Kuala Ketil (state constituency)
Kuala Ketil is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.
 Kedah constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Kedah State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
PN | ||
| Constituency created | 1974 | ||
| Constituency abolished | 1984 | ||
| Constituency re-created | 1995 | ||
| First contested | 1974 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2023) | 42,184 | ||
Demographics
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 | |||
| 4th | 1974–1978 | Mohamed Muslim Othman | BN (UMNO) |
| 5th | 1978–1982 | Supramaniam Ahnasamy Pillai | BN (MIC) |
| 6th | 1982–1986 | S. Subramaniam | |
| Constituency split into Kupang and Merbau Pulas | |||
| Constituency recreated from Kupang and Merbau Pulas | |||
| 9th | 1995–1999 | Mohd Hadzir Ismail | BN (UMNO) |
| 10th | 1999–2004 | ||
| 11th | 2004–2008 | Abd. Aziz Sheikh Fadzir | |
| 12th | 2008–2013 | Md Zuki Yusof | PAS |
| 13th | 2013–2018 | ||
| 14th | 2018–2020 | Mansor Zakaria | |
| 2020–2023 | PN (PAS) | ||
| 15th | 2023–present | ||
Election Results
| 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 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 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 | |||
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Md Zuki Yusof | 12,769 | 52.14 | 10.48 | ||
| BN | Mohd Khairul Azhar Abdullah | 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 | |||
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | 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 | ||||
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party 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.
- "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- "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.
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