Kedah Tengah

Kedah Tengah

Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1955
Last contested	1969

Kedah Tengah was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 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 Kedah Tengah
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Federal Legislative Council
1st		1955–1959	Mohamed Khir Johari (محمد خير بن جوهري)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P009	1959–1963	Mohamed Khir Johari (محمد خير بن جوهري)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P009	1963–1964	Mohamed Khir Johari (محمد خير بن جوهري)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd		1964–1969
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd	P009	1971–1973	Mohamed Khir Johari (محمد خير بن جوهري)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1973–1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Ulu Muda and Kuala Muda

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kedah Tengah	Jerai
		Kota
		Sik-Gurun
	Sik-Gurun-Kota

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969 : Kedah Tengah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Khir Johari	13,958	54.65	20.30
	PMIP	Ahmad Othman	11,583	45.35	20.30
Total valid votes			25,541	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,136
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			26,677	75.57	0.82
Registered electors			35,302
Majority			2,375	9.30	40.60
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964 : Kedah Tengah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Khir Johari	16,042	74.95	8.42
	PMIP	Hussain Che Dol	5,362	25.05	1.13
Total valid votes			21,404	100.00
Total rejected ballots			885
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			22,289	74.72	0.68
Registered electors			29,829
Majority			10,680	49.90	6.55
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 30 September 1959: Kedah Tengah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
Khir was elected to Parliament in the Kedah Tengah by-election, 1959. Kedah Tengah is the only remaining constituency where elections have not been completed in the Malayan general election, 1959.
	Alliance	Mohamed Khir Johari	11,271	66.53	29.03
	PMIP	Hussain Che Dol	4,435	26.18	26.18
	Socialist Front	Mohamed Shariff Babul	1,234	7.28	7.28
Total valid votes			16,940	100.00
Total rejected ballots			223
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,163	75.40	4.40
Registered electors			22,762
Majority			6,836	43.35	47.81
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1955 : Kedah Tengah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Mohamed Khir Johari	31,077	95.56
	NEGARA	Puteh Napa	1,431	4.40
Total valid votes			32,508	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,508	89.80
Registered electors			36,200
Majority			29,646	91.16
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times. [3] [4]

References

1. 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.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
3. "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
4. "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.