Malacca constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1955 |
Constituency abolished | 1959 |
First contested | 1955 |
Last contested | 1955 |
Malacca Central was a federal constituency in Malacca, 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]
It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Members of Parliament for Malacca Central | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | |||
1st | 1955-1959 | Tan Siew Sin (陈修信) |
Alliance (MCA) |
Constituency abolished, split into Malacca Tengah and Bandar Malacca |
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Malacca Central | East Central | ||||||
East Fort | |||||||
West Central | |||||||
West Fort |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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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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