Kuala Trengganu Selatan

Kuala Trengganu Selatan
Terengganu constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Kuala Trengganu Selatan was a federal constituency in Terengganu, 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 Kuala Trengganu Selatan
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Terengganu Tengah
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P027	1959-1962	Onn Jaafar (عون جعفر)	Negara
1st	P027	1962-1963	Ismail Kassim (اسماعيل كسسيم)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P027	1963-1964	Ismail Kassim (اسماعيل كسسيم)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	P027	1964-1969	Abdullah Abdul Rahman (عبدالله عبدالرحمن)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	P027	1971-1973	Mohd. Daud Abdul Samad (محمد. داود عبدالصمد)	PMIP
3rd	P027	1973-1974	Mohd. Daud Abdul Samad (محمد. داود عبدالصمد)	BN (PAS)
Constituency abolished, split into Kuala Nerus and Kuala Trengganu

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1954–1959	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kuala Trengganu Selatan		Bandar
		Batu Burok
		Bukit Besar
		Ladang

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Kuala Trengganu Selatan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Mohd. Daud Abdul Samad	10,790	54.44	43.95
	Alliance	Othman Abd. Karim @ Yong	9,029	45.56	12.33
Total valid votes			19,819	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,075
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			20,894	70.93	2.09
Registered electors			29,457
Majority			1,761	8.88	17.39
	PMIP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964: Kuala Trengganu Selatan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdullah Abdul Rahman	9,795	57.89	3.44
	National Party	Garieb Abdul Raouf	5,349	31.62	7.28
	PMIP	Mohamed Taib Ismail	1,775	10.49	3.84
Total valid votes			16,919	100.00
Total rejected ballots			700
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,619	73.02	5.70
Registered electors			24,129
Majority			4,446	26.27	10.72
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 19 March 1962: Kuala Trengganu Selatan
Upon the death of Onn Jaafar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ismail Kassim	7,275	54.45	40.23
	National Party	Garieb Abdul Raouf	5,198	38.90	20.88
	PMIP	Tengku Shahdan Tengku Abdul Majid	889	6.65	6.95
Total valid votes			13,362	100.00
Total rejected ballots			399
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,761	67.32	2.77
Registered electors			20,441
Majority			2,077	15.55	4.01
	Alliance gain from National Party		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959: Kuala Trengganu Selatan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Party	Onn Jaafar	7,986	59.78
	Alliance	Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir	5,374	40.22
Total valid votes			13,360	100.00
Total rejected ballots			131
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,491	70.09
Registered electors			19,247
Majority			2,612	19.56
This was a new constituency created.

References

^ 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.
^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

[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.

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