Kedah Tengah
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1955 |
Constituency abolished | 1974 |
First contested | 1955 |
Last contested | 1969 |
Kedah Tengah was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1974.
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 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 Kedah Tengah | ||||
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Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | ||||
Federal Legislative Council | ||||
1st | 1955-1959 | Mohamed Khir Johari (محمد خير بن جوهري) | Alliance (UMNO) | |
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | P009 | 1959-1963 | Mohamed Khir Johari (محمد خير بن جوهري) | Alliance (UMNO) |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | P009 | 1963-1964 | Mohamed Khir Johari (محمد خير بن جوهري) | Alliance (UMNO) |
2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
3rd | P009 | 1971-1973 | Mohamed Khir Johari (محمد خير بن جوهري) | Alliance (UMNO) |
1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | |||
Constituency abolished, split into Ulu Muda and Kuala Muda |
State constituency
Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Kedah Tengah | Jerai | ||||||
Kota | |||||||
Sik-Gurun | |||||||
Sik-Gurun-Kota |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Mohamed Khir Johari | 13,958 | 54.65 | ![]() | |
PMIP | Ahmad Othman | 11,583 | 45.35 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 25,541 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,136 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 26,677 | 75.57 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 35,302 | ||||
Majority | 2,375 | 9.30 | ![]() | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Mohamed Khir Johari | 16,042 | 74.95 | ![]() | |
PMIP | Hussain Che Dol | 5,362 | 25.05 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 21,404 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 885 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 22,289 | 74.72 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 29,829 | ||||
Majority | 10,680 | 49.90 | ![]() | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Khir was elected to Parliament in the Kedah Tengah by-election, 1959. Kedah Tengah is the only remaining constituency where elections have not been completed in the Malayan general election, 1959. | ||||||
Alliance | Mohamed Khir Johari | 11,271 | 66.53 | ![]() | ||
PMIP | Hussain Che Dol | 4,435 | 26.18 | ![]() | ||
Socialist Front | Mohamed Shariff Babul | 1,234 | 7.28 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 16,940 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 223 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 17,163 | 75.40 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 22,762 | |||||
Majority | 6,836 | 43.35 | ![]() | |||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Alliance | Mohamed Khir Johari | 31,077 | 95.56 | |||
NEGARA | Puteh Napa | 1,431 | 4.40 | |||
Total valid votes | 32,508 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 32,508 | 89.80 | ||||
Registered electors | 36,200 | |||||
Majority | 29,646 | 91.16 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Source(s)
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.