Kota Setar (federal constituency)
Kedah constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1974 |
Constituency abolished | 1995 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 1990 |
Kota Setar was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1995.
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 1995 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
Members of Parliament for Kota Setar | ||||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
Constituency created, renamed from Kota Star Utara | ||||
4th | 1974-1978 | Abu Bakar Umar | BN (PAS) | |
5th | 1978-1982 | PAS | ||
6th | 1982-1986 | |||
7th | 1986-1990 | Abdul Hadi Derani | BN (UMNO) | |
8th | 1990-1995 | Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman | ||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Pokok Sena |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman | 18,223 | 55.09 | |
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PAS | 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 | ||||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | BN
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Abdul Hadi Derani | 14,738 | 52.48 | |
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PAS | 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 | ||||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|BN]] | Swing | PAS
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PAS | Abu Bakar Umar | 15,442 | 52.38 | |
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | 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 | ||||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | PAS
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PAS | Abu Bakar Umar | 13,626 | 54.86 | |
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Ghazali Ahmad | 10,991 | 44.25 | |
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BEBAS | 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 | ||||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[|PAS]] | Swing | BN
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Abu Bakar Umar | 16,475 | 86.37 | ||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BEBAS | Kassim Ahmad | 2,094 | 10.98 | ||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BEBAS | 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.