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

Malaysian general election, 1986: Nilam Puri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Ali	12,911	51.09	0.88
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Wan Daud Wan Jusoh	12,359	48.91	0.88
Total valid votes			25,270	100.00
Total rejected ballots			729
Unreturned ballots
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
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohamad Asri Muda	13,890	48.03	2.54
Total valid votes			28,919	100.00
Total rejected ballots			764
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			29,683	82.55
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
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mustapha Ibrahim	10,874	45.49	45.49
Total valid votes			23,905	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
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.