Jitra-Padang Terap (federal constituency)

Jitra-Padang Terap

Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Jitra-Padang Terap was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

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 Jitra-Padang Terap
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Fatimah Hashim	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Fatimah Hashim	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Fatimah Hashim	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Fatimah Hashim	15,145	56.64
	PMIP	Siti Fatimah @ Salmah Sheikh Hussain	11,595	43.36
Total valid votes			26,740	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,186
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			27,927	78.23
Registered electors			35,697
Majority			3,550
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Fatimah Hashim	15,835	72.17
	PMIP	Isa Mohamad	6,105	27.83
Total valid votes			21,940	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,077
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,017	78.12
Registered electors			29,464
Majority			9,730
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Fatimah Hashim	10,981	65.22
	PMIP	Husin Salleh	5,856	34.78
Total valid votes			16,837	100.00
Total rejected ballots			212
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,049	75.52
Registered electors			22,576
Majority			5,125
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.