Kedah Tengah (federal constituency)
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1955 |
Constituency abolished | 1974 |
First contested | 1955 |
Last contested | 1969 |
Kedah Tengah was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1974.
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 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 Kedah Tengah | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | |||
Federal Legislative Council | |||
1st | 1955-1959 | Mohamed Khir Johari | Alliance (UMNO) |
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
1st | 1959-1963 | Mohamed Khir Johari | Alliance (UMNO) |
Parliament of Malaysia | |||
1st | 1963-1964 | Mohamed Khir Johari | Alliance (UMNO) |
2nd | 1964-1969 | ||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
3rd | 1971-1973 | Mohamed Khir Johari | Alliance (UMNO) |
1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | ||
Constituency abolished, split into Ulu Muda and Kuala Muda |
State constituency[]
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Kedah Tengah | Jerai | ||||||
Kota | |||||||
Sik-Gurun | |||||||
Sik-Gurun-Kota |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Mohamed Khir Johari | 13,958 | 54.65 | ||
PMIP | Ahmad Othman | 11,583 | 45.35 | ||
Total valid votes | 25,541 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,136 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 26,677 | 75.57 | |||
Registered electors | 35,302 | ||||
Majority | 2,375 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Mohamed Khir Johari | 16,042 | 74.95 | ||
PMIP | Hussain Che Dol | 5,362 | 25.05 | ||
Total valid votes | 21,404 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 885 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 22,289 | 74.72 | |||
Registered electors | 29,829 | ||||
Majority | 10,680 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Khir was elected to Parliament in the Kedah Tengah by-election, 1959. Kedah Tengah is the only remaining constituency where elections have not been completed in the Malayan general election, 1959. | ||||||
Alliance | Mohamed Khir Johari | 11,271 | 66.53 | |||
PMIP | Hussain Che Dol | 4,435 | 26.18 | |||
Socialist Front | Mohamed Shariff Babul | 1,234 | 7.28 | |||
Total valid votes | 16,940 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | ||||||
Registered electors | 22,762 | |||||
Majority | 6,836 | |||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References[]
- ^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
Categories:
- Defunct Kedah federal constituencies
- Constituencies established in 1958
- Constituencies disestablished in 1974