Kuala Lumpur Timor (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
Former constituency in Malaysia
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Kuala Lumpur Timor was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
 Selangor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
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 | Vote Share |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1st | 1955–1959 | Cheah Ewe Keat (谢有吉) |
Alliance (MCA) | 6,790 66.41% |
| 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 | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Cheah Ewe Keat | 6,790 | 66.41 | |||
| NEGARA | Mohd Salleh Hakim | 2,431 | 23.78 | |||
| Independent | Abdul Wahab Majid | 1,003 | 9.81 | |||
| Total valid votes | 10,224 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 10,224 | 78.76 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,981 | |||||
| Majority | 4,359 | 42.63 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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