Selangor Tengah (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

Selangor Tengah

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

Selangor Tengah was a federal constituency in Selangor, 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 Selangor Tengah
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1955-1959	Lee Eng Teh (李荣德)	Alliance (MCA)
Constituency abolished, split into Damansara and Kapar

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Selangor Tengah	Kuala Lumpur Municipality South
	Kuala Lumpur South

Election results

Malayan general election, 1955 : Selangor Tengah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Lee Eng Teh	5,652	68.91
	PMIP	Zulkifli Mohamed	1,711	20.86
	NEGARA	Atan Chik Lengkeng	839	10.23
Total valid votes			8,202	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			8,202	88.50
Registered electors			9,268
Majority			3,941	48.05
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.