Kedah Tengah
Appearance
Kedah constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1958 |
Constituency abolished | 1974 |
First contested | 1959 |
Last contested | 1969 |
Kedah Tengah 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 Kedah Tengah | ||||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
Constituency created | ||||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | 1959-1963 | Mohamed Khir Johari | Alliance | |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | 1963-1964 | Mohamed Khir Johari | Alliance | |
2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
3rd | 1971-1973 | Mohamed Khir Johari | Alliance | |
1973-1974 | BN | |||
Constituency abolished |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Mohamed Khir Johari | 13,958 | 54.65 | |
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PMIP | Ahmad Othman | 11,583 | 45.35 | |
Total valid votes | 25,541 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,136 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 26,677 | 75.57 | |||
Registered electors | 35,302 | ||||
Majority | 2,375 | ||||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | Alliance
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Mohamed Khir Johari | 16,042 | 74.95 | |
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PMIP | Hussain Che Dol | 5,362 | 25.05 | |
Total valid votes | 21,404 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 885 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 22,289 | 74.72 | |||
Registered electors | 29,829 | ||||
Majority | 10,680 | ||||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | Alliance
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Khir was elected to Parliament in the Kedah Tengah by-election, 1959. Kedah Tengah is the only remaining constituency where elections have not been completed in the Malayan general election, 1959. | ||||||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Mohamed Khir Johari | 11,271 | 66.53 | ||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PMIP | Hussain Che Dol | 4,435 | 26.18 | ||
[[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Socialist Front | Mohamed Shariff Babul | 1,234 | 7.28 | ||
Total valid votes | 16,940 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | ||||||
Registered electors | 22,762 | |||||
Majority | 6,836 | |||||
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.
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