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Federal Legislative Council 1955 Results — All Seats

Kedah — Full results of Federal Legislative Council 1955: 6 seats across 11 states — the winner of every seat, coalition seat totals, turnout and majorities. PERIKATAN won the most seats (6).

Votes vs Seats →
Seats60 unopposed
Total Voters193,789
Turnout87.4%
Valid Votes166,2231.89% rejected
Candidates132.17 per seat
Women winners00 women candidates
Lost deposit7
Marginal seats (<5%)0

Seat Composition — Kedah

6
PERIKATAN 6

Seats & popular vote

CoalitionWon% seatsPopular vote
PERIKATAN 6 100.0% 93.3%
Independent / no coalition 0 0.0% 6.7%

Popular vote % is computed from contested seats.

Winning Margin Number of seats by majority (% of valid votes)

Turnout distribution Number of seats by turnout %

Marginal Seats

  1. 1 P.040 Kedah UtaraKedah · Syed Ahmad bin Syed Mahmud Shahabudin (UMNO) 84.30%
  2. 2 P.039 Kota StarKedah · Tunku Kassim Ibni Almarhom Sultan Abdul Hamid (UMNO) 85.31%
  3. 3 P.043 Kedah SelatanKedah · Lim Teng Kwang (MCA) 86.18%
  4. 4 P.038 Alor StarKedah · Lee Thean Hin (MCA) 87.98%
  5. 5 P.042 Sungei MudaKedah · Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj (UMNO) 89.44%
  6. 6 P.041 Kedah TengahKedah · Mohamed Khir bin Johari (UMNO) 91.20%

Safest Seats

  1. 1 P.041 Kedah TengahKedah · Mohamed Khir bin Johari (UMNO) 91.20%
  2. 2 P.042 Sungei MudaKedah · Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj (UMNO) 89.44%
  3. 3 P.038 Alor StarKedah · Lee Thean Hin (MCA) 87.98%
  4. 4 P.043 Kedah SelatanKedah · Lim Teng Kwang (MCA) 86.18%
  5. 5 P.039 Kota StarKedah · Tunku Kassim Ibni Almarhom Sultan Abdul Hamid (UMNO) 85.31%
  6. 6 P.040 Kedah UtaraKedah · Syed Ahmad bin Syed Mahmud Shahabudin (UMNO) 84.30%

Seats 6

P.038 Alor Star
Kedah · 2 candidates · Turnout 85.5%
Lee Thean Hin MCA
Majority 26,113 (88.0%) · vs NEG
P.039 Kota Star
Kedah · 2 candidates · Turnout 88.6%
Tunku Kassim Ibni Almarhom Sultan Abdul Hamid UMNO
Majority 25,189 (85.3%) · vs NEG
P.040 Kedah Utara
Kedah · 3 candidates · Turnout 85.8%
Syed Ahmad bin Syed Mahmud Shahabudin UMNO
Majority 23,966 (84.3%) · vs BEBAS
P.041 Kedah Tengah
Kedah · 2 candidates · Turnout 88.9%
Mohamed Khir bin Johari UMNO
Majority 29,646 (91.2%) · vs NEG
P.042 Sungei Muda
Kedah · 2 candidates · Turnout 87.2%
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj UMNO
Majority 20,987 (89.4%) · vs BEBAS
P.043 Kedah Selatan
Kedah · 2 candidates · Turnout 88.7%
Lim Teng Kwang MCA
Majority 19,487 (86.2%) · vs PAS