Perlis Utara

Perlis Utara

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

Perlis Utara 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 Utara
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party	Vote Share
Constituency created from Perlis
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P001	1959–1963	Othman Abdullah (عثمان عبدالله)	Alliance (UMNO)	9,638 62.48%
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P001	1963–1964	Othman Abdullah (عثمان عبدالله)	Alliance (UMNO)	9,638 62.48%
2nd		1964–1969			12,521 67.17%
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended
3rd	P001	1971–1973	Othman Abdullah (عثمان عبدالله)	Alliance (UMNO)	10,763 49.53%
		1973–1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Kangar and Arau

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Perlis Utara		Bandar Kangar
		Bintong
		Kaki Bukit
		Mata Ayer
		Paya
		Sena

Historical boundaries

State Constituency	Area
	1959
Bandar Kangar	Alor Pulai Kampung Batu Dua Kampung Salang Kangar Seriab
Bintong	Bintong Kampung Syed Omar Kurong Batang Sungai Batu Pahat Tebing Tinggi
Kaki Bukit	Kaki Bukit Beseri Bukit Chabang Wang Kelian Padang Besar
Mata Ayer	Balik Bukit Chuping Kampung Bukit Jernih Kampung Perit Mata Ayer
Paya	Alor Sena Kampung Batu Dua Kampung Padang Pauh Kampung Paya Santan
Sena	Jejawi Kampung Kubang Gajah Sena Taman Embun Taman Sri Bakong

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Perlis Utara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Othman Abdullah	10,763	49.53	17.64
	PMIP	Taharim Ariffin	8,057	37.08	4.25
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Kassim Ahmad	2,910	13.39	13.39
Total valid votes			21,730	100.00
Total rejected ballots			981
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			22,711	81.31	1.50
Registered electors			27,932
Majority			2,706	12.45	21.89
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964: Perlis Utara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Othman Abdullah	12,521	67.17	4.69
	PMIP	Ismail Mohamad	6,119	32.83	4.69
Total valid votes			18,640	100.00
Total rejected ballots			721
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,361	82.81	3.31
Registered electors			23,379
Majority			6,402	34.34	9.38
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959: Perlis Utara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Othman Abdullah	9,638	62.48
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Hamzah	5,787	37.52
Total valid votes			15,425	100.00
Total rejected ballots			126
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,551	79.50
Registered electors			19,560
Majority			3,851	24.96
This was a new constituency created.