Penang Island (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Penang Island was a federal constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
 Penang 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 Penang Island | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1st | 1955–1959 | S. M. Zainal Abidin (س. م. زاينل عابدين) |
Alliance (UMNO) | 14,865 83.56% |
| Constituency abolished, split into Penang Selatan and Penang Utara | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1959* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Penang Island | East Coast | ||||||
| Jelutong | |||||||
| South Coast | |||||||
| West Coast | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | S. M. Zainul Abidin | 14,865 | 83.56 | |||
| Independent | Isa Sulaiman | 2,925 | 16.44 | |||
| Total valid votes | 17,790 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,790 | 66.48 | ||||
| Registered electors | 26,759 | |||||
| Majority | 11,940 | 67.12 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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