Kota Setar (federal constituency)

Kota Setar

Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1959
Constituency re-created	1974
Constituency re-abolished	1995
First contested	1955
Last contested	1990

Kota Setar was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1955 to 1959 and 1974 to 1995. It was created in the 1959 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 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kota Setar
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Kota Star
Federal Legislative Council
1st		1955-1959	Tunku Kassim Sultan Abdul Hamid (تونكو كسسيم سلطان عبدالحميد)	BN (UMNO)
Constituency renamed to Kota Star Utara
Constituency created, renamed from Kota Star Utara
4th	P008	1974-1978	Abu Bakar Umar (ابو بكر عمر)	BN (PAS)
5th		1978-1982		PAS
6th		1982-1986
7th	P006	1986-1990	Abdul Hadi Derani (عبدالهادي دراني)	BN (UMNO)
8th		1990-1995	Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman (وان حنفيه وان مت سامن)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Pokok Sena

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kota Setar			Bukit Raya
				Derga
				Langgar
			Langgar-Limbong
Kota Star	Kota Star Barat Laut
	Kota Star Selatan

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman	18,223	55.09	2.61
	PAS	Mohamad Shauki Ibrahim	14,856	44.91	2.61
Total valid votes			33,079	100.00
Total rejected ballots			737
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			33,816	75.08	2.86
Registered electors			45,042
Majority			3,367	10.18	5.22
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Hadi Derani	14,738	52.48	4.86
	PAS	Halim Arshad	13,344	47.52	4.86
Total valid votes			28,082	100.00
Total rejected ballots			644
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,726	72.22	8.87
Registered electors			39,775
Majority			1,394	4.96	0.20
	BN gain from National Trust Party (Malaysia)-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abu Bakar Umar	15,442	52.38	2.48
	BN	Mustapha Ahmad	14,039	47.62	3.37
Total valid votes			29,481	100.00
Total rejected ballots			580
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			30,061	81.09
Registered electors			37,073
Majority			1,403	4.76	5.85
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abu Bakar Umar	13,626	54.86	54.86
	BN	Ghazali Ahmad	10,991	44.25	42.2
	Independent	Kasim Ahmad	222	0.89	0.89
Total valid votes			24,839	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			31,351
Majority			2,635	10.61	64.78
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abu Bakar Umar	16,475	86.37
	Independent	Kassim Ahmad	2,094	10.98
	Independent	Zakaria Ahmad @ Che Mat	507	2.66
Total valid votes			19,076	100.00
Total rejected ballots			959
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			20,035	70.83	15.87
Registered electors			28,285
Majority			14,381	75.39
	BN hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1955 : Kota Star

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Tengku Kassim	27,357	92.66
	NEGARA	Mohamed Rejab Darus	2,168	7.34
Total valid votes			29,525	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			29,525	86.70
Registered electors			34,054
Majority			25,189	85.32
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times. [1] [2]

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia . Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

1. "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
2. "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.