Kinta Selatan (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
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 Perak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
Kinta Selatan was a federal constituency in Perak, 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.[1]
History
[edit]It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
[edit]| Members of Parliament for Kinta Selatan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Too Joon Hing (朱运兴) |
Alliance (MCA) |
| Constituency abolished, split into Batu Gajah and Kampar | |||
State constituency
[edit]| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Kinta Selatan | Kinta South | ||||||
| Ipoh East | |||||||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Too Joon Hing | 11,611 | 83.09 | |||
| National Association of Perak | Mohd Baki Daud | 1,629 | 11.66 | |||
| Independent | Idris Hakim | 401 | 2.87 | |||
| PPP | Zaharie Hassan | 273 | 1.95 | |||
| Total valid votes | 13,974 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 13,974 | 86.90 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,081 | |||||
| Majority | 9,922 | 71.43 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "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.