Kelantan Hilir (federal constituency)

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

Kelantan Hilir was a federal constituency in Kelantan, 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 Kelantan Hilir
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Wan Mustapha Ali	PMIP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Wan Mustapha Ali	PMIP
2nd	1964-1967	Ahmad Abdullah
2nd	1967-1969	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat	PMIP
3rd	1973-1974	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat	13,635	60.73
	Alliance	Mohd. Salleh Ibrahim	8,817	39.27
Total valid votes			22,452	100.00
Total rejected ballots			731
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,183	74.64
Registered electors			31,060
Majority			4,818
	PMIP hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 21 October 1967 Upon the death of incumbent, Ahmad Abdullah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat	11,855	57.97
	Alliance	Tengku Noor Asiah Tengku Ahmad	8,596	42.03
Total valid votes			20,451	100.00
Total rejected ballots			286
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,737	74.84
Registered electors			27,710
Majority			3,259
	PMIP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Ahmad Abdullah	12,721	66.20
	Alliance	Tengku Abdullah Tengku Ahmad	6,496	33.80
Total valid votes			19,217	100.00
Total rejected ballots			955
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,172	79.26
Registered electors			25,451
Majority			6,225
	PMIP hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Wan Mustapha Ali	12,438	74.19
	Alliance	Hassan Ya'acob	4,327	25.81
Total valid votes			16,765	100.00
Total rejected ballots			115
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,880	70.41
Registered electors			23,975
Majority			8,111
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. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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