Ulu Pahang (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
 Pahang constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
Ulu Pahang was a federal constituency in Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.[1]
History
[edit]It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
[edit]| Members of Parliament for Ulu Pahang | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Mohamed Sulong Mohd Ali (محمد سولوڠ محمد علي) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
| Constituency abolished, split into Raub and Lipis | |||
State constituency
[edit]| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Ulu Pahang | Cameron Highlands | ||||||
| Lipis | |||||||
| Raub | |||||||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Mohamed Sulong Mohamed Ali | 16,075 | 89.38 | |||
| Independent | Abdul Hamid Ma'ajab | 1,910 | 10.62 | |||
| Total valid votes | 17,985 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,985 | 78.84 | ||||
| Registered electors | 22,811 | |||||
| Majority | 14,165 | 78.76 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
Cover photo is available under {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}} license.
Cover photo is available under {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}} license.
Credit:
(see original file).
