Malacca Tengah

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

Malacca Tengah 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.

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Malacca Tengah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tan Siew Sin	13,790	52.15	21.99
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Kampo Radjo Baginda Kayo	6,490	24.55	24.55
	PMIP	Mohamed Kamal Sudin	6,161	23.30	18.36
Total valid votes			26,441	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,620
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,061	78.79	5.50
Registered electors			35,617
Majority			7,300	27.60	25.61
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964: Malacca Tengah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tan Siew Sin	18,568	74.14	0.41
	Socialist Front	Hasnul Abdul Hadi	5,241	20.93	20.93
	PMIP	Mohamed Kamal Sudin	1,236	4.94	20.51
Total valid votes			25,045	100.00
Total rejected ballots			721
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,766	84.29	5.65
Registered electors			30,569
Majority			13,327	53.21	4.11
	Alliance hold		Swing

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