Malacca Utara

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

Malacca Utara was a federal constituency in Malacca, 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: Malacca Utara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Ghafar Baba	15,692	63.86	6.98
	PMIP	Ali Md. Salleh	8,881	36.14	25.56
Total valid votes			24,573	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,515
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,088	78.49	5.43
Registered electors			33,237
Majority			6,811	27.72	41.55
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964: Malacca Utara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Ghani Ishak	16,892	70.84	10.67
	Socialist Front	Sulaiman Mohamed Attas	4,429	18.57	2.97
	PMIP	Mohamed Yusof Sulong	2,523	10.58	13.65
Total valid votes			23,844	100.00
Total rejected ballots			865
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,709	83.92	2.83
Registered electors			29,443
Majority			12,463	69.27	33.33
	Alliance hold		Swing

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