Kuala Ketil (state constituency)

Kuala Ketil

Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mansor Zakaria PN
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1984
Constituency re-created	1995
First contested	1974
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	42,184

Kuala Ketil is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kuala Ketil's electorate as of 2023 ^[1]

1. Malay (82.4%)
2. Indian (11.1%)
3. Chinese (5.68%)
4. Other ethnicities (0.88%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kuala Ketil constituency has a total of 24 polling districts. ^[2]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Kuala Ketil（N32）	FELDA Teloi Kanan	016/32/01	SK Teloi Kanan
	Kampung Guar Chempedak	016/32/02	SK Mohd Ariff Abdullah
	Padang Kulim	016/32/03	SK Kuala Ketil
	Pekan Baru Kuala Ketil	016/32/04	SMK Kuala Ketil
	Pekan Lama Kuala Ketil	016/32/05	SMK Tanjung Puteri
	Taman Batu Pekaka	016/32/06	SJK (C) Kuala Ketil
	Batu Pekaka	016/32/07	SK Batu Pekaka
	Kampung Thye Seng	016/32/08	SJK (T) Ladang Batu Pekaka
	Kuala Kuli	016/32/09	SK Seri Jemerli
	Kampung Jawa	016/32/10	SK Kuala Ketil
	Padang Geh	016/32/11	SJK (T) Ladang Kim Seng
	Kuala Merah	016/32/12	SK Kuala Merah
	Parit Panjang	016/32/13	SMK Parit Panjang
	Kampung Tembak	016/32/14	SK Tembak
	Paya Besar	016/32/15	SK Paya Besar
	Kuala Samak	016/32/16	SK Kuala Semak
	Binjol Dalam	016/32/17	SK Binjul Dalam
	Kampung Tawar	016/32/18	SK Tawar
	Pekan Tawar	016/32/19	SJK (C) Kong Min
	Binjal Luar	016/32/20	SK Binjul
	Ladang Malakoff	016/32/21	SJK (T) Ladang Malakoff
	Kejal	016/32/22	SK Kampung Selarong
	Kampung Bakai	016/32/23	SK Seri Inas
	Pelam	016/32/24	SJK (T) Ladang Pelam

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuala Ketil
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created from Sungei Patani Luar, Sidam, Baling Barat and Pekan Sungei Patani
4th	1974–1978	Mohamed Muslim Othman	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978–1982	Supramaniam Ahnasamy Pillai	BN (MIC)
6th	1982–1986	S. Subramaniam
Constituency split into Merbau Pulas, Tikam Batu and Bukit Selambau
Constituency recreated from Bukit Selambau and Merbau Pulas
9th	1995–1999	Mohd Hadzir Ismail	BN (UMNO)
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008	Abdul Aziz Sheikh Fadzir
12th	2008–2013	Md Zuki Yusof	PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2020	Mansor Zakaria	PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Kedah state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Mansor Zakaria	24,872	74.96	74.96
	BN	Suriati Che Mid	8,307	25.04	13.51
Total valid votes			33,179	100.00
Total rejected ballots			165
Unreturned ballots			36
Turnout			33,380	79.13	6.79
Registered electors			42,184
Majority			16,565	49.92	44.38
	PN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mansor Zakaria	12,574	44.09	19.16
	BN	Mohd Khairul Azhar Abdullah	10,993	38.55	9.12
	PH	Mohamad Sofee Razak	4,952	17.36	17.36
Total valid votes			33,798	100.00
Total rejected ballots			444
Unreturned ballots			73
Turnout			29,038	85.92	2.79
Registered electors			42,184
Majority			1,581	5.54	8.05
	PAS hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Md Zuki Yusof	12,769	52.14	10.48
	BN	Abdul Wahab Din	11,615	38.55	9.23
	KITA	Krishnan Ganapathy	105	0.04	0.04
Total valid votes			24,489	100.00
Total rejected ballots			369
Unreturned ballots			59
Turnout			24,917	88.71	6.16
Registered electors			28,087
Majority			1,154	13.59	11.65
	PAS hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Md Zuki Yusof	12,105	62.62
	BN	Firdaus Zakaria	7,225	37.38
Total valid votes			19,330	100.00
Total rejected ballots			338
Unreturned ballots			9
Turnout			19,697	82.55
Registered electors			23,861
Majority			4,880	25.24
	PAS hold		Swing

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia . Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
• "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Kedah". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-08-03.

1. "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
2. "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.^{[ permanent dead link ]}