Malacca Tengah

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.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Malacca Tengah
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party	Vote Share
Constituency created from Malacca Central
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P085	1959-1963	Tan Siew Sin (陈修信)	Alliance (MCA)	13,635 74.55%
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P085	1963-1964	Tan Siew Sin (陈修信)	Alliance (MCA)	13,635 74.55%
2nd		1964-1969			18,658 74.14%
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended
3rd	P085	1971-1973	Tan Siew Sin (陈修信)	Alliance (MCA)	13,790 52.15%
		1973-1974		BN (MCA)
Constituency abolished, split into Batu Berendam and Kota Melaka

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Malacca Tengah		Batu Berendam
		Bukit Rambai
		Kandang
		Semabok
		Tanjong Kling

Historical boundaries

State Constituency	Area
	1959
Batu Berendam	Cheng Krubong Malim Paya Rumput Tanjung Minyak
Bukit Rambai	Batang Tiga Bukit Rambai Klebang Pulau Gadong Taman Pokok Mangga
Kandang	Ayer Molek Bukit Lintang Bukit Nibong Kandang Telok Mas
Semabok	Ayer Keroh Bukit Beruang Bukit Katil Duyong Padang Temu
Tanjong Kling	Kampung Tanah Merah Jaya Pantai Puteri Sungai Udang Tangga Batu Tanjong Kling

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	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			0
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			0
Turnout			25,766	84.29	5.65
Registered electors			30,569
Majority			13,327	53.21	4.11
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959: Malacca Tengah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Tan Siew Sin	13,635	74.55
	PMIP	Abdul Majid Hussin	4,655	25.45
Total valid votes			18,290	100.00
Total rejected ballots			187
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			18,477	78.64
Registered electors			23,495
Majority			8,980	49.10
This was a new constituency created.