George Town (Federal Legislative Council constituency) explained

George Town
Fed-Abolished:1959
Demo-Electors-Ref:[1]
Fed-Election-Last:1955
Fed-Election-First:1955
Fed-Created:1955
State:Penang
Fed-Status:defunct

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.[2]

History

It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.

State constituency

ParliamentaryconstituencyState constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
George TownKelawei
North Coast
Tanjong East
Tanjong West

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. 2020-01-29. 3. ms. 2018-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425183951/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/HargaDPIST42017_PRU14.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia. 2021-06-01. www.parlimen.gov.my.