Malacca Central (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
Former constituency in Malaysia
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Malacca Central was a federal constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
 Malacca 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 is 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 Malacca Central | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Tan Siew Sin (陈修信) |
Alliance (MCA) | 17,104 84.26% |
| Constituency abolished, split into Malacca Tengah and Bandar Malacca | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Malacca Central | East Central | ||||||
| East Fort | |||||||
| West Central | |||||||
| West Fort | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Tan Siew Sin | 17,104 | 84.26 | |||
| Independent | Karim Bakar | 3,194 | 15.74 | |||
| Total valid votes | 20,298 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,298 | 82.09 | ||||
| Registered electors | 24,273 | |||||
| Majority | 13,910 | 68.52 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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