Kinta Selatan (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

Kinta Selatan
Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
Constituency created1955
Constituency abolished1959
First contested1955
Last contested1955

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

It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

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

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

Malayan general election, 1955: Kinta Selatan
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

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  2. ^ "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.