Kedah Selatan (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

Kedah Selatan

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

Kedah Selatan was a federal constituency in Kedah, 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 Kedah Selatan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1955–1959	Lim Teng Kwang (林廷光)	Alliance (MCA)
Constituency abolished, split into Kulim Utara and Kulim-Bandar Bahru

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kedah Selatan	Kulim Utara
	Kulim-Bandar Bahru

Election results

Malayan general election, 1955 : Kedah Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Lim Teng Kwang	21,050	93.09
	PMIP	M. Saleh Shafie	1,563	6.91
Total valid votes			22,613	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,613	88.40
Registered electors			25,580
Majority			19,487	86.18
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.