Kuala Trengganu Selatan (federal constituency)

Kuala Trengganu Selatan

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

Kuala Trengganu Selatan 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 Selatan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1962	Onn Jaafar	Parti Negara
	1962-1963	Ismail Kassim	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Ismail Kassim	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Abdullah Abdul Rahman
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Mohd. Daud Abdul Samad	PMIP
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Mohd. Daud Abdul Samad	10,790	54.44
	Alliance	Othman Abd. Karim @ Yong	9,029	45.56
Total valid votes			19,819	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,075
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,894	70.93
Registered electors			29,457
Majority			1,761
	PMIP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdullah Abdul Rahman	9,795	57.89
	Parti Negara	Garieb Abdul Raouf	5,349	31.62
	PMIP	Mohamed Taib Ismail	1,775	10.49
Total valid votes			16,919	100.00
Total rejected ballots			700
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,619	73.02
Registered electors			24,129
Majority			4,446
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 19 March 1962 Upon the death of Onn Jaafar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ismail Kassim	7,275	54.45
	Parti Negara	Garieb Abdul Raouf	5,198	38.90
	PMIP	Tengku Shahdan Tengku Abdul Majid	889	6.65
Total valid votes			13,362	100.00
Total rejected ballots			399
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,761	67.32
Registered electors			20,441
Majority			2,077
	Alliance gain from Parti Negara		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Negara	Onn Jaafar	7,986	59.78
	Alliance	Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir	5,374	40.22
Total valid votes			13,360	100.00
Total rejected ballots			131
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,491	70.09
Registered electors			19,247
Majority			2,612
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.