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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1955 |
Constituency abolished | 1959 |
First contested | 1955 |
Last contested | 1955 |
George Town 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.[1]
It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Members of Parliament for George Town | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | |||
1st | 1955-1959 | Chee Swee Ee (徐瑞意) |
Alliance (MCA) |
Constituency abolished, split into Tanjong and Penang Utara |
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
George Town | Kelawei | ||||||
North Coast | |||||||
Tanjong East | |||||||
Tanjong West |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Alliance | Chee Swee Ee | 7,253 | 70.20 | |||
Labour Party of Malaya | Ooi Thiam Siew | 2,650 | 25.69 | |||
Independent | Cheah Phee Aik | 429 | 4.15 | |||
Total valid votes | 10,332 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 10,332 | 52.60 | ||||
Registered electors | 19,643 | |||||
Majority | 4,603 | 44.51 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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