Ulu Nerus (federal constituency)

Ulu Nerus
Terengganu constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

Ulu Nerus was a federal constituency in Terengganu, 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

Members of Parliament for Ulu Nerus
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kuala Trengganu Utara
4th	1974-1978	Lukman Abdul Kadir	BN (PAS)
5th	1978-1982	Abdullah Abdul Rahman	BN (UMNO)
6th	1982-1986	Mamat Abdul Rahman	BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Setiu

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Ulu Nerus			Batu Rakit
			Langkap
			Seberang Takir
			Setiu

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mamat Abdul Rahman	15,446	63.83
	PAS	Lukman Abdul Kadir	8,753	36.17
Total valid votes			24,199	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,113
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,312	80.07
Registered electors			31,612
Majority			6,693
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abdullah Abdul Rahman	12,436	62.18
	PAS	Lukman Abdul Kadir	7,565	37.82
Total valid votes			20,001	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			27,565
Majority			4,871
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Lukman Abdul Kadir	10,739	62.97
	PSRM	Siti Nor Abdul Hamid	6,316	37.03
Total valid votes			17,055	100.00
Total rejected ballots			996
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,051	74.92
Registered electors			24,095
Majority			4,423
This was a new constituency created.

References

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