Ulu Perak (federal constituency)

Ulu Perak was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Ulu Perak

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

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 Ulu Perak
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sungei Perak Ulu
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P039	1959-1963	Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan (محمد نور محمد داهن)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P039	1963-1964	Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan (محمد نور محمد داهن)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd		1964-1969	Mohamed Ghazali Jawi (محمد غزالي جاوي)
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	P039	1971-1973	Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan (محمد نور محمد داهن)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Gerik and Padang Rengas

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Ulu Perak		Grik
		Lenggong

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan	13,013	65.63	2.86
	PMIP	Abdul Wahab Mohd Noor	5,124	25.84	9.77
	Independent	Din Jusoh	1,691	8.53	8.53
Total valid votes			19,828	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,044
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			20,872	78.22	6.04
Registered electors			26,684
Majority			7,889	39.79	12.63
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Ghazali Jawi	12,846	68.49	13.56
	PMIP	Aduan Alang Abdul Mutalib	3,015	16.07	2.62
	UDP	Tan Kim Seng	2,896	15.44	15.44
Total valid votes			18,757	100.00
Total rejected ballots			768
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,525	84.26	16.56
Registered electors			23,172
Majority			9,831	52.42	23.88
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Mohamed Nor Mohd Dahan	7,869	54.93
	Independent	Tan Kim Seng	3,780	26.39
	PMIP	Abdul Samad Md Noh	2,677	18.69
Total valid votes			14,326	100.00
Total rejected ballots			183
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,509	67.70
Registered electors			21,430
Majority			4,089	28.54
This was a new constituency created.