Kota Star Selatan

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Kota Star Selatan
Flag of Kedah.svg Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished1974
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.

Contents

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 Kota Star Selatan
ParliamentNoYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Kedah Tengah
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st P0081959-1963 Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam
(وان سليمان وان تم)		Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st P0081963-1964Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam
(وان سليمان وان تم)		Alliance (UMNO)
2nd 1964-1969 Mahathir Mohamad
(محاضير محمد)
1969-1971Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd P0081971-1973 Yusof Rawa
(يوسف بن عبدالله)		PMIP
1973-1974BN (PMIP)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Ulu Muda

State constituency

Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
Kota Star SelatanKangkong-Bukit Raya
Pendang

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969 : Kota Star Selatan
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PMIP Yusof Abdullah 13,02151.97Increase2.svg 12.19
Alliance Mahathir Mohamad 12,03248.03Decrease2.svg 12.19
Total valid votes25,053 100.00
Total rejected ballots627
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout25,68080.26Increase2.svg 2.59
Registered electors31,995
Majority9893.94Decrease2.svg 16.50
PMIP gain from Alliance Swing ?
Malaysian general election, 1964 : Kota Star Selatan
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
Alliance Mahathir Mohamad 12,40660.22Increase2.svg 8.54
PMIP Mohd Sha'ari Abdul Shukor8,19639.78Decrease2.svg 8.54
Total valid votes20,602 100.00
Total rejected ballots838
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout21,44082.79Increase2.svg 5.05
Registered electors25,898
Majority4,21020.44Increase2.svg 17.08
Alliance hold Swing
Malayan general election, 1959 : Kota Star Selatan
PartyCandidateVotes %
Alliance Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam8,36951.68
PMIP Othman Yunus7,82448.32
Total valid votes16,193 100.00
Total rejected ballots185
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout16,37877.74
Registered electors21,069
Majority5453.36
This was a new constituency created.

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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.
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