Ulu Kinta (federal constituency)

Ulu Kinta

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

Ulu Kinta 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 Ulu Kinta
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Chan Swee Ho	PPP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Chan Swee Ho	PPP
2nd	1964-1969	Chin Foon	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Chan Yoon Onn	PPP
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	Chan Yoon Onn	10,706	58.51
	Alliance	Chin Foon	7,591	41.49
Total valid votes			18,297	100.00
Total rejected ballots			841
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,138	78.19
Registered electors			24,475
Majority			3,115
	PPP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Chin Foon	7,351	46.33
	PPP	Chan Swee Ho	6,345	39.99
	Socialist Front	Low Sin Yean	2,172	13.69
Total valid votes			15,868	100.00
Total rejected ballots			567
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,435	83.30
Registered electors			19,729
Majority			1,006
	Alliance gain from PPP		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	Chan Swee Ho	6,996	53.93
	Alliance	K. C. Chan	4,629	35.68
	Socialist Front	Yau Hong Seh	1,347	10.38
Total valid votes			12,972	100.00
Total rejected ballots			348
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,320	73.40
Registered electors			18,147
Majority			2,367
This was a new constituency created.

References

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