Bandar Malacca

Bandar Malacca

Malacca constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Bandar Malacca was a federal constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bandar Malacca
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party	Vote Share
Constituency created Malacca Central
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P086	1959-1963	Tan Kee Gak (陈期岳)	Malayan	9,396 52.69%
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P086	1963-1964	Tan Kee Gak (陈期岳)	Alliance (MCA)	9,396 52.69%
2nd		1964-1969			13,789 49.41%
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended
3rd	P086	1971-1974	Lim Kit Siang (林吉祥)	DAP	18,562 60.80%
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kota Melaka

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Bandar Malacca		Kota Barat
		Kota Selatan
		Kota Tengah
		Kota Timor
		Kota Utara

Historical boundaries

State Constituency	Area
	1959–1974
Kota Barat	Kampung Limbongan Klebang Jaya Taman Kenaga Taman Siantan Tranquerah
Kota Selatan	Jonker Street Jalan Parameswara Kota Melaka Kubu Melaka Raya
Kota Tengah	Kampung Chetti Kampung Empat Kampung Hulu Kampung Lama Kampung Pengkalan Rama
Kota Timor	Bandar Hilir Bukit Cina Bukit Senjuang Melaka Raya Perkampungan Portugis
Kota Utara	Durian Daun Kampung Mata Kuching Kampung Pengkalan Rama Peringgit Taman Bendahara

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Bandar Malacca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Kit Siang	18,562	60.80	60.80
	Alliance	Koh Kim Leng	7,346	24.06	25.35
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Hasnul Abdul Hadi	4,621	15.14	15.14
Total valid votes			30,529	100.00
Total rejected ballots			955
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			31,484	73.77	11.83
Registered electors			42,679
Majority			11,216	36.74	25.52
	DAP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964: Bandar Malacca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tan Kee Gak	13,789	49.41	3.58
	Socialist Front	Yeoh Ho Huat	10,658	38.19	38.19
	PAP	Chua Sian Chin	3,461	12.40	12.40
Total valid votes			27,908	100.00
Total rejected ballots			467
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			28,375	85.60	5.21
Registered electors			33,148
Majority			3,131	11.22	4.36
	Alliance gain from Malayan Party		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959: Bandar Malacca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Malayan Party	Tan Kee Gak	9,396	52.69
	Alliance	Wong Koon Yoon	8,173	45.83
	Independent	Yeoh Ho Huat	265	1.49
Total valid votes			17,834	100.00
Total rejected ballots			122
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,956	80.39
Registered electors			22,337
Majority			1,223	6.86
This was a new constituency created.