Kuala Lumpur Barat (federal constituency)

Kuala Lumpur Barat
Selangor constituency
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1959
First contested	1955
Last contested	1955

Kuala Lumpur Barat was a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and was 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 Kuala Lumpur Barat
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1955-1959	Omar Ong Yoke Lin (翁毓麟）	Alliance (MCA)
Constituency abolished, split into Bungsar and Batu

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kuala Lumpur Barat	Kuala Lumpur Municipality West
Kuala Lumpur Barat	Kuala Lumpur West

References[]

^ "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

[1] "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

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