Kota Star Selatan (federal constituency)
Kota Star Selatan was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
 Kedah constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
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 Selatan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam | Alliance (UMNO) |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Mahathir Mohamad | |
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Yusof Rawa | PMIP |
| 1973-1974 | BN (PMIP) | ||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Ulu Muda | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Kota Star Selatan | Kangkong-Bukit Raya | ||||||
| Pendang | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMIP | Yusof Abdullah | 13,021 | 51.97 | ||
| Alliance | Mahathir Mohamad | 12,032 | 48.03 | ||
| Total valid votes | 25,053 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 627 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 25,680 | 80.26 | |||
| Registered electors | 31,995 | ||||
| Majority | 989 | ||||
| PMIP gain from Alliance | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Mahathir Mohamad | 12,406 | 60.22 | ||
| PMIP | Mohd Sha'ari Abdul Shukor | 8,196 | 39.78 | ||
| Total valid votes | 20,602 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 838 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 21,440 | 82.79 | |||
| Registered electors | 25,898 | ||||
| Majority | 4,210 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam | 8,369 | 51.68 | |||
| PMIP | Othman Yunus | 7,824 | 48.32 | |||
| Total valid votes | 16,193 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 185 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 16,378 | 77.74 | ||||
| Registered electors | 21,069 | |||||
| Majority | 545 | |||||
| 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.
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