Malacca Central (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

Malacca Central

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

Malacca Central was a federal constituency in Malacca, 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 Malacca Central
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1955-1959	Tan Siew Sin (陈修信)	Alliance (MCA)
Constituency abolished, split into Malacca Tengah and Bandar Malacca

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Malacca Central	East Central
	East Fort
	West Central
	West Fort

Election results

Malayan general election, 1955 : Malacca Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Tan Siew Sin	17,104	84.26
	Independent	Karim Bakar	3,194	15.74
Total valid votes			20,298	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,298	82.09
Registered electors			24,273
Majority			13,910	68.52
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.