Trengganu Utara (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
Federal constituency in Malaysia
Malaysian electoral constituency
Trengganu Utara
Terengganu constituency
Defunct federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
Constituency created1955
Constituency abolished1959
First contested1955
Last contested1955

Trengganu Utara was a federal constituency in Terengganu, 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.[1]

History

It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Trengganu Utara
ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Constituency created
1st1955–1959Ibrahim Fikri Mohamed
(إبراهيم فيكري محمد)		Alliance (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Besut and Kuala Trengganu Utara

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1954–1959*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
Trengganu UtaraBandar Kuala Trengganu
Kuala Besut
Ladang
Setiu
Ulu Besut

Election results

Malayan general election, 1955: Trengganu Utara
PartyCandidateVotes%
AllianceIbrahim Fikri22,04188.49
NEGARAMohd Salleh Ahmad2,86611.51
Total valid votes24,907100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout24,90780.55
Registered electors30,921
Majority19,17576.98
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s)

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.
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