Kota Star Selatan
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 Kedah constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
Kota Star Selatan was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
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[edit]
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history[edit]
| Members of Parliament for Kota Star Selatan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Kedah Tengah | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | P008 | 1959-1963 | Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam (وان سليمان وان تم) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | P008 | 1963-1964 | Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam (وان سليمان وان تم) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Mahathir Mohamad (محاضير محمد) | ||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | P008 | 1971-1973 | Yusof Rawa (يوسف بن عبدالله) | PMIP |
| 1973-1974 | BN (PMIP) | |||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Ulu Muda | ||||
State constituency[edit]
| 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[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMIP | Yusof Abdullah | 13,021 | 51.97 |  12.19 | |
| Alliance | Mahathir Mohamad | 12,032 | 48.03 |  12.19 | |
| Total valid votes | 25,053 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 627 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 25,680 | 80.26 | 2.59 | ||
| Registered electors | 31,995 | ||||
| Majority | 989 | 3.94 | 16.50 | ||
| PMIP gain from Alliance | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Mahathir Mohamad | 12,406 | 60.22 | 8.54 | |
| PMIP | Mohd Sha'ari Abdul Shukor | 8,196 | 39.78 | 8.54 | |
| Total valid votes | 20,602 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 838 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 21,440 | 82.79 | 5.05 | ||
| Registered electors | 25,898 | ||||
| Majority | 4,210 | 20.44 | 17.08 | ||
| 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 | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 16,378 | 77.74 | ||||
| Registered electors | 21,069 | |||||
| Majority | 545 | 3.36 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References[edit]
- ^ 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.