Kota Setar (federal constituency)
Kedah constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1955 |
Constituency abolished | 1959 |
Constituency re-created | 1974 |
Constituency re-abolished | 1995 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 1990 |
Kota Setar was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1955 to 1959 and 1974 to 1995. It was created in the 1959 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 1995 when it was redistributed.
Representation history[]
Members of Parliament for Kota Setar | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | |||
Kedah Setar | |||
Federal Legislative Council | |||
1st | 1955-1959 | Alliance (UMNO) | |
Constituency renamed to Kota Star Utara | |||
Constituency created, renamed from Kota Star Utara | |||
4th | 1974-1978 | Abu Bakar Umar | BN (PAS) |
5th | 1978-1982 | PAS | |
6th | 1982-1986 | ||
7th | 1986-1990 | Abdul Hadi Derani | BN (UMNO) |
8th | 1990-1995 | Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman | |
Constituency abolished, renamed to Pokok Sena |
State constituency[]
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Kota Setar | Bukit Raya | ||||||
Derga | |||||||
Langgar | |||||||
Langgar-Limbong | |||||||
Kota Star | Kota Star Barat Laut | ||||||
Kota Star Selatan |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman | 18,223 | 55.09 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Mohamad Shauki Ibrahim | 14,856 | 44.91 | ||
Total valid votes | 33,079 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 737 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 33,816 | 75.08 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Majority | 3,367 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Abdul Hadi Derani | 14,738 | 52.48 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Halim Arshad | 13,344 | 47.52 | ||
Total valid votes | 28,082 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 644 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 28,726 | 72.22 | |||
Registered electors | 39,775 | ||||
Majority | 1,394 | ||||
BN gain from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Abu Bakar Umar | 15,442 | 52.38 | ||
BN | Mustapha Ahmad | 14,039 | 47.62 | ||
Total valid votes | 29,481 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 580 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 30,061 | 81.09 | |||
Registered electors | 37,073 | ||||
Majority | 1,403 | ||||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Abu Bakar Umar | 13,626 | 54.86 | ||
BN | Ghazali Ahmad | 10,991 | 44.25 | ||
Independent | Kasim Ahmad | 222 | 0.89 | ||
Total valid votes | 24,839 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | |||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 31,351 | ||||
Majority | 2,635 | ||||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Abu Bakar Umar | 16,475 | 86.37 | |||
Independent | Kassim Ahmad | 2,094 | 10.98 | |||
Independent | Zakaria Ahmad @ Che Mat | 507 | 2.66 | |||
Total valid votes | 19,076 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | ||||||
Registered electors | 27,565 | |||||
Majority | 14,381 | |||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References[]
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
Categories:
- Defunct Kedah federal constituencies
- Constituencies established in 1974
- Constituencies disestablished in 1995