Malacca Luar (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
Former constituency in Malaysia
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Malacca Luar 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 Luar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | vote Share |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Abdul Ghafar Baba (عبدالغفار باب) |
Alliance (UMNO) | 26,790 90.47% |
| Constituency abolished, split into Malacca Utara and Malacca Selatan | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Malacca Luar | Alor Gajah East | ||||||
| Alor Gajah West | |||||||
| Jasin North | |||||||
| Jasin South | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Abdul Ghafar Baba | 26,790 | 90.47 | |||
| NEGARA | Ja'afar Tan | 2,821 | 9.53 | |||
| Total valid votes | 29,611 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 29,611 | 88.17 | ||||
| Registered electors | 33,584 | |||||
| Majority | 6,438 | 80.94 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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