Kota Star Utara (federal constituency)

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	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Abdul Khalid Awang Osman	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Abdul Khalid Awang Osman	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Mawardi Lebai Teh	PMIP
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Mawardi Lebai Teh	12,176	53.73
	Alliance	Mohamed Zahir Ismail	10,487	46.27
Total valid votes			22,663	100.00
Total rejected ballots			805
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,468	79.16
Registered electors			29,646
Majority			1,689
	PMIP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Khalid Awang Osman	11,847	63.12
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Umar	6,922	36.88
Total valid votes			18,769	100.00
Total rejected ballots			835
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,604	81.74
Registered electors			23,982
Majority			4,925
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
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
Turnout			15,412	76.86
Registered electors			20,053
Majority			2,663
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. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.