Kota Setar (federal constituency)

Kota Setar
Kedah constituency
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
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		PAS
7th	1986-1990	Abdul Hadi Derani	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990-1995	Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman	BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Pokok Sena

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	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	Kota Star Selatan

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	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		?

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	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		?

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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.