Results of the 1955 Malayan general election by federal constituency

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These are election results of the 1955 Malayan general election by federal constituency. These councillors represented their constituencies from 1955 to 1959 in the Federal Legislative Council.

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Perlis

ConstituencyWinnerVotesOpponent(s)VotesMajorityEligible votersMalay votersChinese votersIndian votersOthers votersVoter turnout %
PerlisSheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim
(All.)
17,769Mat Kassim
(Ind.)
8,8148,95530,93629,06992318376185.93%

Kedah

ConstituencyWinnerVotesOpponent(s)VotesMajorityEligible votersMalay votersChinese votersIndian votersOthers votersVoter turnout %
Alor StarLee Thean Hin
(All.)
27,897Salim Rejab
(Negara)
1,78426,11335,26432,3482,36744910084.2%
Kedah SelatanLim Teng Kwang
(All.)
21,050Mohamed Saleh Shafie
(PMIP)
1,56319,48725,92722,2651,8981,60116388.4%
Kedah Tengah Khir Johari
(All.)
31,077Puteh Napa
(Negara)
1,43129,64637,21934,96798532993889.8%
Kedah Utara Syed Ahmad Syed Mahmud Shahabudin
(All.)
25,544Abdullah Abbas
(Ind.)
1,57823,96633,97232,091507741,30086%
Laidin Abdul Manan
(Negara)
1,309
Kota StarTunku Kassim Sultan Abdul Hamid
(All.)
27,357Mohamed Rejab Darus
(Negara)
2,16825,18934,04832,2491,1134763986.7%
Sungei Muda Tunku Abdul Rahman
(All.)
22,226Syed Jan Al-Jeffri
(Ind.)
1,23920,98727,43524,7251,54660156387.23%

Kelantan

ConstituencyWinnerVotesOpponent(s)VotesMajorityEligible votersMalay votersChinese votersIndian and others votersVoter turnout %
Kelantan SelatanAbdul Khalid Awang Osman
(All.)
21,746 Nik Ahmad Kamil Nik Mahmud
(Negara)
7,17514,57139,03237,4361,27931786.1%
Mohamed Noor Yusoff
(PMIP)
3,600
Kelantan TengahAbdul Hamid Mahmud
(All.)
28,422Tengku Annuar Zainal
(Negara)
2,97025,45243,27741,7081,36220779.3%
Nik Mohamed Abdul Rahman
(Ind.)
1,154
Idris Mohammed
(Ind.)
721
Kelantan TimorNik Hassan Nik Yahya
(All.)
30,954Ahmad Dato' Nara di-Raja
(Negara)
4,01926,93546,23545,29848145684.72%
Asri Muda
(PMIP)
2,292
Mohamed Ibrahim
(Ind)
883
Kelantan UtaraTengku Indra Petra Sultan Ibrahim
(All.)
28,428Nik Hussein Zainal
(Negara)
6,29522,13342,55439,4121,0282,11484.8%
Pasir MasTengku Ahmad Tengku Abdul Ja'afar
(All.)
20,963Mokhtar Ahmad
(PMIP)
7,50713,45634,80333,26994658884.6%

Trengganu

ConstituencyWinnerVotesOpponent(s)VotesMajorityEligible votersMalay votersChinese votersIndian and others votersVoter turnout %
Trengganu SelatanWan Yahya Wan Mohamed
(All.)
16,345Ibrahim Mat Noh
(Negara)
2,62813,71723,84623,5342951782.51%
Trengganu TengahEngku Muhsein Abdul Kadir
(All.)
19,038Suleiman Ali
(Negara)
4,74614,29233,74732,98273530
Trengganu UtaraIbrahim Fikri Mohamed
(All.)
22,041Mohamed Salleh Ahmad
(Negara)
2,86619,17535,35535,0662682180.55%

