Kota Star Selatan (federal constituency)

Kota Star Selatan

Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Kota Star Selatan 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 Selatan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Mahathir Mohamad
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Yusof Rawa	PMIP
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Yusof Abdullah	13,021	51.97
	Alliance	Mahathir Mohamad	12,032	48.03
Total valid votes			25,053	100.00
Total rejected ballots			627
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,680	80.26
Registered electors			31,995
Majority			989
	PMIP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mahathir Mohamad	12,406	60.22
	PMIP	Mohd Sha'ari Abdul Shukor	8,196	39.78
Total valid votes			20,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			838
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			21,440	82.79
Registered electors			25,898
Majority			4,210
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam	8,369	51.68
	PMIP	Othman Yunus	7,824	48.32
Total valid votes			16,193	100.00
Total rejected ballots			185
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,378	77.74
Registered electors			21,069
Majority			545
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.