Kulim Utara was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
Kedah constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1958 |
Constituency abolished | 1974 |
First contested | 1959 |
Last contested | 1969 |
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
editIt was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
editMembers of Parliament for Kulim Utara | ||||
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Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Kedah Selatan | ||||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | P013 | 1959-1963 | Hanafi Mohd Yunus (حنفي محمد يونس) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | P013 | 1963-1964 | Hanafi Mohd Yunus (حنفي محمد يونس) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
3rd | P013 | 1971-1973 | Bibi Aishah Hamid Don (بيبي عايشه حميد دون) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | |||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Padang Serai |
State constituency
editParliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Kulim Utara | Lunas | ||||||
Sidam |
Election results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Bibi Aishah Hamid Don | 12,131 | 67.68 | 8.98 | |
PMIP | Md. Zahari Shaari | 5,792 | 32.32 | 8.98 | |
Total valid votes | 17,923 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,096 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 19,019 | 73.61 | 1.97 | ||
Registered electors | 25,839 | ||||
Majority | 6,339 | 35.36 | 17.96 | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Hanafi Mohd Yunus | 12,839 | 76.66 | 6.24 | |
PMIP | Khatib Shorbaini Hassan | 3,910 | 23.34 | 6.24 | |
Total valid votes | 16,749 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,484 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 18,233 | 75.58 | 1.16 | ||
Registered electors | 24,125 | ||||
Majority | 8,929 | 53.32 | 12.48 | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Alliance | Hanafi Mohd Yunus | 12,281 | 82.90 | |||
PMIP | Khatib Shorbaini Hassan | 2,533 | 17.10 | |||
Total valid votes | 14,814 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 310 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 15,124 | 76.74 | ||||
Registered electors | 19,708 | |||||
Majority | 9,748 | 65.80 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References
edit- ^ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.