Dato'_Kramat_(federal_constituency)
Dato' Kramat (federal constituency)
Malaysian Federal Constituency
Dato' Kramat was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
Quick Facts Penang constituency, Defunct federal constituency ...
Penang constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1958 |
Constituency abolished | 1974 |
First contested | 1959 |
Last contested | 1969 |
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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.
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
More information Members of Parliament for Dato' Kramat, Parliament ...
Members of Parliament for Dato' Kramat | ||||
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Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Penang Island | ||||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | P037 | 1959-1963 | Lim Kean Siew (林建寿) | SF (Lab) |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | P037 | 1963-1964 | Lim Kean Siew (林建寿) | SF (Lab) |
2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
3rd | P037 | 1971-1972 | V. David (வே. தேவிட்) | GERAKAN |
1972-1974 | PEKEMAS | |||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Jelutong |
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State constituency
More information Parliamentary constituency, State constituency ...
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Dato Kramat | Sungei Pinang | ||||||
Tanjong Barat | |||||||
Tanjong Selatan |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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GERAKAN | V. David | 17,272 | 75.40 | 75.40 | ||
Alliance | Lim Chong Hai | 5,635 | 24.60 | 4.99 | ||
Total valid votes | 22,907 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,048 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 23,955 | 77.14 | 8.09 | |||
Registered electors | 31,053 | |||||
Majority | 11,637 | 50.80 | 43.63 | |||
GERAKAN gain from Socialist Front | Swing | ? | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Socialist Front | Lim Kean Siew | 10,102 | 38.79 | 27.47 | |
UDP | Teh Ewe Lim | 8,236 | 31.62 | 31.62 | |
Alliance | Lim Cheng Poh | 7,707 | 29.59 | 2.34 | |
Total valid votes | 26,045 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 656 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 26,701 | 85.23 | 13.10 | ||
Registered electors | 31,327 | ||||
Majority | 1,866 | 7.17 | 27.16 | ||
Socialist Front hold | Swing |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Socialist Front | Lim Kean Siew | 10,474 | 66.26 | |||
Alliance | Lee Thean Chew | 5,048 | 31.93 | |||
Independent | C. M. Ramli | 286 | 1.81 | |||
Total valid votes | 15,808 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 103 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 15,911 | 72.13 | ||||
Registered electors | 22,058 | |||||
Majority | 5,426 | 34.33 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Source(s) |
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- Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- "Penyata Pilehanraya Umum Dewan Ra'ayat dan Dewan Undangan Negeri bagi Neger12 Tanah Melayu, Sabah dan Sarawak Tahun 1969". Surohanjaya Pilehanraya. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
- "Putusan2 penoh semua negeri" (in Malay). Berita Harian. August 21, 1959. p. 6. Retrieved January 12, 2021 – via eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
- "All the Federal Election Results". Singapore Free Press. August 20, 1959. p. 9. Retrieved January 12, 2021 – via eresources.nlb.gov.sg.