Hilir Perak (federal constituency)

Hilir Perak was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1986.

Hilir Perak
Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished1986
First contested1959
Last contested1982

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

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It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

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Members of Parliament for Hilir Perak
Parliament No Years Member Party
Constituency created from Sungei Perak Hilir and Telok Anson
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st P054 1959-1963 Mohamed Abbas Ahmad
(محمد عباس احمد)
Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st P054 1963-1964 Mohamed Abbas Ahmad
(محمد عباس احمد)
Alliance (UMNO)
2nd 1964-1969 Othman Abdullah
(عثمان عبدالله)
1969-1971 Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd P054 1971-1973 Ahmad Damanhuri Abdul Wahab
(احمد دامنهوري عبدالوهاب)
Alliance (UMNO)
1973-1974 BN (UMNO)
4th P061 1974-1978 Abu Bakar Arshad
(ابو بكر ارشد)
5th 1978-1982 Kamaluddin Maamor
(كمالو الدين معمور)
6th 1982-1986 Megat Junid Megat Ayub
(مڬت جونيد مڬت ايوب)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Pasir Salak

State constituency

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Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present
Hilir Perak Bandar
Kampong Gajah
Sungei Manik

Election results

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Malaysian general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Megat Junid Megat Ayub 16,582 73.24   9.17
PAS Ahmad Abdul Majid 6,058 26.76   4.14
Total valid votes 22,640 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,392
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 24,032 72.99   0.79
Registered electors 32,925
Majority 10,524 46,48   5.03
BN hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Kamaluddin Maamor 13,643 64.07   8.57
PAS Abdul Kader Kahar 4,817 22.62   22.62
DAP Zainal Abidin Adnan 2,493 11.71   11.71
PEKEMAS Abdul Latif Nasain 342 1.61   1.61
Total valid votes 21,295 100.00
Total rejected ballots 719
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 22,014 73.78   2.68
Registered electors 29,838
Majority 8,826 41.45   3.83
BN hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Abu Bakar Arshad 13,077 72.64   72.64
PEKEMAS Ahmad Boestamam 4,925 27.36   27.36
Total valid votes 18,002 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,317
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 19,319 71.10   2.53
Registered electors 26,524
Majority 8,152 45.28   25.78
BN gain from Alliance Swing ?


Malaysian general election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Alliance Ahmad Damanhuri Abdul Wahab 7,302 59.75   5.38
PMIP Abdul Aziz Othman 4,919 40.25   8.48
Total valid votes 12,221 100.00
Total rejected ballots 815
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 13,036 73.63   6.20
Registered electors 17,705
Majority 2,383 19.50   13.86
Alliance hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1964
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Alliance Othman Abdullah 7,883 65.13   8.13
PMIP Hassan Adli Arshad 3,845 31.77   3.30
UDP Ja'afar Sidik Maamor 375 3.10   3.10
Total valid votes 12,103 100.00
Total rejected ballots 514
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 12,617 79.83   9.04
Registered electors 15,805
Majority 4,038 33.36   27.36
Alliance hold Swing


Malayan general election, 1959
Party Candidate Votes %
Alliance Mohamed Abbas Ahmad 4,818 53.00
PMIP Abu Bakar Anjang 4,273 47.00
Total valid votes 9,091 100.00
Total rejected ballots 100
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 9,191 70.79
Registered electors 12,984
Majority 545 6.00
This was a new constituency created.

References

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  1. ^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  2. ^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.