Malacca Luar (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

{{Short description|Former constituency in Malaysia}}

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Malacca Luar was a federal constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.{{Cite web|url=https://www.parlimen.gov.my/maklumat-umum.html?uweb=dn&lang=en&_print=true|access-date=2021-06-01|website=www.parlimen.gov.my|title=Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia}}

History

It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.

= Representation history =

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Members of Parliament for Malacca Luar

Parliament

!Years

!Member

!Party

colspan="4" |Constituency created
1st

|1955-1959

|Abdul Ghafar Baba
(عبدالغفار باب‎)

|bgcolor="{{party color|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Alliance}}" | {{Font color|white| Alliance (UMNO)}}

colspan="4" |Constituency abolished, split into Malacca Utara and Malacca Selatan

= State constituency =

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |Parliamentary

constituency

! colspan="7" |State constituency

1955–59*

!1959–1974

!1974–1986

!1986–1995

!1995–2004

!2004–2018

!2018–present

rowspan="4" |Malacca Luar

|Alor Gajah East

| colspan="6" bgcolor="dcdcdc" |

Alor Gajah West

| colspan="6" bgcolor="dcdcdc" |

Jasin North

| colspan="6" bgcolor="dcdcdc" |

Jasin South

| colspan="6" bgcolor="dcdcdc" |

Election results

{{MASelec/top|Malayan general|1955|Malacca Luar (federal constituency)|Malacca Luar|percent=yes}}

{{MASelec|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Abdul Ghafar Baba|26,790|90.47}}

{{MASelec|Sarawak People's National Party|Ja'afar Tan|2,821|9.53}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|29,611|100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots||}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots||}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|29,611|88.17}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|33,584|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|6,438|80.94}}

{{MASelec/note|This was a new constituency created.|}}

{{MASelec/source|||hide=* The Straits Times.{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19550729-1.2.82|title=How To People Voted|date=July 29, 1955|publisher=The Straits Times|pages=7|language=|access-date=February 12, 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19550616-1.2.18|title=People and Parties in the Pools|date=June 16, 1955|publisher=The Straits Times|pages=2|language=en|access-date=February 12, 2021}}}}

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