Semantan (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
 Pahang constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
Semantan was a federal constituency in Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.[1][2]
History
[edit]It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
[edit]| Members of Parliament for Semantan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Abdul Razak Hussein (عبد الرزاق حسين) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
| Constituency abolished, split into Bentong and Temerloh | |||
State constituency
[edit]| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Semantan | Bentong | ||||||
| Jerantut | |||||||
| Temerloh | |||||||
Election Result
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Abdul Razak Hussein | 14,094 | 87.58 | |||
| PMIP | Mohd Yassin Mohd Salleh | 1,999 | 12.42 | |||
| Total valid votes | 16,093 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 16,093 | 82.50 | ||||
| Registered electors | 19,507 | |||||
| Majority | 12,095 | 75.16 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ "Portal Rasmi Parlimen Malaysia - Maklumat Umum". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
- ^ "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.