Trengganu Tengah (federal constituency)

Trengganu Tengah

Terengganu constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1955
Last contested	1969

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

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

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Trengganu Tengah		Binjai
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir	12,157	51.06
	PMIP	Abdul Rashid Su	11,651	48.94
Total valid votes			23,808	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,399
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,207	80.49
Registered electors			31,316
Majority			506
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir	11,002	55.18
	PMIP	Che Su Mahmood Amar	7,393	37.08
	Socialist Front	Abdul Latif Fakeh	1,156	5.80
	National Party	Abu Bakar Arshadi	388	1.95
Total valid votes			19,939	100.00
Total rejected ballots			882
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,821	80.76
Registered electors			25,780
Majority			3,609
	Alliance gain from PMIP		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Harun Pilus	8,625	59.34
	Alliance	Ismail Kassim	4,954	34.08
	Independent	Setia Abu Bakar	758	5.21
	Independent	Engku Sayed Mohsin Zabidin	199	1.37
Total valid votes			14,536	100.00
Total rejected ballots			188
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,724	70.91
Registered electors			20,765
Majority			3,671
	PMIP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1955

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Engku Muhsin Abdul Kadir	19,038	80.05	N/A
	Negara	Suleiman Ali	4,746	19.95	N/A
Total valid votes			23,784	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,784	70.48
Registered electors			33,747
Majority			14,292
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times. [3] [4]

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
3. "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
4. "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.