Krian Laut (federal constituency)

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

Krian Laut 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 Krian Laut
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman	Alliance
2nd	1964-1966	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman
2nd	1966-1969	Sulaiman Taib
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Sulaiman Taib	Alliance
3rd	1973-1974	Sulaiman Taib	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sulaiman Taib	11,092	50.69
	PMIP	Mohamed Ja'afar Ibrahim	10,792	49.31
Total valid votes			21,884	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,163
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,047	75.60
Registered electors			30,485
Majority			300
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 12 March 1966 Upon the death of incumbent, Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sulaiman Taib	11,206	56.91
	PMIP	Baharuddin Abdul Latiff	8,484	43.09
Total valid votes			19,690	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			26,953
Majority			2,722
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman	10,109	50.94
	PMIP	Abdul Wahab Mohd Noor	7,452	37.55
	Socialist Front	Mohd Nordin Abdul Jalil	2,282	11.50
Total valid votes			19,843	100.00
Total rejected ballots			583
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,426	79.77
Registered electors			25,605
Majority			2,657
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman	8,074	51.59
	PMIP	Ahmad Hussain	7,577	48.41
Total valid votes			15,651	100.00
Total rejected ballots			126
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,777	70.40
Registered electors			22,409
Majority			497
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.

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