Kota Setar (federal constituency)
Kota Setar was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1995.
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|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1974 |
| Constituency abolished | 1995 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1990 |
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 1995 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Kota Setar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created, renamed from Kota Star Utara | ||||
| 4th | 1974-1978 | Abu Bakar Umar | BN (PAS) | |
| 5th | 1978-1982 | PAS | ||
| 6th | 1982-1986 | |||
| 7th | 1986-1990 | Abdul Hadi Derani | BN (UMNO) | |
| 8th | 1990-1995 | Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman | ||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Pokok Sena | ||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman | 18,223 | 55.09 | ||
| PAS | Mohamad Shauki Ibrahim | 14,856 | 44.91 | ||
| Total valid votes | 33,079 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 737 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 33,816 | 75.08 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Majority | 3,367 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Hadi Derani | 14,738 | 52.48 | ||
| PAS | Halim Arshad | 13,344 | 47.52 | ||
| Total valid votes | 28,082 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 644 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 28,726 | 72.22 | |||
| Registered electors | 39,775 | ||||
| Majority | 1,394 | ||||
| BN gain from PAS | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAS | Abu Bakar Umar | 15,442 | 52.38 | ||
| BN | Mustapha Ahmad | 14,039 | 47.62 | ||
| Total valid votes | 29,481 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 580 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 30,061 | 81.09 | |||
| Registered electors | 37,073 | ||||
| Majority | 1,403 | ||||
| PAS hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAS | Abu Bakar Umar | 13,626 | 54.86 | ||
| BN | Ghazali Ahmad | 10,991 | 44.25 | ||
| Independent | Kasim Ahmad | 222 | 0.89 | ||
| Total valid votes | 24,839 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 31,351 | ||||
| Majority | 2,635 | ||||
| PAS gain from BN | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abu Bakar Umar | 16,475 | 86.37 | |||
| Independent | Kassim Ahmad | 2,094 | 10.98 | |||
| Independent | Zakaria Ahmad @ Che Mat | 507 | 2.66 | |||
| Total valid votes | 19,076 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 27,565 | |||||
| Majority | 14,381 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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