Bandar Malacca was a federal constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
 Malacca constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
History edit
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history edit
| Members of Parliament for Bandar Malacca | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created Malacca Central | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | P086 | 1959-1963 | Tan Kee Gak (陈期岳) |
Malayan |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | P086 | 1963-1964 | Tan Kee Gak (陈期岳) |
Alliance (MCA) |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | P086 | 1971-1974 | Lim Kit Siang (林吉祥) |
DAP |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Kota Melaka | ||||
State constituency edit
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Bandar Malacca | Kota Barat | ||||||
| Kota Selatan | |||||||
| Kota Tengah | |||||||
| Kota Timor | |||||||
| Kota Utara | |||||||
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Lim Kit Siang | 18,562 | 60.80 |  60.80
| |
| Alliance | Koh Kim Leng | 7,346 | 24.06 |  25.35
| |
| Parti Rakyat Malaysia | Hasnul Abdul Hadi | 4,621 | 15.14 | 15.14
| |
| Total valid votes | 30,529 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 955 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 31,484 | 73.77 | 11.83
| ||
| Registered electors | 42,679 | ||||
| Majority | 11,216 | 36.74 | 25.52
| ||
| DAP gain from Alliance | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Tan Kee Gak | 13,789 | 49.41 | 3.58
| |
| Socialist Front | Yeoh Ho Huat | 10,658 | 38.19 | 38.19
| |
| PAP | Chua Sian Chin | 3,461 | 12.40 | 12.40
| |
| Total valid votes | 27,908 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 467 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 28,375 | 85.60 | 5.21
| ||
| Registered electors | 33,148 | ||||
| Majority | 3,131 | 11.22 | 4.36
| ||
| Alliance gain from Malayan Party | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malayan Party | Tan Kee Gak | 9,396 | 52.69 | |||
| Alliance | Wong Koon Yoon | 8,173 | 45.83 | |||
| Independent | Yeoh Ho Huat | 265 | 1.49 | |||
| Total valid votes | 17,834 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 122 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,956 | 80.39 | ||||
| Registered electors | 22,337 | |||||
| Majority | 1,223 | 6.86 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References edit
- ^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.