Kuala Muda (federal constituency)
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1974 |
Constituency abolished | 1986 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 1982 |
Kuala Muda was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.
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 1986 when it was redistributed.
Representation history[]
Members of Parliament for Kuala Muda | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created, renamed from Kedah Tengah | |||
4th | 1974-1978 | Mohamed Khir Johari | BN (UMNO) |
5th | 1978-1982 | ||
6th | 1982-1986 | Abdul Daim Zainuddin | |
Constituency abolished, renamed to Merbok |
State constituency[]
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Kuala Muda | Jeniang | ||||||
Merbok |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Abdul Daim Zainuddin | 21,782 | 73.82 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Ghazali Din | 7,724 | 26.18 | ||
Total valid votes | 29,506 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,064 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 30,570 | 76.79 | |||
Registered electors | 39,810 | ||||
Majority | 14,058 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Mohamed Khir Johari | 17,761 | 68.30 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Ghazali Din | 8,243 | 31.70 | ||
Total valid votes | 26,004 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | |||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 34,354 | ||||
Majority | 9,518 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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On the nomination day, Mohamed Khir Johari won uncontested. | ||||||
BN | Mohamed Khir Johari | |||||
Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | ||||||
Registered electors | 29,599 | |||||
Majority | ||||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References[]
Categories:
- Defunct Kedah federal constituencies
- Constituencies established in 1974
- Constituencies disestablished in 1986