Nilam Puri

Nilam Puri

Kelantan constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1974
Last contested	1990

Nilam Puri was a federal constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1995.

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 1995 when it was redistributed.

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1990: Nilam Puri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohamad Sabu	19,596	62.05	13.18
	BN	Annuar Musa	11,457	36.28	14.81
	Independent	Kamarudin Kuzi	526	1.67	1.67
Total valid votes			31,579	100.00
Total rejected ballots			802
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			32,381	80.42	3.93
Registered electors			40,265
Majority			8,139	25.77	23.59
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986: Nilam Puri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Ali	12,911	51.09	0.88
	PAS	Wan Daud Wan Jusoh	12,359	48.91	0.88
Total valid votes			25,270	100.00
Total rejected ballots			729
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			25,999	76.49	6.06
Registered electors			33,990
Majority			552	2.18	1.76
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982: Nilam Puri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Ali	15,029	51.97	2.54
	PAS	Mohamad Asri Muda	13,890	48.03	2.54
Total valid votes			28,919	100.00
Total rejected ballots			764
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			29,683	82.55	4.29
Registered electors			35,958
Majority			1,139	3.94	5.08
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978: Nilam Puri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Ali	13,031	54.51	23.60
	PAS	Mustapha Ibrahim	10,874	45.49	45.49
Total valid votes			23,905	100.00
Total rejected ballots			0
Unreturned ballots			173
Turnout			24,078	78.26	3.73
Registered electors			30,765
Majority			2,157	9.02	47.20
	BN hold		Swing

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.