 Kedah constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
Kulim Utara 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
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Kulim Utara | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Kedah Selatan | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | P013 | 1959-1963 | Hanafi Mohd Yunus (حنفي محمد يونس) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | P013 | 1963-1964 | Hanafi Mohd Yunus (حنفي محمد يونس) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | P013 | 1971-1973 | Bibi Aishah Hamid Don (بيبي عايشه حميد دون) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
| 1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | |||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Padang Serai | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Kulim Utara | Lunas | ||||||
| Sidam | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Bibi Aishah Hamid Don | 12,131 | 67.68 |  8.98
| |
| PMIP | Md. Zahari Shaari | 5,792 | 32.32 |  8.98
| |
| Total valid votes | 17,923 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,096 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 19,019 | 73.61 | 1.97
| ||
| Registered electors | 25,839 | ||||
| Majority | 6,339 | 35.36 | 17.96
| ||
| Alliance hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Hanafi Mohd Yunus | 12,839 | 76.66 | 6.24
| |
| PMIP | Khatib Shorbaini Hassan | 3,910 | 23.34 | 6.24
| |
| Total valid votes | 16,749 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,484 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 18,233 | 75.58 | 1.16
| ||
| Registered electors | 24,125 | ||||
| Majority | 8,929 | 53.32 | 12.48
| ||
| Alliance hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Hanafi Mohd Yunus | 12,281 | 82.90 | |||
| PMIP | Khatib Shorbaini Hassan | 2,533 | 17.10 | |||
| Total valid votes | 14,814 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 310 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 15,124 | 76.74 | ||||
| Registered electors | 19,708 | |||||
| Majority | 9,748 | 65.80 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- ^ 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.
This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at 17:46