Larut Selatan Explained

Larut Selatan
State:Perak
Fed-Status:defunct
Fed-Created:1958
Fed-Abolished:1974
Fed-Election-First:1959
Fed-Election-Last:1969

Larut Selatan was a federal constituency in Perak, 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 Larut Selatan
Parliament NoYears Member Party
Constituency created from Larut-Matang
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
P0431959-1963 Lim Swee Aun
(林瑞安)
Parliament of Malaysia
P0431963-1964 Lim Swee Aun
(林瑞安)
1964-1969
1969-1971 Parliament was suspended[1] [2]
P0431971-1973 Ng Hoe Hun
(黄和汉)
1973-1974
Constituency abolished, split into Matang and Taiping

State constituency

ParliamentaryconstituencyState constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
Larut SelatanMatang
Taiping

Notes and References

  1. News: Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang . Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa . Utusan Online . 2012-03-12 . 2016-05-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160604045153/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2012&dt=0312&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Rencana&pg=re_05.htm . 2016-06-04 .
  2. Web site: www.parlimen.gov.my . 2016-05-20.