Ipoh

Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1959
Last contested	1990

Ipoh was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1995.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lau Dak Kee	22,617	58.00	1.75
	BN	Peter Chin Gan Oon	16,377	42.00	0.61
Total valid votes			38,994	100.00
Total rejected ballots			795
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			39,789	65.81	0.47
Registered electors			60,460
Majority			6,240	16.00	1.14
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Patto Perumal	21,401	56.25	12.38
	BN	Wong Chin Chye	15,747	41.39	12.34
	SDP	Chan Kok Keong	900	2.37	2.37
Total valid votes			38,048	100.00
Total rejected ballots			694
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			38,742	66.28	5.78
Registered electors			58,454
Majority			5,654	14.86	5.00
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Peter Chin Gan Oon	29,022	53.73	17.05
	DAP	Lim Choo Hock	23,700	43.87	19.45
	Independent	Leong Wai Mun	1,297	2.40	2.40
Total valid votes			54,019	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,185
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			55,204	72.06	6.54
Registered electors			76,613
Majority			5,322	9.86	16.78
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Cho Hock	30,680	63.32	1.21
	BN	Kuan Peng Soon @ Kuan Peng Ching	17,771	36.68	3.59
Total valid votes			48,451	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,389
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			49,840	78.60	4.43
Registered electors			63,408
Majority			12,909	26.64	2.38
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Cho Hock	23,058	62.11	62.11
	BN	R. C. Mahadeva Rayan	12,283	33.09	49.00
	Independent	Too Joon Hing	1,781	4.80	4.80
Total valid votes			37,122	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,125
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			38,247	74.17	0.16
Registered electors			51,569
Majority			10,775	29.02	35.16
	DAP gain from PPP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	R. C. Mahadeva Rayan	23,979	82.09	26.84
	Alliance	Toh Seang Eng	5,231	17.91	17.71
Total valid votes			29,210	100.00
Total rejected ballots			926
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			30,136	74.01	3.58
Registered electors			40,718
Majority			18,748	64.18	44.55
	PPP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	D. R. Seenivasagam	13,800	55.25	5.28
	Alliance	Cheah Chun Ching	8,897	35.62	3.33
	Socialist Front	Wong Kim Thim	2,280	9.13	1.95
Total valid votes			24,977	100.00
Total rejected ballots			831
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			25,808	77.59	10.64
Registered electors			33,261
Majority			4,903	19.63	8.61
	PPP hold		Swing

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