Kedah Tengah (federal constituency)

Kedah Tengah was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Kedah Tengah

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 Kedah Tengah
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Mohamed Khir Johari	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Mohamed Khir Johari	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Mohamed Khir Johari	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kuala Muda

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Khir Johari	13,958	54.65
	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
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Khir Johari	16,042	74.95
	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
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 30 September 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
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.
	Alliance	Mohamed Khir Johari	11,271	66.53
	PMIP	Hussain Che Dol	4,435	26.18
	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

1. 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.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.