Kelantan Tengah (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
Kelantan Tengah was a federal constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
 Kelantan constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
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 Kelantan Tengah | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Abdul Hamid Mahmud (عبدالحميد مهمود) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| Constituency abolished, split into Kota Bharu Hilir and Kota Bharu Hulu | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Kelantan Tengah | Kota Bharu Bandar | ||||||
| Kota Bharu Selatan | |||||||
| Kota Bharu Tengah | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Abdul Hamid Mahmud | 28,422 | 85.44 | N/A | ||
| Negara | Tengku Annuar Zainal | 2,970 | 8.93 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Nik Mohamed Dato Amar | 1,154 | 3.47 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Idris Mohamed | 721 | 2.17 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 33,267 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 33,267 | 79.30 | ||||
| Registered electors | 41,951 | |||||
| Majority | 25,452 | |||||
| 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.
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