Kinta

Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

Kinta was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

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 1986 when it was redistributed.

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lim Liang Seng	30,229	59.75	10.90
	DAP	Soong Chok Tak	17,356	34.31	9.46
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohamed Tarmizi Mahmood	2,385	4.71	2.67
	PEKEMAS	Shaharuddin Dahlan	619	1.22	1.22
Total valid votes			50,589	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,263
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			51,852	74.76
Registered electors			69,362
Majority			12,873	25.44	20.36
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yang Choong Fu @ Yeoh Teong Hoo	21,221	48.85	4.67
	DAP	Farn Seong Than	19,014	43.77	2.09
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Samsudin Harun	3,207	7.38	7.38
Total valid votes			43,442	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			57,661
Majority			2,207	5.08	3.40
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

References