Kuala Lumpur Barat (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
 Selangor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
Kuala Lumpur Barat was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and was 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 Kuala Lumpur Barat | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Omar Ong Yoke Lin (翁毓麟) |
Alliance (MCA) |
| Constituency abolished, split into Bangsar and Batu | |||
State constituency
[edit]| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Kuala Lumpur Barat | Kuala Lumpur Municipality West | ||||||
| Kuala Lumpur West | |||||||
Election Result
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Ong Yoke Lin | 4,667 | 66.14 | |||
| NEGARA | Abdullah Ibrahim | 1,371 | 19.43 | |||
| Labour | Tan Tuan Boon | 1,018 | 14.43 | |||
| Total valid votes | 7,056 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,056 | 80.10 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,809 | |||||
| Majority | 3,296 | 46.71 | ||||
| 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.