Kota Star Utara (federal constituency)
Kedah constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1958 |
Constituency abolished | 1974 |
First contested | 1959 |
Last contested | 1969 |
Kota Star Utara was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 Kota Star Utara | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Kota Star | |||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
1st | 1959-1963 | Abdul Khalid Awang Osman | Alliance (UMNO) |
Parliament of Malaysia | |||
1st | 1963-1964 | Abdul Khalid Awang Osman | Alliance (UMNO) |
2nd | 1964-1969 | ||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
3rd | 1971-1973 | Mawardi Lebai Teh | PMIP |
1973-1974 | BN (PMIP) | ||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kota Setar |
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 Star Utara | Langgar-Limbong | ||||||
Pokok Sena |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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PMIP | Mawardi Lebai Teh | 12,176 | 53.73 | ||
Alliance | Mohamed Zahir Ismail | 10,487 | 46.27 | ||
Total valid votes | 22,663 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 805 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 23,468 | 79.16 | |||
Registered electors | 29,646 | ||||
Majority | 1,689 | ||||
PMIP gain from Alliance | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Abdul Khalid Awang Osman | 11,847 | 63.12 | ||
PMIP | Abu Bakar Umar | 6,922 | 36.88 | ||
Total valid votes | 18,769 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 835 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 19,604 | 81.74 | |||
Registered electors | 23,982 | ||||
Majority | 4,925 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Alliance | Abdul Khalid Awang Osman | 8,942 | 58.75 | |||
PMIP | Abu Bakar Umar | 6,279 | 41.25 | |||
Total valid votes | 15,221 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 191 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 15,412 | 76.86 | ||||
Registered electors | 20,053 | |||||
Majority | 2,663 | |||||
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