Kuala Trengganu Selatan

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

Kuala Trengganu Selatan was a federal constituency in Terengganu, 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: Kuala Trengganu Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Mohd. Daud Abdul Samad	10,790	54.44	43.95
	Alliance	Othman Abd. Karim @ Yong	9,029	45.56	12.33
Total valid votes			19,819	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,075
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,894	70.93	2.09
Registered electors			29,457
Majority			1,761	8.88	17.39
	PMIP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964: Kuala Trengganu Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdullah Abdul Rahman	9,795	57.89	3.44
	National Party	Garieb Abdul Raouf	5,349	31.62	7.28
	PMIP	Mohamed Taib Ismail	1,775	10.49	3.84
Total valid votes			16,919	100.00
Total rejected ballots			700
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,619	73.02	5.70
Registered electors			24,129
Majority			4,446	26.27	10.72
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 19 March 1962: Kuala Trengganu Selatan
Upon the death of Onn Jaafar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ismail Kassim	7,275	54.45	40.23
	National Party	Garieb Abdul Raouf	5,198	38.90	20.88
	PMIP	Tengku Shahdan Tengku Abdul Majid	889	6.65	6.95
Total valid votes			13,362	100.00
Total rejected ballots			399
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,761	67.32	2.77
Registered electors			20,441
Majority			2,077	15.55	4.01
	Alliance gain from National Party		Swing		?

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