Perak constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1955 |
Constituency abolished | 1959 |
First contested | 1955 |
Last contested | 1955 |
Larut-Matang was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system. [1]
It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Members of Parliament for Larut-Matang | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | |||
1st | 1955-1959 | Cheah Kay Chuan (谢啟皋) |
Alliance (MCA) |
Constituency abolished, split into Larut Selatan and Larut Utara |
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Larut-Matang | Larut South-Matang | ||||||
Selama-Larut North |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Alliance | Cheah Khay Chuan | 15,407 | 64.04 | |||
Perak Malay League | Abu Bakar Said | 4,453 | 18.51 | |||
National Association of Perak | Wan Zarazillah | 3,437 | 14.29 | |||
Labour Party of Malaya | Puran Singh | 761 | 3.16 | |||
Total valid votes | 24,058 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 24,508 | 81.70 | ||||
Registered electors | 29,447 | |||||
Majority | 10,954 | 45.53 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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