Wellesley South (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

{{Short description|Federal constituency in Malaysia}}

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Wellesley South was a federal constituency in Penang, 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 Wellesley South

Parliament

!Years

!Member

!Party

colspan="4" |Constituency created
1st

|1955–1959

|Tay Hooi Soo
(戴惠思)

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

colspan="4" |Constituency abolished, split into Seberang Selatan and Seberang Tengah

= State constituency =

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |Parliamentary

constituency

! colspan="7" |State constituency

1955–1959*

!1959–1974

!1974–1986

!1986–1995

!1995–2004

!2004–2018

!2018–present

rowspan="3" |Wellesley South

|Batu Kawan

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Bukit Mertajam

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

Province Wellesley South

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Election results

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

{{MASelec|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Tay Hooi Soo|15,697|81.67}}

{{MASelec|Pan-Malayan Islamic Party|Tuan Zabidi|3,523|18.33}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|19,220|100.00}}

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

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

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|19,220|79.90}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|24,055|}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|12,174|63.34}}

{{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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