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.

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 30 January 1971: Malacca Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
Ahmad was elected to Parliament in the Malacca Selatan by-election, 1971. Election for Malacca Selatan federal constituency and another 40 federal constituencies in Sabah and Sarawak were postponed from the scheduled date, 10 May 1969.
	Alliance	Ahmad Ithnin	14,766	60.95	11.34
	PMIP	Mohammad Taha Kalu	5,482	22.63	22.63
	Independent	Gan Hong Hui	2,655	10.96	10.96
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Omar Abdullah	1,325	5.47	5.47
Total valid votes			24,228	100.00
Total rejected ballots			471
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,699	68.17	14.91
Registered electors			36,232
Majority			9,284	38.32	6.26
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964: Malacca Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Karim Abu	18,649	72.29	16.15
	Socialist Front	Jaafar Mohd Tan	7,150	27.71	1.16
Total valid votes			25,799	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,139
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,938	83.08	1.73
Registered electors			32,425
Majority			11,499	44.58	17.31
	Alliance hold		Swing

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