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Kedah Selatan (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

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

Kedah Selatan was a federal constituency in Kedah, 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

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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
Constituency created
1st 1955-1959 Lim Teng Kwang
(林廷光) 		Alliance (MCA)
Constituency abolished, split into Kulim Utara and Kulim-Bandar Bahru

State constituency

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Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59* 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 %
Alliance Lim Teng Kwang 21,050 93.09
PMIP M. Saleh Shafie 1,563 6.91
Total valid votes 22,613 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 22,613 88.40
Registered electors 25,580
Majority 19,487
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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