Ulu Muda (federal constituency)

Ulu Muda was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

Ulu Muda

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 Ulu Muda
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Kota Star Selatan
4th	1974-1978	Yusof Rawa	BN (PAS)
5th	1978-1982	Hashim Endut	BN (UMNO)
6th	1982-1983
	1983-1986	Othman Abdul
Constituency abolished, renamed to Pendang

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 16 March 1983
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	%	∆%
	BN	Othman Abdul	14,939	58.90
	PAS	Mohd. Nakhaie Ahmad	10,266	40.47
	Independent	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
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hashim Endut	15,271	56.60
	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
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hashim Endut	11,195	51.93
	PAS	Harun Jusoh	10,097	46.84
	Independent	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
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Yusof Abdullah won uncontested.
	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.

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