Kuala Trengganu Utara (federal constituency)

Kuala Trengganu Utara
Terengganu constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Kuala Trengganu Utara was a federal constituency in Terengganu, 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 Kuala Trengganu Utara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Hasan Adli Mohd Arshad	PMIP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Hasan Adli Mohd Arshad	PMIP
2nd	1964-1969	Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail	Alliance
3rd	1973-1974	Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail	11,438	53.08
	PMIP	Syed Shafie Tuan Baharu	10,112	46.92
Total valid votes			21,550	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,957
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,507	77.87
Registered electors			30,187
Majority			1,326
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail	11,500	62.67
	PMIP	Salahuddin Abdullah	5,829	31.77
	Parti Negara	Che Embong Abdullah	1,020	5.56
Total valid votes			18,349	100.00
Total rejected ballots			869
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,218	77.68
Registered electors			24,739
Majority			5,671
	Alliance gain from PMIP		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Hasan Adli Mohd Arshad	7,262	50.65
	Alliance	Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail	6,535	45.58
	Independent	Ibrahim Abdul Kadir	540	3.77
Total valid votes			14,337	100.00
Total rejected ballots			274
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,611	73.08
Registered electors			19,994
Majority			727
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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