Larut Selatan

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

Larut Selatan was a federal constituency in Perak, 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.

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Larut Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	Ng Hoe Hun	15,641	49.85	49.85
	Alliance	Lim Swee Aun	10,774	34.34	23.88
	PMIP	Md Tahir Abdul Rauf	4,962	15.81	6.67
Total valid votes			31,377	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,233
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,610	68.69	7.16
Registered electors			47,472
Majority			4,867	15.51	30.72
	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964: Larut Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Lim Swee Aun	18,906	63.22	9.11
	UDP	Lim Eng Chuan	5,080	16.99	16.99
	Socialist Front	Othman Abdullah	3,185	10.65	10.65
	PMIP	Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid	2,734	9.14	5.67
Total valid votes			29,905	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,124
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			31,029	75.85	11.86
Registered electors			40,909
Majority			13,826	46.23	23.20
	Alliance hold		Swing

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