Bandar Malacca

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Bandar Malacca
Flag of Malacca.svg Malacca constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished1974
First contested 1959
Last contested 1969

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

Contents

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 Bandar Malacca
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created Malacca Central
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st P0861959-1963 Tan Kee Gak
(陈期岳)
Malayan
Parliament of Malaysia
1st P0861963-1964Tan Kee Gak
(陈期岳)
Alliance (MCA)
2nd 1964-1969
1969-1971Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd P0861971-1974 Lim Kit Siang
(林吉祥)
DAP
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kota Melaka

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
Bandar MalaccaKota Barat
Kota Selatan
Kota Tengah
Kota Timor
Kota Utara

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969 : Bandar Malacca
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
DAP Lim Kit Siang 18,56260.80Increase2.svg 60.80
Alliance Koh Kim Leng7,34624.06Decrease2.svg 25.35
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Hasnul Abdul Hadi4,62115.14Increase2.svg 15.14
Total valid votes30,529 100.00
Total rejected ballots955
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout31,48473.77Decrease2.svg 11.83
Registered electors42,679
Majority11,21636.74Increase2.svg 25.52
DAP gain from Alliance Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1964 : Bandar Malacca
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Alliance Tan Kee Gak13,78949.41Increase2.svg 3.58
Socialist Front Yeoh Ho Huat10,65838.19Increase2.svg 38.19
PAP Chua Sian Chin 3,46112.40Increase2.svg 12.40
Total valid votes27,908 100.00
Total rejected ballots467
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout28,37585.60Increase2.svg 5.21
Registered electors33,148
Majority3,13111.22Increase2.svg 4.36
Alliance gain from Malayan Party Swing ?
Malayan general election, 1959 : Bandar Malacca
PartyCandidateVotes %
Malayan Party Tan Kee Gak9,39652.69
Alliance Wong Koon Yoon8,17345.83
Independent Yeoh Ho Huat2651.49
Total valid votes17,834 100.00
Total rejected ballots122
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout17,95680.39
Registered electors22,337
Majority1,2236.86
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.