Kelantan Timor (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

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

Kelantan Timor

Kelantan 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 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 Kelantan Timor
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1955–1959	Nik Hassan Nik Yahya (نئ حسن نئ يحي)	Alliance (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Bachok and Pasir Puteh

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kelantan Timor	Bachok Selatan
	Bachok Utara
	Pasir Puteh Selatan
	Pasir Puteh Utara

Election results

Malayan general election, 1955: Kelantan Timor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Nik Hasan Nik Yahya	30,954	81.14
	NEGARA	Ahmad Dato Nara di-Raja	4,019	10.54
	PMIP	Mohamed Asri Muda	2,292	6.01
	Independent	Mohamed Ibrahim	883	2.31
Total valid votes			38,148	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			38,148	84.72
Registered electors			45,028
Majority			6,438	70.60
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times.[2][3]