Kuala Kedah (federal constituency)

Kuala Kedah (P010)

Kedah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi PN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	172,099
Electors (2023) [2]	132,959
Area (km²) [3]	233
Pop. density (per km²)	738.6

Kuala Kedah is a federal constituency in Kota Setar District, Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kuala Kedah's electorate as of 2022 ^[4]

   Malay (76.2%)

   Chinese (22.4%)

   Indian (1.1%)

  Other ethnicities (0.2%)

Age breakdown of Kuala Kedah's electorate as of 2022

  18-20 (6.06%)

  21-29 (21.47%)

  30-39 (22.39%)

  40-49 (17.45%)

  50-59 (13.77%)

  60-69 (11.37%)

  70-79 (5.45%)

  80-89 (1.77%)

  above 90 (0.27%)

Gender breakdown of Kuala Kedah's electorate as of 2022

  Male (49.1%)

  Female (50.9%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Kuala Kedah constituency is divided into 52 polling districts. ^[5]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Anak Bukit (N15）	Titi Gajah	010/15/01	SK Titi Gajah
	Alor Ganu	010/15/02	SJK (T) Thiruvalluvar
	Alor Madi	010/15/03	SJK (T) Thiruvalluvar
	Kota Rentang	010/15/04	SK Kota Rentang
	Permatang Kong	010/15/05	SK Seri Muda
	Kubang Raja	010/15/06	SK Simpang Tiga
	Padang Hang	010/15/07	SK Simpang Tiga
	Padang Lalang	010/15/08	SMK Alor Janggus
	Gunong	010/15/09	SMK Seri Gunong
	Kubang Tedoh	010/15/10	SJK (C) Yih Choon
	Taman Aman	010/15/11	SK Taman Aman
	Pekan Anak Bukit	010/15/12	Dewan Kementerian Dalam Negeri Anak Bukit
	Kampung Anak Bukit	010/15/13	SJK (C) Soon Jian
	Pantai Johor	010/15/14	SMK Tunku Abdul Malik
	Chegar	010/15/15	SK Gunong
	Alor Melintang	010/15/16	SK Sri Gunong
	Sungai Baru	010/15/17	SK Sungai Baru
	Mergong	010/15/18	SMA Kedah
Kubang Rotan (N16）	Kuar Jawa	010/16/01	SK Hj Abdullah Sadun
	Kubang Jawi	010/16/02	SK Alor Janggus
	Kubang Jambu	010/16/03	SJK (C) Long Seong
	Kubang Rotan	010/16/04	SMK Kubang Rotan
	Seberang Kota	010/16/05	SK Kuala Kedah
	Kampung Bahru	010/16/06	SJK (C) Pei Shih
	Pekan Kuala Kedah	010/16/07	SMK Seri Pantai
	Taman Sri Putra	010/16/08	SK Seri Pantai
	Kampung Tengah	010/16/09	SK Haji Ismail
	Kampung Balai	010/16/10	SK Haji Salleh Masri
	Kubang Panggas	010/16/11	SK Dato' Shaari
	Telok Chengai	010/16/12	SMK Tengku Laksamana
	Taman Seri Ampang	010/16/13	SMJK Keat Hwa II
	Taman Pelangi	010/16/14	SJK (C) Pei Hwa
	Peremba	010/16/15	SK Peremba
	Taman Sultan Badlishah	010/16/16	SMK Seberang Perak
	Taman Malek	010/16/17	SMJK Keat Hwa I
Pengkalan Kundor（N17）	Telok Kechai	010/17/01	SK Telok Kechai
	Taman Sophia	010/17/02	SMK Tun Sharifah Rodziah
	Taman Bersatu	010/17/03	SK Taman Bersatu
	Telok Bagan	010/17/04	SR Islam Darul Ulum (SRIDU)
	Kebun Pinang	010/17/05	SK Kebun Pinang
	Tebengau	010/17/06	SK Tebengau
	Kampung Benua	010/17/07	SJK (C) Eik Choon
	Taman Cengkeh	010/17/08	SJK (C) Yih Min
	Simpang Empat	010/17/09	SK Hj Hasan Itam
	Selarong Panjang	010/17/10	SMK Tuanku Abdul Aziz
	Permatang Ibus	010/17/11	SK Kangkong
	Kuala Sala	010/17/12	SK Sri Mahawangsa
	Sala Kechil	010/17/13	SK Kampung Jawa
	Selarong Batang	010/17/14	SMA Ihya Ul-Ulum Ad Diniah
	Buloh Lima	010/17/15	SK Buluh Lima
	Taman Impian	010/17/16	SMK Muadzam Shah
	Kota Sarang Samut	010/17/17	SJK (C) Min Sin

