Kota Star Utara
 Kedah constituency | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PMIP | Mawardi Lebai Teh | 12,176 | 53.73 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | 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 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|PMIP]] | Swing | Alliance
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Abdul Khalid Awang Osman | 11,847 | 63.12 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | 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 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | Alliance
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Abdul Khalid Awang Osman | 8,942 | 58.75 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | 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.