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Selangor Tengah (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

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Selangor Tengah
Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
Constituency created1955
Constituency abolished1959
First contested1955
Last contested1955

Selangor Tengah 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 is mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.[1]

History

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It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

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Members of Parliament for Selangor Tengah
Parliament Years Member Party
Constituency created
1st 1955-1959 Lee Eng Teh
(李荣德) 		Alliance (MCA)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Damansara

State constituency

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Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present
Selangor Tengah Kuala Lumpur Municipality South
Kuala Lumpur South

Election results

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Malayan general election, 1955: Selangor Tengah
Party Candidate Votes %
Alliance Lee Eng Teh 5,652 68.91
PMIP Zulkifli Mohamed 1,711 20.86
NEGARA Atan Chik Lengkeng 839 10.23
Total valid votes 8,202 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 8,202 88.50
Registered electors 9,268
Majority 3,941 48.05
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s)

References

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  1. ^ "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  2. ^ "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
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