Kelantan Tengah (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
 Kelantan constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
Kelantan Tengah was a federal constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.[1]
History
[edit]It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
[edit]| Members of Parliament for Kelantan Tengah | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Abdul Hamid Mahmud (عبدالحميد مهمود) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
| Constituency abolished, split into Kota Bharu Hilir and Kota Bharu Hulu | |||
State constituency
[edit]| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Kelantan Tengah | Kota Bharu Bandar | ||||||
| Kota Bharu Selatan | |||||||
| Kota Bharu Tengah | |||||||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Abdul Hamid Mahmud | 28,422 | 85.44 | |||
| NEGARA | Tengku Annuar Zainal | 2,970 | 8.93 | |||
| Independent | Nik Mohamed Dato Amar | 1,154 | 3.47 | |||
| Independent | Idris Mohamed | 721 | 2.17 | |||
| Total valid votes | 33,267 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 33,267 | 79.30 | ||||
| Registered electors | 41,951 | |||||
| Majority | 25,452 | 76.51 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "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.