Malacca Selatan (federal constituency)

Malacca Selatan

Malacca constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Malacca Selatan was a federal constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

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
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Hassan Mansor	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Hassan Mansor	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Abdul Karim Abu
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Ahmad Ithnin	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 30 January 1971
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
	PSRM	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

Malaysian general election, 1964
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

Malayan general election, 1959
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

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.