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Ipoh (federal constituency)

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Ipoh was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1995.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 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 1995 when it was redistributed.

=Representation history=

class=wikitable
colspan="5" | Members of Parliament for Ipoh
Parliament

!No

YearsMemberParty
colspan="5" align="center" | Constituency created from Ipoh-Menglembu
colspan="5" align="center" | Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st

|P050

1959-1963D. R. Seenivasagam
(தார்ம ராஜா சீனிவசகம்)		bgcolor="{{party color|People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)}}"| PPP
colspan="5" align="center" | Parliament of Malaysia
1st

| rowspan="2" |P050

1963-1964rowspan=2| D. R. Seenivasagam
(தார்ம ராஜா சீனிவசகம்)		rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)}}"| PPP
2nd1964-1969
colspan="2" |1969-1971colspan=2 align=center| Parliament was suspended{{cite news|url=http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2012&dt=0312&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Rencana&pg=re_05.htm |title=Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang |author=Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa |newspaper=Utusan Online |date=2012-03-12 |accessdate=2016-05-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=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 |archivedate=2016-06-04 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/files/hindex/pdf/DR-20021971.pdf |title=www.parlimen.gov.my |format= |work= |accessdate=2016-05-20}}
rowspan=2| 3rd

| rowspan="2" |P050

1971-1973rowspan=2| R. C. Mahadeva Rayan
(ஆர் சி மகாதேவ ரயன்)		bgcolor="{{party color|People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)}}"| PPP
1973-1974bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (PPP)}}
4th

| rowspan="3" |P054

1974-1978rowspan=2| Lim Cho Hock
(林子鹤)		rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| DAP
5th1978-1982
6th1982-1986Peter Chin Gan Oon
(陈仁安)		bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (MCA)}}
7th

| rowspan="2" |P059

1986-1990Patto Perumal
(பாட்டோ பெருமாள்)		bgcolor="{{Democratic Action Party/meta/shading}}"| DAP
8th1990-1995Lau Dak Kee
(刘德琦)		bgcolor={{party color|Gagasan Rakyat|GR}} | {{Font color|black|GR (DAP)}}
colspan="5" align="center" | Constituency abolished, renamed to Ipoh Barat

= State constituency =

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |Parliamentary

constituency

! colspan="7" |State constituency

1955–59*

!1959–1974

!1974–1986

!1986–1995

!1995–2004

!2004–2018

!2018–present

rowspan="6" |Ipoh

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|Guntong

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bgcolor="dcdcdc" |

|Kepayang

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Pekan Bharu

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Pekan Lama

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colspan="2" bgcolor="dcdcdc" |

|Sungai Pari

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colspan="2" bgcolor="dcdcdc" |

|Tasek

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Election results

{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1990|Ipoh (federal constituency)|Ipoh|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|Lau Dak Kee|22,617|58.00|{{increase}} 1.75}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Peter Chin Gan Oon|16,377|42.00|{{increase}} 0.61}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|38,994| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|795|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|39,789|65.81|{{decrease}} 0.47}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|60,460|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|6,240|16.00|{{decrease}} 1.14}}

{{MASelec/hold|Democratic Action Party|}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1986|Ipoh (federal constituency)|Ipoh|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|Patto Perumal|21,401|56.25|{{increase}} 12.38}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Wong Chin Chye|15,747|41.39|{{decrease}} 12.34}}

{{MASelec|Social Democratic Party (Malaysia)|Chan Kok Keong|900|2.37|{{decrease}} 2.37}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|38,048| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|694|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|38,742|66.28|{{decrease}} 5.78}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|58,454|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|5,654|14.86|{{increase}} 5.00}}

{{MASelec/gain|Democratic Action Party|Barisan Nasional|?}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1982|Ipoh (federal constituency)|Ipoh|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Peter Chin Gan Oon|29,022|53.73|{{increase}} 17.05}}

{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|Lim Choo Hock|23,700|43.87|{{decrease}} 19.45}}

{{MASelec|Independent politician|Leong Wai Mun|1,297|2.40|{{increase}} 2.40}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|54,019| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|1,185|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|55,204|72.06|{{decrease}} 6.54}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|76,613|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|5,322|9.86|{{decrease}} 16.78}}

{{MASelec/gain|Barisan Nasional|Democratic Action Party|?}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1978|Ipoh (federal constituency)|Ipoh|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|Lim Cho Hock|30,680|63.32|{{increase}} 1.21}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Kuan Peng Soon @ Kuan Peng Ching|17,771|36.68|{{increase}} 3.59}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|48,451| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|1,389|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|49,840|78.60|{{increase}} 4.43}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|63,408|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|12,909|26.64|{{decrease}} 2.38}}

{{MASelec/hold|Democratic Action Party|}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1974|Ipoh (federal constituency)|Ipoh|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Democratic Action Party|Lim Cho Hock|23,058|62.11|{{increase}} 62.11}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|R. C. Mahadeva Rayan|12,283|33.09|{{decrease}} 49.00}}

{{MASelec|Independent politician|Too Joon Hing|1,781|4.80|{{increase}} 4.80}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|37,122| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|1,125|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|38,247|74.17|{{increase}} 0.16}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|51,569|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|10,775|29.02|{{decrease}} 35.16}}

{{MASelec/gain|Democratic Action Party|People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)|?}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1969|Ipoh (federal constituency)|Ipoh|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)|R. C. Mahadeva Rayan|23,979|82.09|{{increase}} 26.84}}

{{MASelec|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Toh Seang Eng|5,231|17.91|{{decrease}} 17.71}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|29,210| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|926|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|30,136|74.01|{{decrease}} 3.58}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|40,718|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|18,748|64.18|{{decrease}} 44.55 }}

{{MASelec/hold|People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)|}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1964|Ipoh (federal constituency)|Ipoh|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)|D. R. Seenivasagam|13,800|55.25|{{decrease}} 5.28}}

{{MASelec|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Cheah Chun Ching|8,897|35.62|{{increase}} 3.33}}

{{MASelec|Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front|Wong Kim Thim|2,280|9.13|{{increase}} 1.95}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|24,977| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|831|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|25,808|77.59|{{increase}} 10.64}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|33,261|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|4,903|19.63|{{decrease}} 8.61}}

{{MASelec/hold|People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)|}}

{{end}}

{{MASelec/top|Malayan general|1959|Ipoh (federal constituency)|Ipoh|percent=yes}}

{{MASelec|People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)|D. R. Seenivasagam|12,242|60.53}}

{{MASelec|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Chang Hoey Chan|6,531|32.29}}

{{MASelec|Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front|Yoon Foo Thong|1,452|7.18}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|20,225| 100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|167|}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|20,392|66.95}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|30,457|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|5,711|28.24}}

{{MASelec/note|This was a new constituency created.}}

{{end}}

References

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74= |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya |format= |work=Election Commission of Malaysia |accessdate=2016-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424120924/http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74= |archive-date=2016-04-24 |url-status=dead }}

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Category:Defunct Perak federal constituencies