Trengganu Tengah

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Trengganu Tengah
Flag of Terengganu.svg Terengganu constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created1955
Constituency abolished1974
First contested1955
Last contested 1969

Trengganu Tengah was a federal constituency in Terengganu, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1974.

Contents

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Trengganu Tengah
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created
Federal Legislative Council
1st 1955-1959Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir
(اڠكو موهسإين عبدالقادر)
Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st P0301959-1963Harun Pilus
(هارون ڤيلوس)
PMIP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st P0301963-1964Harun Pilus
(هارون ڤيلوس)
PMIP
2nd 1964-1969Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir
(اڠكو موهسإين عبدالقادر)
Alliance (UMNO)
1969-1971Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd P0301971-1973Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir
(اڠكو موهسإين عبدالقادر)
Alliance (UMNO)
1973-1974BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Ulu Trengganu

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1954–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
Trengganu TengahBinjai
Bukit Besar
Kuala Trengganu Barat
Kuala Trengganu Selatan
Kuala Trengganu Tengah
Kuala Trengganu Utara
Ulu Trengganu Barat
Ulu Trengganu Timor

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969 : Trengganu Tengah
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Alliance Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir12,15751.06Decrease2.svg 4.12
PMIP Abdul Rashid Su11,65148.94Increase2.svg 11.86
Total valid votes23,808 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,399
Unreturned ballots
Turnout25,20780.49Decrease2.svg 0.27
Registered electors31,316
Majority5062.12Decrease2.svg 15.98
Alliance hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1964 : Trengganu Tengah
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Alliance Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir11,00255.18Increase2.svg 21.10
PMIP Che Su Mahmood Amar7,39337.08Decrease2.svg 22.26
Socialist Front Abdul Latif Fakeh1,1565.80Increase2.svg 5.80
National Party Abu Bakar Arshadi3881.95Increase2.svg 1.95
Total valid votes19,939 100.00
Total rejected ballots882
Unreturned ballots
Turnout20,82180.76Increase2.svg 9.85
Registered electors25,780
Majority3,60918.10Decrease2.svg 7.16
Alliance gain from PMIP Swing ?
Malayan general election, 1959 : Trengganu Tengah
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PMIP Harun Pilus8,62559.34Increase2.svg 59.34
Alliance Ismail Kassim4,95434.08Decrease2.svg 45.97
Independent Setia Abu Bakar7585.21Increase2.svg 5.21
Independent Engku Sayed Mohsin Zabidin1991.37Increase2.svg 1.37
Total valid votes14,536 100.00
Total rejected ballots188
Unreturned ballots
Turnout14,72470.91Increase2.svg 0.43
Registered electors20,765
Majority3,67125.26Decrease2.svg 34.84
PMIP gain from Alliance Swing ?
Malayan general election, 1955 : Trengganu Tengah
PartyCandidateVotes %
Alliance Engku Muhsin Abdul Kadir19,03880.05
NEGARA Suleiman Ali4,74619.95
Total valid votes23,784100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout23,78470.48
Registered electors33,747
Majority14,29260.10
This was a new constituency created.

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