Kubang Pasu Barat (federal constituency)

Kubang Pasu Barat
Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Kubang Pasu Barat 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 Kubang Pasu Barat
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kedah Utara
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963		Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Azahari Ibrahim	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969	Senu Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973		PMIP
3rd	1973-1974		BN (PMIP)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kubang Pasu

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kubang Pasu Barat		Jerlun-Kodiang
Kubang Pasu Barat		Tunjang

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Umar	10,087	50.22
	Alliance	Senu Abdul Rahman	9,999	49.78
Total valid votes			20,086	100.00
Total rejected ballots			598
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,684	75.84
Registered electors			27,275
Majority			88
	PMIP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Senu Abdul Rahman	9,942	60.23
	PMIP	Bakar Hanafiah	6,566	39.77
Total valid votes			16,508	100.00
Total rejected ballots			703
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,211	77.00
Registered electors			22,351
Majority			3,376
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Azahari Ibrahim	8,388	59.84
	PMIP	Abdullah Abbas	5,630	40.16
Total valid votes			14,018	100.00
Total rejected ballots			200
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,218	73.66
Registered electors			19,303
Majority			2,758
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.

[1] 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.

[2] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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