Trengganu Selatan (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

Trengganu Selatan

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

Trengganu Selatan was a federal constituency in Terengganu, 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 Trengganu Selatan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1955–1959	Wan Yahya Wan Mohamed (وان يحي وان محمد)	Alliance (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Dungun and Kemaman

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Trengganu Selatan	Dungun
	Kemaman Selatan
	Marang
	Paka-Kemaman Utara
	Ulu Trengganu

Election results

Malayan general election, 1955 : Trengganu Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Wan Yahya Wan Mohamed	16,345	86.15
	NEGARA	Ibrahim Mat Noh	2,628	13.85
Total valid votes			18,973	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,973	82.51
Registered electors			22,995
Majority			13,717	72.30
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.