Penang-Province Wellesley

ConstituencyWinnerVotesOpponent(s)VotesMajorityEligible votersMalay votersChinese votersIndian votersOthers votersVoter turnout %
George TownChee Swee Ee
(All.)
7,253Ooi Thiam Siew
(Lab.)
2,6504,60320,0163,41013,9122,45224252.6%
Cheah Phee Aik
(Ind.)
429
Penang IslandS. M. Zainal Abidin
(All.)
14,865Isa Sulaiman
(Ind.)
2,92511,94027,33614,66310,6041,62644366.48%
Wellesley NorthHashim Awang
(All.)
0Returned unopposed0028,19020,5945,5341,932141nil
Wellesley SouthTay Hooi Soo
(All.)
15,697Zabidi Ali
(PMIP)
3,52312,17423,23815,5765,0272,5855079.9%

Perak

ConstituencyWinnerVotesOpponent(s)VotesMajorityEligible votersMalay votersChinese votersIndian votersOthers votersVoter turnout %
Batang PadangAbdul Hamid Khan Sakhawat Ali Khan
(All.)
9,170Mohamed Shamsuddin Hamzah
(NAP)
1,2187,95214,35510,8151,8921,644479.18%
Abdul Majid Ariffin
(PML)
766
DindingsMeor Ariff Meor Alwi
(All.)
10,511Mohamed Yunus Mahmood
(NAP)
1,6298,88216,46411,9033,627932282.75%
Abdul Wahab Mohamed Noor
(PMIP)
1,197
Ipoh-Menglembu Leong Yew Koh
(All.)
7,421Loh Ah Kee
(NAP)
9836,43811,6103,7666,5211,2616282.7%
D. R. Seenivasagam
(PPP)
808
W. E. Balasingam
(Ind.)
439
Kinta SelatanToo Joon Hing
(All.)
11,611Mohamed Baki Daud
(NAP)
1,6899,92216,29510,1644,5781,549486.9%
Idris Hakim
(Ind.)
401
Zaharie Hassan
(PPP)
273
Kinta Utara V. T. Sambanthan
(All.)
7,900Chik Mohamad Yusuf Sheikh Abdul Rahman
(NAP)
1,8326,06812,4748,0522,5711,851nil85.85%
K. R. R. Choudhary
(Lab.)
357
Mohamed Ramli Abdullah
(PML)
214
Krian Ahmad Tuan Hussain
(PMIP)
8,685Sulaiman Ahmad
(All.)
8,23545030,33928,2035951,541nil78.2%
Mohamed Jan Ngah Mohamed
(NAP)
3,315
Larut-MatangCheah Kay Chuan
(All.)
15,407Abu Bakar Said
(PML)
4,45310,95431,07223,3624,1993,4723981.7%
Wan Zarazillah Wan Ismail
(NAP)
3,437
Puran Singh
(Lab)
761
Sungei Perak HilirAbdul Aziz Mat Jabar
(All.)
17,483Meor Ahmad Meor Yusof
(NAP)
4,79412,68926,03825,716202119189.2%
Mohamad Adhan Katib
(Ind.)
264
Sungei Perak UluMohamed Ghazali Jawi
(All.)
16,781Mat Judin Ahmad
(Ind.)
4,59512,18629,66525,1363,411119183%
Syed Mohamed Noordin Wafa
(NAP)
2,099
Telok AnsonBahaman Samsudin
(All.)
10,514Hassan Adli Hasan
(PMIP)
3,8126,70218,15414,9091,6911,546881.9%

Pahang

ConstituencyWinnerVotesOpponent(s)VotesMajorityEligible votersMalay votersChinese votersIndian votersOthers votersVoter turnout %
Pahang TimorAbdul Rahman Talib
(All.)
16,763Sheikh Kadir Sheikh Omar
(Ind.)
1,33415,42922,42521,19299622710
Semantan Abdul Razak Hussein
(All.)
14,094Mohamed Yassin Salleh
(PMIP)
1,99912,09520,00417,9441,938113982.5%
Ulu PahangMohamed Sulong Mohd Ali
(All.)
16,075Abdul Hamid Ma'ajab
(Ind.)
1,91014,16522,81121,0881,3313857

