Malacca Utara
|  Malacca constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat | 
| Constituency created | 1958 | 
| Constituency abolished | 1974 | 
| First contested | 1959 | 
| Last contested | 1969 | 
Malacca Utara was a federal constituency in Malacca, 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 Malacca Utara | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | 
| Constituency created from Malacca Luar | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | P087 | 1959-1963 | Abdul Ghani Ishak (عبدالغني اسحاق) | Alliance (UMNO) | 
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | P087 | 1963-1964 | Abdul Ghani Ishak (عبدالغني اسحاق) | Alliance (UMNO) | 
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | P087 | 1971-1973 | Abdul Ghafar Baba (عبدالغفار باب) | Alliance (UMNO) | 
| 1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | |||
| Constituency abolished, split into Alor Gajah, Batu Berendam and Jasin | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Malacca Utara | Alor Gajah | ||||||
| Masjid Tanah | |||||||
| Pulau Sebang | |||||||
| Ramuan China | |||||||
| Sungei Bahru | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Abdul Ghafar Baba | 15,692 | 63.86 |  6.98 | |
| PMIP | Ali Md. Salleh | 8,881 | 36.14 |  25.56 | |
| Total valid votes | 24,573 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,515 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 26,088 | 78.49 |  5.43 | ||
| Registered electors | 33,237 | ||||
| Majority | 6,811 | 27.72 |  41.55 | ||
| Alliance hold | Swing | 
 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Abdul Ghani Ishak | 16,892 | 70.84 |  10.67 | |
| Socialist Front | Sulaiman Mohamed Attas | 4,429 | 18.57 |  2.97 | |
| PMIP | Mohamed Yusof Sulong | 2,523 | 10.58 |  13.65 | |
| Total valid votes | 23,844 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 865 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 24,709 | 83.92 |  2.83 | ||
| Registered electors | 29,443 | ||||
| Majority | 12,463 | 69.27 |  33.33 | ||
| Alliance hold | Swing | 
 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Abdul Ghani Ishak | 11,078 | 60.17 | |||
| PMIP | Karim Dalib | 4,461 | 24.23 | |||
| Socialist Front | Abdul Karim Bakar | 2,872 | 15.60 | |||
| Total valid votes | 18,411 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 183 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 18,594 | 81.09 | ||||
| Registered electors | 22,930 | |||||
| Majority | 6,617 | 35.94 | ||||
| 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. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.