Krian Laut (federal constituency)

Krian Laut 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.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Krian Laut
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman	Alliance
2nd	1964-1966
	1966-1969	Sulaiman Taib
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Sulaiman Taib	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sulaiman Taib
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 12 March 1966 Upon the death of incumbent, Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sulaiman Taib	11,206	56.91
	PMIP	Baharuddin Abdul Latiff	8,484	43.09
Total valid votes			19,690	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			26,953
Majority			2,722
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman	10,109	50.94
	PMIP	Abdul Wahab Mohd Noor	7,452	37.55
	Socialist Front	Mohd Nordin Abdul Jalil	2,282	11.50
Total valid votes			19,843	100.00
Total rejected ballots			583
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,426	79.77
Registered electors			25,605
Majority			2,657
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.