Krian Laut

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

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.

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Krian Laut

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sulaiman Taib	11,092	50.69	6.22
	PMIP	Mohamed Ja'afar Ibrahim	10,792	49.31	6.22
Total valid votes			21,884	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,163
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,047	75.60
Registered electors			30,485
Majority			300	1.38	12.44
	Alliance hold		Swing
Source(s) Election Commission of Malaysia.[3]

Malaysian general by-election, 12 March 1966: Krian Laut
Upon the death of incumbent, Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sulaiman Taib	11,206	56.91	5.97
	PMIP	Baharuddin Abdul Latiff	8,484	43.09	5.54
Total valid votes			19,690	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			26,953
Majority			2,722[4]	13.82	0.43
	Alliance hold		Swing
Source(s) Berita Harian.[5]

Malaysian general election, 1964: Krian Laut

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman	10,109	50.94	0.65
	PMIP	Abdul Wahab Mohd Noor	7,452	37.55	10.86
	Socialist Front	Mohd Nordin Abdul Jalil	2,282	11.50	11.50
Total valid votes			19,843	100.00
Total rejected ballots			583
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,426	79.77	9.37
Registered electors			25,605
Majority			2,657	13.39	9.58
	Alliance hold		Swing

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