Malacca Tengah

Malacca Tengah
Malacca constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Malacca Tengah was a federal constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

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 1974 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Malacca Tengah
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Tan Siew Sin	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Tan Siew Sin	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Tan Siew Sin	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Tan Siew Sin	Alliance
3rd	1973-1974	Tan Siew Sin	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Malacca Tengah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Tan Siew Sin	13,790	52.15
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Parti Rakyat	Kampo Radjo Baginda Kayo	6,490	24.55
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Mohamed Kamal Sudin	6,161	23.30
Total valid votes			26,441	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,620
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,061	78.79
Registered electors			35,617
Majority			7,300
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		Alliance

Malaysian general election, 1964: Malacca Tengah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Tan Siew Sin	18,568	74.14
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Socialist Front	Hasnul Abdul Hadi	5,241	20.93
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Mohamed Kamal Sudin	1,236	4.94
Total valid votes			25,045	100.00
Total rejected ballots			721
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,766	84.29
Registered electors			30,569
Majority			13,327
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		Alliance

Malayan general election, 1959: Malacca Tengah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Tan Siew Sin	13,635	74.55
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Abdul Majid Hussin	4,655	25.45
Total valid votes			18,290	100.00
Total rejected ballots			187
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,477	78.64
Registered electors			23,495
Majority			8,980
This was a new constituency created.

References

^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

[1] Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

[2] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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