Kedah Tengah
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Kedah Tengah was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1974.
 Kedah constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created | |||||
| Federal Legislative Council | |||||
| 1st | 1955–1959 | Mohamed Khir Johari (محمد خير بن جوهري) |
Alliance (UMNO) | 31,077 95.56% | |
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||||
| 1st | P009 | 1959–1963 | Mohamed Khir Johari (محمد خير بن جوهري) | Alliance (UMNO) | 11,271 66.53% |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||||
| 1st | P009 | 1963–1964 | Mohamed Khir Johari (محمد خير بن جوهري) | Alliance (UMNO) | 11,271 66.53% |
| 2nd | 1964–1969 | 16,042 74.95% | |||
| 1969–1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||||
| 3rd | P009 | 1971–1973 | Mohamed Khir Johari (محمد خير بن جوهري) | Alliance (UMNO) | 13,958 54.65% |
| 1973–1974 | BN (UMNO) | ||||
| Constituency abolished, split into Ulu Muda and Kuala Muda | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1959* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Kedah Tengah | Jerai | ||||||
| Kota | |||||||
| Sik-Gurun | |||||||
| Sik-Gurun-Kota | |||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1959 | |
| Kota |
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| Sik-Gurun |
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Mohamed Khir Johari | 13,958 | 54.65 |  20.30 | |
| PMIP | Ahmad Othman | 11,583 | 45.35 |  20.30 | |
| Total valid votes | 25,541 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,136 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 26,677 | 75.57 | 0.82 | ||
| Registered electors | 35,302 | ||||
| Majority | 2,375 | 9.30 | 40.60 | ||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Mohamed Khir Johari | 16,042 | 74.95 | 8.42 | |
| PMIP | Hussain Che Dol | 5,362 | 25.05 | 1.13 | |
| Total valid votes | 21,404 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 885 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 22,289 | 74.72 | 0.68 | ||
| Registered electors | 29,829 | ||||
| Majority | 10,680 | 49.90 | 6.55 | ||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 29.03 | ||
| PMIP | Hussain Che Dol | 4,435 | 26.18 | 26.18 | ||
| Socialist Front | Mohamed Shariff Babul | 1,234 | 7.28 | 7.28 | ||
| Total valid votes | 16,940 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 223 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,163 | 75.40 | 4.40 | |||
| Registered electors | 22,762 | |||||
| Majority | 6,836 | 43.35 | 47.81 | |||
| Alliance hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||||
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