Kuala Lumpur Timor (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

Kuala Lumpur Timor was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.

Kuala Lumpur Timor

Selangor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1959
First contested	1955
Last contested	1955

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.^[1]

History

It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kuala Lumpur Timor
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1955–1959	Cheah Ewe Keat (谢有吉)	Alliance (MCA)
Constituency abolished, split into Setapak and Bukit Bintang

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kuala Lumpur Timor	Kuala Lumpur Municipality East
	Kuala Lumpur East

Election Result

Malayan general election, 1955: Kuala Lumpur Timor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Cheah Ewe Keat	6,790	66.41
	NEGARA	Mohd Salleh Hakim	2,431	23.78
	Independent	Abdul Wahab Majid	1,003	9.81
Total valid votes			10,224	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,224	78.76
Registered electors			12,981
Majority			4,359	42.63
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times.[2][3]

References

1. "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
2. "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
3. "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.