Kubang Pasu Barat (federal constituency)

Kubang Pasu Barat

Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Kubang Pasu Barat 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]

State constituency[edit]

Election results[edit]

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Umar	10,087	50.22	10.45
	Alliance	Senu Abdul Rahman	9,999	49.78	10.45
Total valid votes			20,086	100.00
Total rejected ballots			598
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			20,684	75.84	1.16
Registered electors			27,275
Majority			88	0.44	20.42
	PMIP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Senu Abdul Rahman	9,942	60.23	0.39
	PMIP	Bakar Hanafiah	6,566	39.77	0.39
Total valid votes			16,508	100.00
Total rejected ballots			703
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,211	77.00	3.34
Registered electors			22,351
Majority			3,376	20.46	0.78
	Alliance hold		Swing

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