Malacca Tengah (federal constituency)

Malacca Tengah was a federal constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Malacca Tengah

Malacca constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Malacca Tengah
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Tan Siew Sin (陈修信)	Alliance (MCA)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Tan Siew Sin (陈修信)	Alliance (MCA)
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Tan Siew Sin (陈修信)	Alliance (MCA)
	1973-1974		BN (MCA)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Batu Berendam

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tan Siew Sin	13,790	52.15
	Parti Rakyat	Kampo Radjo Baginda Kayo	6,490	24.55
	PMIP	Mohamed Kamal Sudin	6,161	23.30
Total valid votes			26,441	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,620
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,061	78.79
Registered electors			35,617
Majority			7,300
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tan Siew Sin	18,568	74.14
	Socialist Front	Hasnul Abdul Hadi	5,241	20.93
	PMIP	Mohamed Kamal Sudin	1,236	4.94
Total valid votes			25,045	100.00
Total rejected ballots			721
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,766	84.29
Registered electors			30,569
Majority			13,327
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tan Siew Sin	13,635	74.55
	PMIP	Abdul Majid Hussin	4,655	25.45
Total valid votes			18,290	100.00
Total rejected ballots			187
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,477	78.64
Registered electors			23,495
Majority			8,980
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.