 Kelantan constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
Kelantan Selatan was a federal constituency in Kelantan, 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
It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Kelantan Selatan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Abdul Khalid Awang Osman (عبدالخالد اوڠ عثمان) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| Constituency abolished, split into Ulu Kelantan and Tanah Merah | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Kelantan Selatan | Machang | ||||||
| Tanah Merah | |||||||
| Ulu Kelantan | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Abdul Khalid Awang Osman | 21,746 | 66.87 | |||
| Negara | Nik Ahmed Kamil | 7,175 | 22.06 | |||
| PMIP | Mohamed Noor | 3,600 | 11.07 | |||
| Total valid votes | 32,521 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 32,521 | 86.10 | ||||
| Registered electors | 37,771 | |||||
| Majority | 14,571 | 44.81 | ||||
| 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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