Malacca Selatan
Malacca Selatan was a federal constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
 Malacca constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 Malacca Selatan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Malacca Luar | |||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Hassan Mansor (حسن منصور) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | Hassan Mansor (حسن منصور) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Abdul Karim Abu (عبدالكريم ابو) | |
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Ahmad Ithnin (احمد اثنين) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | ||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Jasin | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Malacca Selatan | Batang Malacca | ||||||
| Jasin | |||||||
| Rim | |||||||
| Serkam | |||||||
| Sungei Rambai | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmad was elected to Parliament in the Malacca Selatan by-election, 1971. Election for Malacca Selatan federal constituency and another 40 federal constituencies in Sabah and Sarawak were postponed from the scheduled date, 10 May 1969. | ||||||
| Alliance | Ahmad Ithnin | 14,766 | 60.95 | |||
| PMIP | Mohammad Taha Kalu | 5,482 | 22.63 | |||
| Independent | Gan Hong Hui | 2,655 | 10.96 | |||
| Parti Rakyat Malaysia | Omar Abdullah | 1,325 | 5.47 | |||
| Total valid votes | 24,228 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 471 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 24,699 | 68.17 | ||||
| Registered electors | 36,232 | |||||
| Majority | 9,284 | |||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Abdul Karim Abu | 18,649 | 72.29 | ||
| Socialist Front | Jaafar Mohd Tan | 7,150 | 27.71 | ||
| Total valid votes | 25,799 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,139 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 26,938 | 83.08 | |||
| Registered electors | 32,425 | ||||
| Majority | 11,499 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Hassan Mansor | 11,300 | 56.14 | |||
| Socialist Front | Chung Cheng Wen | 5,812 | 28.87 | |||
| PMIP | Mohammad Taha Kalu | 3,017 | 14.99 | |||
| Total valid votes | 20,129 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 188 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,317 | 81.35 | ||||
| Registered electors | 24,975 | |||||
| Majority | 5,488 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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