Ulu Muda

Ulu Muda
Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

Ulu 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 Ulu Muda
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Yusof Rawa	BN
5th	1978-1982	Hashim Endut
6th	1982-1983	Hashim Endut
6th	1983-1986	Othman Abdul
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 16 March 1983: Ulu Muda
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Hashim Endut after he was convicted and fined $5,500 by a magistrate's court for not keeping proper accounts of sale, purchase and storage of rice and for stocking rice from illegal sources.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Othman Abdul	14,939	58.90
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Mohd. Nakhaie Ahmad	10,266	40.47
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Ahmad Bakar	159	0.63
Total valid votes			25,364	100.00
Total rejected ballots			333
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,697	75.28
Registered electors			34,133
Majority			4,673
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1982: Ulu Muda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Hashim Endut	15,271	56.60
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Ali @ Fadzil Md Noor	11,711	43.40
Total valid votes			26,982	100.00
Total rejected ballots			821
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			27,803	81.29
Registered electors			34,203
Majority			3,560
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1978: Ulu Muda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Hashim Endut	11,195	51.93
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Harun Jusoh	10,097	46.84
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Mohamed Zabidi Ahmad	266	1.23
Total valid votes			21,558	100.00
Total rejected ballots			559
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,117	80.12
Registered electors			27,605
Majority			1,098
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1974: Ulu Muda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Yusof Abdullah won uncontested.
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Yusof Abdullah
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			26,625
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References