Hilir Perak (federal constituency)

Malaysian electoral constituency

Hilir Perak Perak constituency

Defunct federal constituency
Legislature| Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created| 1958
Constituency abolished| 1986
First contested| 1959
Last contested| 1982

Hilir Perak was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 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 1986 when it was redistributed.

### Representation history

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Members of Parliament for Hilir Perak

Parliament  | No | Years | Member | Party
Constituency created from Sungei Perak Hilir and Telok Anson
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st | P054 | 1959-1963 | Mohamed Abbas Ahmad
(محمد عباس احمد) | Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st | P054 | 1963-1964 | Mohamed Abbas Ahmad
(محمد عباس احمد) | Alliance (UMNO)
2nd | 1964-1969 | Othman Abdullah
(عثمان عبدالله)
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd | P054 | 1971-1973 | Ahmad Damanhuri Abdul Wahab
(احمد دامنهوري عبدالوهاب) | Alliance (UMNO)
1973-1974 | BN (UMNO)
4th | P061 | 1974-1978 | Abu Bakar Arshad
(ابو بكر ارشد)
5th | 1978-1982 | Kamaluddin Maamor
(كمالو الدين معمور)
6th | 1982-1986 | Megat Junid Megat Ayub
(مڬت جونيد مڬت ايوب)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Pasir Salak

### State constituency

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Parliamentary

constituency

| State constituency

|

1955–59*  | 1959–1974  | 1974–1986  | 1986–1995  | 1995–2004  | 2004–2018  | 2018–present
Hilir Perak  |  | Bandar  |
| Kampong Gajah  |
Sungei Manik  |

## Election results

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Malaysian general election, 1982 Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ∆%

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| BN | Megat Junid Megat Ayub | 16,582 | 73.24 |  9.17
| PAS | Ahmad Abdul Majid | 6,058 | 26.76 |  4.14
Total valid votes  | 22,640 |  100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 1,392
Unreturned ballots  | 0
Turnout  | 24,032 | 72.99 |  0.79
Registered electors  | 32,925
Majority  | 10,524 | 46,48 |  5.03
| BN hold | Swing |

Malaysian general election, 1978 Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ∆%

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| BN | Kamaluddin Maamor | 13,643 | 64.07 |  8.57
| PAS | Abdul Kader Kahar | 4,817 | 22.62 |  22.62
| DAP | Zainal Abidin Adnan | 2,493 | 11.71 |  11.71
| PEKEMAS | Abdul Latif Nasain | 342 | 1.61 |  1.61
Total valid votes  | 21,295 |  100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 719
Unreturned ballots  | 0
Turnout  | 22,014 | 73.78 |  2.68
Registered electors  | 29,838
Majority  | 8,826 | 41.45 |  3.83
| BN hold | Swing |

Malaysian general election, 1974 Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ∆%

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| BN | Abu Bakar Arshad | 13,077 | 72.64 |  72.64
| PEKEMAS | Ahmad Boestamam | 4,925 | 27.36 |  27.36
Total valid votes  | 18,002 |  100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 1,317
Unreturned ballots  | 0
Turnout  | 19,319 | 71.10 |  2.53
Registered electors  | 26,524
Majority  | 8,152 | 45.28 |  25.78
| BN gain from Alliance | Swing | ?

Malaysian general election, 1969 Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ∆%

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|
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| Alliance | Ahmad Damanhuri Abdul Wahab | 7,302 | 59.75 |  5.38
| PMIP | Abdul Aziz Othman | 4,919 | 40.25 |  8.48
Total valid votes  | 12,221 |  100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 815
Unreturned ballots  | 0
Turnout  | 13,036 | 73.63 |  6.20
Registered electors  | 17,705
Majority  | 2,383 | 19.50 |  13.86
| Alliance hold | Swing |

Malaysian general election, 1964 Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ∆%

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| Alliance | Othman Abdullah | 7,883 | 65.13 |  8.13
| PMIP | Hassan Adli Arshad | 3,845 | 31.77 |  3.30
| UDP | Ja'afar Sidik Maamor | 375 | 3.10 |  3.10
Total valid votes  | 12,103 |  100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 514
Unreturned ballots  | 0
Turnout  | 12,617 | 79.83 |  9.04
Registered electors  | 15,805
Majority  | 4,038 | 33.36 |  27.36
| Alliance hold | Swing |

Malayan general election, 1959 Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %

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| Alliance | Mohamed Abbas Ahmad | 4,818 | 53.00
| PMIP | Abu Bakar Anjang | 4,273 | 47.00
Total valid votes  | 9,091 |  100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 100
Unreturned ballots  | 0
Turnout  | 9,191 | 70.79
Registered electors  | 12,984
Majority  | 545 | 6.00
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.