Kinta Utara (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

Kinta Utara was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.

Kinta Utara

Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1959
First contested	1955
Last contested	1955

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.^[1]

History

It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kinta Utara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1955-1959	V. T. Sambanthan (திருஞானசம்பந்தன்)	Alliance (MIC)
Constituency abolished, split into Sungai Siput and Ulu Kinta

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kinta Utara	Kinta North
	Sungei Siput

Election results

Malayan general election, 1955: Kinta Utara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	V. T. Sambanthan	7,900	76.68
	National Association of Perak	Chik Mohamed Yusuf	1,832	17.78
	Labour	Choudhary K. R. R.	357	3.47
	Perak Malay League	Mohd Ramly Abdullah	214	2.08
Total valid votes			10,303	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,303	85.85
Registered electors			12,001
Majority			6,068	58.90
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times.[2][3]