Selangor Tengah (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
 Selangor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
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[edit]
It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Representation history[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[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.