Ipoh-Menglembu (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

Ipoh-Menglembu

Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1959
First contested	1955
Last contested	1957

Ipoh-Menglembu was a federal constituency in Perak, 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]

History

It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Ipoh-Menglembu
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1955-1957	Leong Yew Koh (梁宇皋)	Alliance (MCA)
	1957-1959	D. R. Seenivasagam (தார்ம ராஜா சீனிவசகம்)	PPP
Constituency abolished, split into Ipoh and Menglembu

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Ipoh-Menglembu	Ipoh North
	Ipoh South

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 23 November 1957
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Leong Yew Koh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	D. R. Seenivasagam	5,911	59.09	50.72
	Alliance	Yap Yin Fah	4,091	40.91	36.01
Total valid votes			10,002
Total rejected ballots			114
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,116	62.50	20.20
Registered electors			16,013
Majority			1,820	18.18	48.55
	PPP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1955 : Ipoh-Menglembu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Leong Yew Koh	7,421	76.92
	National Association of Perak	Loh Ah Kee	983	10.19
	PPP	D. R. Seenivasagam	808	8.37
	Independent	W. E. Balasingam	439	4.55
Total valid votes			9,651	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,651	82.70
Registered electors			11,610
Majority			6,438	66.73
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times. [2] [3]

References

1. "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
2. "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
3. "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.