Kuala Lumpur Timor (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
 Selangor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
Kuala Lumpur Timor was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.[1]
History
It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Kuala Lumpur Timor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1955–1959 | Cheah Ewe Keat (谢有吉) | Alliance (MCA) |
| Constituency abolished, split into Setapak and Bukit Bintang | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Kuala Lumpur Timor | Kuala Lumpur Municipality East | ||||||
| Kuala Lumpur East | |||||||
Election Result
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Perikatan | Cheah Ewe Keat | 6,790 | 66.41 | N/A | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Negara | Mohd Salleh Hakim | 2,431 | 23.78 | N/A | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BEBAS | Abdul Wahab Majid | 1,003 | 9.81 | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 10,224 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 10,224 | 78.76 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,981 | |||||
| Majority | 4,359 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||
References
- ^ "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.