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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1955 |
Constituency abolished | 1959 |
First contested | 1955 |
Last contested | 1955 |
Dindings was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.[1]
It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Members of Parliament for Dindings | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | |||
1st | 1955-1959 | Meor Ariff Alwi (ميور عارف علوي) | Alliance (UMNO) |
Constituency abolished, split into Bruas and Sitiawan |
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Dindings | Dindings | ||||||
Taiping |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Alliance | Meor Ariff Alwi | 10,511 | 78.81 | |||
NAP | Mohd Yunus Mahmood | 1,629 | 12.21 | |||
PMIP | Abd Wahab Mohd Noor | 1,197 | 8.98 | |||
Total valid votes | 13,337 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 13,337 | 82.75 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,117 | |||||
Majority | 8,882 | 66.60 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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