Malaysian electoral constituency
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.
Representation history
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency
|
State constituency
|
| 1955–59*
|
1959–1974
|
1974–1986
|
1986–1995
|
1995–2004
|
2004–2018
|
2018–present
|
| Kinta
|
|
Chemor
|
|
| Gopeng
|
|
Election results
Malaysian general election, 1974
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes |
%
|
|
|
DAP |
Ngan Siong Hin @ Ngan Siong Eng |
15,885 |
45.86
|
|
|
BN |
Wong Kwong Nam |
15,304 |
44.18
|
|
|
Independent |
Yong Su Hian |
2,028 |
5.85
|
|
|
Independent |
Samsudin Harun |
1,424 |
4.11
|
| Total valid votes
|
34,641 |
100.00
|
| Total rejected ballots
|
1,156
|
| Unreturned ballots
|
0
|
| Turnout
|
35,797 |
77.30
|
| Registered electors
|
46,307
|
| Majority
|
581 |
1.68
|
| This was a new constituency created.
|
References
