Majority | 4,089 | 28.54 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||