Selangor

ConstituencyWinnerVotesOpponent(s)VotesMajorityEligible votersMalay votersChinese votersIndian votersOthers votersVoter turnout %
Kuala Lumpur Barat Omar Ong Yoke Lin
(All.)
4,667Abdullah Ibrahim
(Negara)
1,3713,2968,8754,9882,4851,16823480.1%
Tan Tuan Boon
(Lab.)
1,018
Kuala Lumpur TimorCheah Ewe Keat
(All.)
6,790Mohamed Salleh Hakim
(Negara)
2,4314,35913,2098,6972,9441,20236678.76%
Abdul Wahab Abdul Majid
(Ind.)
1,003
Kuala SelangorRaja Rastam Shahrome Raja Said Tauphy
(All.)
11,857Othman Abdullah
(PMIP)
4,7787,07921,50620,639645214882.8%
Mohamed Ambia Sanusi
(Negara)
756
LangatAbu Bakar Baginda
(All.)
7,069Mohamed Nazir Abdul Jalil
(Negara)
2,1474,92210,8409,11759891221387%
Selangor Barat Aziz Ishak
(All.)
8,713Mohamed Rashid Ahmad
(Negara)
3,0925,62113,84411,6651,13870134086.97%
Selangor TengahLee Eng Teh
(All.)
5,652Zulkifli Mohamed
(PMIP)
1,7113,9419,4688,3118423051088.5%
Atan Chik Lengkeng
(Negara)
839
Ulu Selangor Halimahton Abdul Majid
(All.)
5,430Abdul Rahman Maulana
(Negara)
1,1604,2707,8376,01390572619385.75%

Negri Sembilan

ConstituencyWinnerVotesOpponent(s)VotesMajorityEligible votersMalay votersChinese votersIndian votersOthers votersVoter turnout %
Negri Sembilan UtaraAbdul Jalil Aminuddin
(All.)
12,099Baba Ludek
(Negara)
3,5908,50926,66424,8901,4602951985.8%
Negri Sembilan SelatanMohd Idris Matsil
(All.)
21,155Ujang Menuang
(Negara)
1,57219,58318,67716,2441,3311,0604289.6%
Noordin Abdul Samad
(Ind.)
506
SerembanLim Kee Siong
(All.)
8,402B. H. Tan
(Negara)
2,8066,09612,9778,9152,5091,34720683.6%

Malacca

ConstituencyWinnerVotesOpponent(s)VotesMajorityEligible votersMalay votersChinese votersIndian votersOthers votersVoter turnout %
Malacca Central Tan Siew Sin
(All.)
17,104Karim Bakar
(Ind.)
3,19413,91027,03317,7826,7521,83166982.09%
Malacca Luar Ghafar Baba
(All.)
26,790Ja'afar Tan
(Negara)
2,82123,96937,67529,9373,6494,0404988.17%

Johore

ConstituencyWinnerVotesOpponent(s)VotesMajorityEligible votersMalay votersChinese votersIndian votersOthers votersVoter turnout %
Batu PahatS. Chelvasingam MacIntyre
(All.)
18,968Syed Abdul Kadir
(Negara)
2,71716,25126,92120,6985,679536880.3%
Johore BahruSulaiman Abdul Rahman
(All.)
8,745 Onn Jaafar
(Negara)
2,8025,94315,04212,3581,8897464977.6%
Johore SelatanL. H. Tan
(All.)
21,581Kassim Awang Chik
(Negara)
2,31819,26329,09025,0973,833160nil83.8%
Johore TengahTeoh Chze Chong
(All.)
7,100Annuar Abdul Malek
(Negara)
1,0686,03211,7167,0543,2531,3565371.72%
Johore Timor Ismail Abdul Rahman
(All.)
10,800Ja'afar Ali
(Negara)
35010,45014,15511,8961,662591682.8%
Abdullah Taib
(Ind.)
253
Muar SelatanTan Suan Kok
(All.)
23,580Mahmud Mohd Shah
(Negara)
4,10819,47234,43627,9066,3441751181.9%
Muar Utara Hassan Yunus
(All.)
19,802Mohamed Nor Abdul Hamid
(Negara)
3,62316,17929,27221,5746,3351,3471682%
Segamat Sardon Jubir
(All.)
11,072Razali Abdul Manap
(Negara)
2,4478,62517,48210,8694,3232,2672379.45%

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