Larut Selatan (federal constituency)

Larut Selatan

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

Larut Selatan was a federal constituency in Perak, 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 Larut Selatan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Lim Swee Aun	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Lim Swee Aun	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Ng Hoe Hun	Gerakan
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Gerakan	Ng Hoe Hun	15,641	49.85
	Alliance	Lim Swee Aun	10,774	34.34
	PMIP	Md Tahir Abdul Rauf	4,962	15.81
Total valid votes			31,377	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,233
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,610	68.69
Registered electors			47,472
Majority			4,867
	Gerakan gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Lim Swee Aun	18,906	63.22
	UDP	Lim Eng Chuan	5,080	16.99
	Socialist Front	Othman Abdullah	3,185	10.65
	PMIP	Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid	2,734	9.14
Total valid votes			29,905	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,124
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			31,029	75.85
Registered electors			40,909
Majority			13,826
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Lim Swee Aun	11,218	54.11
	PPP	C. H. Yin	6,444	31.08
	PMIP	Md Yunus Md Hashim	3,071	14.81
Total valid votes			20,733	100.00
Total rejected ballots			148
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,881	63.99
Registered electors			32,633
Majority			4,774
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.