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kuala Kedah
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Alor Star
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P007	1959–1963	Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (‏تونكو عبد الرحمٰن ڤوترا سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P007	1963–1964	Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (‏تونكو عبد الرحمٰن ڤوترا سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd		1964–1969
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended [6] [7]
3rd	P007	1971–1973	Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (‏تونكو عبد الرحمٰن ڤوترا سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1973	Senu Abdul Rahman (سنو بن عبدالرحمٰن)
		1973–1974		BN (UMNO)
4th	P006	1974–1978
5th		1978–1982
6th		1982–1986	Mohammad Abu Bakar Rautin Ibrahim (محمّد أبو بكر راوتين إبراهيم)
7th	P008	1986–1990
8th		1990–1995
9th	P010	1995–1999	Zakaria Mohd Said (زكريا محمد سعيد)
10th		1999–2004	Mohamad Sabu (محمد سابو)	BA (PAS)
11th		2004–2008	Hashim Jahaya (هشيم جاهيا)	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008–2013	Ahmad Kassim (أحمد قاسم)	PR (PKR)
13th		2013–2018	Azman Ismail (عزمان إسماعيل)
14th		2018–2022		PH (PKR)
15th		2022–present	Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi (أحمد فخرالدين فخرالراضي)	PN (PAS)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kuala Kedah				Alor Janggus
			Anak Bukit		Anak Bukit
					Kubang Rotan
			Pengkalan Kundor
		Kota Star Barat
		Langkawi

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N15	Anak Bukit	Rashidi Razak	PN (PAS)
N16	Kubang Rotan	Mohd Salleh Saidin	PN (BERSATU)
N17	Pengkalan Kundor	Mardhiyyah Johari	PN (PAS)

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N15	Anak Bukit	Alor Setar City Council	05050, 05150, 05400, 05680, 06250, 06550, 06570, 06600, 06650 Alor Setar 06700 Pendang
N16	Kubang Rotan
N17	Pengkalan Kundor

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi	56,298	56.03	56.03
	PH	Azman Ismail	28,237	28.10	18.16
	BN	Mashitah Ibrahim	13,879	13.81	10.70
	GTA	Ulya Aqamah Husamudin	1,805	1.80	1.80
	Heritage	Syed Araniri Syed Ahmad	256	0.25	0.25
Total valid votes			100,475	100.00
Total rejected ballots			811
Unreturned ballots			224
Turnout			101,510	76.60	5.81
Registered electors			132,500
Majority			28,061	27.93	10.90
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753260/PUB%20606%20(2022).pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Azman Ismail	36,624	46.26	46.26
	PAS	Muhammad Riduan Othman	23,143	29.23	29.23
	BN	Abdullah Hasnan Kamaruddin	19,400	24.51	22.43
Total valid votes			79,167	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,111
Unreturned ballots			277
Turnout			80,555	82.41	3.87
Registered electors			97,753
Majority			13,481	17.03	10.91
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 233/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[ permanent dead link ‍] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 307/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[ permanent dead link ‍]

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Azman Ismail	42,870	53.06	2.39
	BN	Zaki Zamani Abd Rashid	37,923	46.94	2.39
Total valid votes			80,793	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,212
Unreturned ballots			248
Turnout			82,253	86.28	7.19
Registered electors			95,328
Majority			4,947	6.12	4.78
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 170/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2016-05-12. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 211/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12.[ permanent dead link ‍]

