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 Kedah constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
Kedah Selatan was a federal constituency in Kedah, 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.
History
It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Kedah Selatan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1955–1959 | Lim Teng Kwang (林廷光) |
Alliance (MCA) |
| Constituency abolished, split into Kulim Utara and Kulim-Bandar Bahru | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1959* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Kedah Selatan | Kulim Utara | ||||||
| Kulim-Bandar Bahru | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Lim Teng Kwang | 21,050 | 93.09 | |||
| PMIP | M. Saleh Shafie | 1,563 | 6.91 | |||
| Total valid votes | 22,613 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,613 | 88.40 | ||||
| Registered electors | 25,580 | |||||
| Majority | 19,487 | 86.18 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
| Source(s) | ||||||
References
- "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.