Larut Selatan was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Larut Selatan
Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished1974
First contested1959
Last contested1969

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

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It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

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Members of Parliament for Larut Selatan
Parliament No Years Member Party
Constituency created from Larut-Matang
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st P043 1959-1963 Lim Swee Aun
(林瑞安)
Alliance (MCA)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st P043 1963-1964 Lim Swee Aun
(林瑞安)
Alliance (MCA)
2nd 1964-1969
1969-1971 Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd P043 1971-1973 Ng Hoe Hun
(黄和汉)
GERAKAN
1973-1974 BN (GERAKAN)
Constituency abolished, split into Matang and Taiping

State constituency

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Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present
Larut Selatan Matang
Taiping

Election results

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Malaysian general election, 1969: Larut Selatan
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
GERAKAN Ng Hoe Hun 15,641 49.85   49.85
Alliance Lim Swee Aun 10,774 34.34   23.88
PMIP Md Tahir Abdul Rauf 4,962 15.81   6.67
Total valid votes 31,377 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,233
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 32,610 68.69   7.16
Registered electors 47,472
Majority 4,867 15.51   30.72
GERAKAN gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia) Swing ?


Malaysian general election, 1964: Larut Selatan
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Alliance Lim Swee Aun 18,906 63.22   9.11
UDP Lim Eng Chuan 5,080 16.99   16.99
Socialist Front Othman Abdullah 3,185 10.65   10.65
PMIP Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid 2,734 9.14   5.67
Total valid votes 29,905 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,124
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 31,029 75.85   11.86
Registered electors 40,909
Majority 13,826 46.23   23.20
Alliance hold Swing


Malayan general election, 1959: Larut Selatan
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 0
Turnout 20,881 63.99
Registered electors 32,633
Majority 4,774 23.03
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.