Kota Star Utara

Kota Star Utara

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

Kota Star 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 Kota Star Utara
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kota Star
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P006	1959–1963	Abdul Khalid Awang Osman (عبدالخالد اوڠ عثمان)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P006	1963–1964	Abdul Khalid Awang Osman (عبدالخالد اوڠ عثمان)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd		1964–1969
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd	P006	1971–1973	Mawardi Lebai Teh (ماورد ليباي تيه)	PMIP
		1973–1974		BN (PMIP)
Constituency abolished, split into Kota Setar and Padang Terap

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kota Star Utara		Langgar-Limbong
		Pokok Sena

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969 : Kota Star Utara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Mawardi Lebai Teh	12,176	53.73	16.85
	Alliance	Mohamed Zahir Ismail	10,487	46.27	16.85
Total valid votes			22,663	100.00
Total rejected ballots			805
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,468	79.16	2.58
Registered electors			29,646
Majority			1,689	7.46	18.78
	PMIP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964 : Kota Star Utara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Khalid Awang Osman	11,847	63.12	4.37
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Umar	6,922	36.88	4.37
Total valid votes			18,769	100.00
Total rejected ballots			835
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,604	81.74	4.88
Registered electors			23,982
Majority			4,925	26.24	8.74
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959 : Kota Star Utara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Abdul Khalid Awang Osman	8,942	58.75
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Umar	6,279	41.25
Total valid votes			15,221	100.00
Total rejected ballots			191
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,412	76.86
Registered electors			20,053
Majority			2,663	17.50
This was a new constituency created.

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.