Kuala Muda (federal constituency)
Kuala Muda was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.
 Kedah constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1974 |
| Constituency abolished | 1986 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1982 |
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 Kuala Muda | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created, renamed from Kedah Tengah | |||
| 4th | 1974-1978 | Mohamed Khir Johari | BN (UMNO) |
| 5th | 1978-1982 | ||
| 6th | 1982-1986 | Abdul Daim Zainuddin | |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Merbok | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Kuala Muda | Jeniang | ||||||
| Merbok | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Daim Zainuddin | 21,782 | 73.82 | ||
| PAS | Ghazali Din | 7,724 | 26.18 | ||
| Total valid votes | 29,506 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,064 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 30,570 | 76.79 | |||
| Registered electors | 39,810 | ||||
| Majority | 14,058 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Mohamed Khir Johari | 17,761 | 68.30 | ||
| PAS | Ghazali Din | 8,243 | 31.70 | ||
| Total valid votes | 26,004 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 34,354 | ||||
| Majority | 9,518 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Mohamed Khir Johari won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Mohamed Khir Johari | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 29,599 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
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