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Ahmad Kassim	35,689	55.45	55.45
	BN	Hashim Jahaya	28,671	44.55	13.53
Total valid votes			64,360	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,385
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			65,750	79.09	2.56
Registered electors			83,132
Majority			7,018	10.90	5.26
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hashim Jahaya	36,707	58.08	7.01
	PAS	Mohamad Sabu	26,493	41.92	7.01
Total valid votes			63,200	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,023
Unreturned ballots			109
Turnout			64,332	81.65	5.11
Registered electors			78,789
Majority			10,214	16.16	14.02
	BN gain from National Trust Party (Malaysia)-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohamad Sabu	23,548	51.07	4.67
	BN	Fauzi Abdul Hamid	22,557	48.93	4.67
Total valid votes			46,105	100.00
Total rejected ballots			649
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			46,781	76.54	2.31
Registered electors			61,119
Majority			991	2.14	5.06
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zakaria Mohd Said	22,209	53.60	0.45
	PAS	Ali @ Fadzil Md Noor	19,223	46.40	0.45
Total valid votes			41,432	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,029
Unreturned ballots			151
Turnout			42,612	74.23	1.12
Registered electors			57,405
Majority			2,986	7.20	0.90
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohammad Abu Bakar Rautin Ibrahim	17,397	54.05	0.78
	PAS	Halim Arshat	14,792	45.95	0.78
Total valid votes			32,189	100.00
Total rejected ballots			717
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			32,906	75.35	3.22
Registered electors			43,670
Majority			2,605	8.10	1.58
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohammad Abu Bakar Rautin Ibrahim	15,992	53.26	2.02
	PAS	Ali @ Fadzil Md Noor	14,035	46.74	7.68
Total valid votes			30,027	100.00
Total rejected ballots			748
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			30,775	72.13	2.76
Registered electors			42,665
Majority			1,957	6.52	9.70
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohammad Abu Bakar Rautin Ibrahim	18,624	55.28	4.30
	PAS	Mat Din	13,160	39.06	8.91
	DAP	Wong Kok Wah	1,905	5.65	5.65
Total valid votes			33,689	100.00
Total rejected ballots			854
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			34,543	74.89	0.57
Registered electors			46,123
Majority			5,464	16.22	13.21
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Senu Abdul Rahman	14,907	50.98	26.01
	PAS	Ali @ Fadzil Md Noor	14,028	47.97	47.97
	Independent	Yaacob @ Salleh Abdullah	308	1.05	1.05
Total valid votes			29,243	100.00
Total rejected ballots			814
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			30,057	74.32	6.88
Registered electors			40,445
Majority			879	3.01	54.20
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Senu Abdul Rahman	15,958	70.22	70.22
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Wan Khazim @ Wan Hussein Wan Din	4,099	18.04	18.04
	Independent	Mohamed Isa Hussein	2,670	11.75	11.75
Total valid votes			22,727	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,070
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,797	67.44	0.57
Registered electors			35,288
Majority			11,859	57.21	34.67
	BN gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia)		Swing		?

Malaysian general by-election, 20 January 1973
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Tunku Abdul Rahman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Senu Abdul Rahman	16,471	61.27	4.88
	Independent	Siti Nor Hamid Tuah	10,410	38.73	38.73
Total valid votes			26,881	100.00
Total rejected ballots			264
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			27,145	66.87	10.20
Registered electors			40,595
Majority			6,061	22.54	9.76
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tunku Abdul Rahman Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah	15,468	56.39	19.41
	PMIP	Abdul Aziz Abdullah	11,964	43.61	19.41
Total valid votes			27,432	100.00
Total rejected ballots			987
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			28,419	77.07	1.88
Registered electors			36,874
Majority			3,504	12.78	38.82
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tunku Abdul Rahman Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah	17,109	75.80	5.02
	PMIP	Mustaffa Mohd Said	5,462	24.20	5.02
Total valid votes			22,571	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,014
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,585	78.95	6.42
Registered electors			29,872
Majority			11,647	51.60	11.28
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Tunku Abdul Rahman Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah	13,032	70.16
	PMIP	Hassan Abdul Rahman	5,542	29.84
Total valid votes			18,574	100.00
Total rejected ballots			244
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			18,818	72.53
Registered electors			25,946
Majority			7,490	40.32
This was a new constituency created.

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