Bandar Malacca (federal constituency)

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

Bandar Malacca 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 Bandar Malacca
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Tan Kee Gak	Malayan Party
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Tan Kee Gak	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Tan Kee Gak	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1974	Lim Kit Siang	DAP
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Kit Siang	18,562	60.80
	Alliance	Koh Kim Leng	7,346	24.06
	Parti Rakyat	Hasnul Abdul Hadi	4,621	15.14
Total valid votes			30,529	100.00
Total rejected ballots			955
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			31,484	73.77
Registered electors			42,679
Majority			11,216
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tan Kee Gak	13,789	49.41
	Socialist Front	Yeoh Ho Huat	10,658	38.19
	PAP	Chua Sian Chin	3,461	12.40
Total valid votes			27,908	100.00
Total rejected ballots			467
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,375	85.60
Registered electors			33,148
Majority			3,131
	Alliance gain from Malayan Party		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959
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
This was a new constituency created.

References

↑ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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