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Kedah Selatan (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

Kedah Selatan was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.

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

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

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It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

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Members of Parliament for Kedah Selatan
Parliament Years Member Party Vote Share
Constituency created
1st 1955–1959 Lim Teng Kwang
(林廷光)		 Alliance (MCA) 21,050
93.09%
Constituency abolished, split into Kulim Utara and Kulim-Bandar Bahru

State constituency

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Parliamentary

constituency

 State constituency
1955–1959* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present
Kedah Selatan Kulim Utara
Kulim-Bandar Bahru

Election results

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Malayan general election, 1955: Kedah Selatan
Party Candidate Votes%
AllianceLim Teng Kwang21,05093.09
PMIPM. Saleh Shafie1,5636.91
Total valid votes 22,613100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 22,61388.40
Registered electors 25,580
Majority 19,48786.18
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s)

References

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  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.
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