Trengganu Tengah
| Defunct federal constituency | |
|---|---|
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
Trengganu Tengah was a federal constituency in Terengganu, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1974.
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 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 Trengganu Tengah | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | ||||
| Federal Legislative Council | ||||
| 1st | 1955–1959 | Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir (اڠكو موهسإين عبدالقادر) |
Alliance (UMNO) | |
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | P030 | 1959–1963 | Harun Pilus (هارون ڤيلوس) | PMIP |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | P030 | 1963–1964 | Harun Pilus (هارون ڤيلوس) | PMIP |
| 2nd | 1964–1969 | Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir (اڠكو موهسإين عبدالقادر) |
Alliance (UMNO) | |
| 1969–1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | P030 | 1971–1973 | Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir (اڠكو موهسإين عبدالقادر) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
| 1973–1974 | BN (UMNO) | |||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Ulu Trengganu | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Trengganu Tengah | Binjai | ||||||
| Bukit Besar | |||||||
| Kuala Trengganu Barat | |||||||
| Kuala Trengganu Selatan | |||||||
| Kuala Trengganu Tengah | |||||||
| Kuala Trengganu Utara | |||||||
| Ulu Trengganu Barat | |||||||
| Ulu Trengganu Timor | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir | 12,157 | 51.06 | ||
| PMIP | Abdul Rashid Su | 11,651 | 48.94 | ||
| Total valid votes | 23,808 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,399 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 25,207 | 80.49 | |||
| Registered electors | 31,316 | ||||
| Majority | 506 | 2.12 | |||
| Alliance hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir | 11,002 | 55.18 | ||
| PMIP | Che Su Mahmood Amar | 7,393 | 37.08 | ||
| Socialist Front | Abdul Latif Fakeh | 1,156 | 5.80 | ||
| National Party | Abu Bakar Arshadi | 388 | 1.95 | ||
| Total valid votes | 19,939 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 882 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 20,821 | 80.76 | |||
| Registered electors | 25,780 | ||||
| Majority | 3,609 | 18.10 | |||
| Alliance gain from PMIP | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMIP | Harun Pilus | 8,625 | 59.34 | ||
| Alliance | Ismail Kassim | 4,954 | 34.08 | ||
| Independent | Setia Abu Bakar | 758 | 5.21 | ||
| Independent | Engku Sayed Mohsin Zabidin | 199 | 1.37 | ||
| Total valid votes | 14,536 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 188 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 14,724 | 70.91 | |||
| Registered electors | 20,765 | ||||
| Majority | 3,671 | 25.26 | |||
| PMIP gain from Alliance | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Engku Muhsin Abdul Kadir | 19,038 | 80.05 | |||
| NEGARA | Suleiman Ali | 4,746 | 19.95 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,784 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,784 | 70.48 | ||||
| Registered electors | 33,747 | |||||
| Majority | 14,292 | 60.10 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||
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.
- ^ "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.