Kinta Selatan (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

Kinta Selatan

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

Kinta Selatan 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 Kinta Selatan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1955-1959	Too Joon Hing (朱运兴)	Alliance (MCA)
Constituency abolished, split into Batu Gajah and Kampar

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kinta Selatan	Kinta South
	Ipoh East

Election results

Malayan general election, 1955 : Kinta Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Too Joon Hing	11,611	83.09
	National Association of Perak	Mohd Baki Daud	1,629	11.66
	Independent	Idris Hakim	401	2.87
	PPP	Zaharie Hassan	273	1.95
Total valid votes			13,974	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,974	86.90
Registered electors			16,081
Majority			9,922	71.43
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.