Kinta was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.
Perak constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1974 |
Constituency abolished | 1986 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 1982 |
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
editIt was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
editMembers of Parliament for Kinta | ||||
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Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created, renamed from Ulu Kinta | ||||
4th | P053 | 1974-1978 | Ngan Siong Hin (颜祥兴) |
DAP |
5th | 1978-1982 | Yang Choong Fu (杨忠富) |
BN (MCA) | |
6th | 1982-1986 | Lim Liang Seng (林良成) | ||
Constituency abolished, split into Tambun and Gopeng |
State constituency
editParliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Kinta | Chemor | ||||||
Gopeng |
Election results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Lim Liang Seng | 30,229 | 59.75 | 10.90 | |
DAP | Soong Chok Tak | 17,356 | 34.31 | 9.46 | |
PAS | Mohamed Tarmizi Mahmood | 2,385 | 4.71 | 2.67 | |
PEKEMAS | Shaharuddin Dahlan | 619 | 1.22 | 1.22 | |
Total valid votes | 50,589 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,263 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 51,852 | 74.76 | 3.51 | ||
Registered electors | 69,362 | ||||
Majority | 12,873 | 25.44 | 20.36 | ||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Yang Choong Fu @ Yeoh Teong Hoo | 21,221 | 48.85 | 4.67 | |
DAP | Farn Seong Than | 19,014 | 43.77 | 2.09 | |
PAS | Samsudin Harun | 3,207 | 7.38 | 7.38 | |
Total valid votes | 43,442 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,689 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 45,131 | 78.27 | 0.97 | ||
Registered electors | 57,661 | ||||
Majority | 2,207 | 5.08 | 3.40 | ||
BN gain from DAP | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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DAP | Ngan Siong Hin @ Ngan Siong Eng | 15,885 | 45.86 | |||
BN | Wong Kwong Nam | 15,304 | 44.18 | |||
Independent | Yong Su Hian | 2,028 | 5.85 | |||
Independent | Samsudin Harun | 1,424 | 4.11 | |||
Total valid votes | 34,641 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,156 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 35,797 | 77.30 | ||||
Registered electors | 46,307 | |||||
Majority | 581 | 1.68 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. |