Malacca Selatan (federal constituency)

Malacca Selatan

Malacca constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Malacca Selatan was a federal constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

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

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Malacca Selatan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Hassan Mansor	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Hassan Mansor	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Abdul Karim Abu
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Ahmad Ithnin	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 30 January 1971
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
Ahmad was elected to Parliament in the Malacca Selatan by-election, 1971. Malacca Selatan is the only remaining constituency where elections have not been completed in the Malaysian general election, 1969.
	Alliance	Ahmad Ithnin	14,766	60.95
	PMIP	Mohammad Taha Kalu	5,482	22.63
	Independent	Gan Hong Hui	2,655	10.96
	PSRM	Omar Abdullah	1,325	5.47
Total valid votes			24,228	100.00
Total rejected ballots			471
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,699	68.17
Registered electors			36,232
Majority			9,284
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Karim Abu
	Socialist Front	Jaafar Tan	7,150
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Hassan Mansor
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.