Kota Bharu Hilir (federal constituency)
Former federal constituency in Malaysia
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Kota Bharu Hilir was a federal constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
 Kelantan constituency | |
|---|---|
| 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
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Kota Bharu Hilir | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created from Kelantan Tengah | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | 1959–1963 | Ahmad Abdullah (احمد عبدالله) | PMIP | 9,463 60.03% |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | 1963–1964 | Ahmad Abdullah (احمد عبدالله) | PMIP | 9,463 60.03% |
| 2nd | 1964–1969 | Nik Ahmad Kamil Nik Mahmud (نئ احمد كاميل نئ مهمود) | Alliance (UMNO) | 11,585 51.46% |
| 1969–1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | 1971–1973 | Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail (تڠكو احمد ريتهاودديين تڠكو اسماعيل) | Alliance (UMNO) | 13,069 50.30% |
| 1973–1974 | BN (UMNO) | |||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Kota Bharu | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1959* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Kota Bharu Hilir | Bandar Hilir | ||||||
| Bandar Hulu | |||||||
| Kota Bharu Tengah | |||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1959 | |
| Bandar Hilir |
|
| Bandar Hulu |
|
| Kota Bharu Tengah |
|
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail | 13,069 | 50.30 |  1.16 | |
| PMIP | Wan Hashim Wan Ahmad | 12,914 | 49.70 |  1.16 | |
| Total valid votes | 25,983 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 756 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 26,739 | 67.73 | 7.62 | ||
| Registered electors | 39,478 | ||||
| Majority | 155 | 9.74 | |||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Nik Ahmad Kamil Nik Mahmud | 11,585 | 51.46 | 8.57 | |
| PMIP | Wan Mustapha Ali | 10,929 | 48.54 | 8.57 | |
| Total valid votes | 22,514 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 802 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 23,316 | 75.35 | 9.74 | ||
| Registered electors | 30,942 | ||||
| Majority | 656 | 2.92 | 17.74 | ||
| Alliance gain from National Trust Party (Malaysia)-Malayan Islamic Party | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMIP | Ahmad Abdullah | 9,463 | 60.03 | |||
| Alliance | Nik Ismail Nik Hussin | 6,302 | 39.97 | |||
| Total valid votes | 15,765 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 97 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 15,862 | 65.61 | ||||
| Registered electors | 24,178 | |||||
| Majority | 3,161 | 20.66 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||