Perlis Selatan Explained

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

Perlis Selatan was a federal constituency in Perlis, 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 Perlis Selatan
Parliament NoYears Member Party
Constituency created from Perlis
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
P0021959-1963 Mokhtar Ismail
(مختار اسماعيل)
Parliament of Malaysia
P0021963-1964 Mokhtar Ismail
(مختار اسماعيل)
1964-1969
1969-1971 Parliament was suspended[1] [2]
P0021971-1973 Mokhtar Ismail
(مختار اسماعيل)
1973-1974
Constituency abolished, renamed to Arau

State constituency

ParliamentaryconstituencyState constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
Perlis SelatanArau
Kayang
Kuala Perlis
Kurong Anai
Sanglang
Utan Aji

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 . 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 . dead .
  2. Web site: www.parlimen.gov.my . 2016-05-20.