Kuala Muda (federal constituency)
Kuala Muda was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1974 |
Constituency abolished | 1986 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 1982 |
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 1986 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
Members of Parliament for Kuala Muda | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created, renamed from Kedah Tengah | |||
4th | 1974-1978 | Mohamed Khir Johari (محمد خير جوهري) | BN (UMNO) |
5th | 1978-1982 | ||
6th | 1982-1986 | Abdul Daim Zainuddin (دائم زين الدين) | |
Constituency abolished, split into Sik and Merbok |
State constituency
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Kuala Muda | Jeniang | ||||||
Merbok |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Abdul Daim Zainuddin | 21,782 | 73.82 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Ghazali Din | 7,724 | 26.18 | ||
Total valid votes | 29,506 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,064 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 30,570 | 76.79 | |||
Registered electors | 39,810 | ||||
Majority | 14,058 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Mohamed Khir Johari | 17,761 | 68.30 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Ghazali Din | 8,243 | 31.70 | ||
Total valid votes | 26,004 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | |||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 34,354 | ||||
Majority | 9,518 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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On the nomination day, Mohamed Khir Johari won uncontested. | ||||||
BN | Mohamed Khir Johari | |||||
Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | ||||||
Registered electors | 29,599 | |||||
Majority | ||||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References
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