Kota Star Selatan
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Kota Star Selatan was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
 Kedah 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 Star Selatan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created from Kota Star | |||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||||
| 1st | P008 | 1959–1963 | Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam (وان سليمان وان تم) | Alliance (UMNO) | 8,369 51.68% |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||||
| 1st | P008 | 1963–1964 | Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam (وان سليمان وان تم) | Alliance (UMNO) | 8,369 51.68% |
| 2nd | 1964–1969 | Mahathir Mohamad (محاضير محمد) |
12,406 60.22% | ||
| 1969–1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||||
| 3rd | P008 | 1971–1973 | Yusof Rawa (يوسف بن عبدالله) | PMIP | 13,021 51.97% |
| 1973–1974 | BN (PMIP) | ||||
| Constituency abolished split into Ulu Muda, Kuala Kedah and Kota Setar | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1959* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Kota Star Selatan | Kangkong-Bukit Raya | ||||||
| Pendang | |||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1959 | |
| Kangkong-Bukit Raya |
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| Pendang |
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMIP | Yusof Abdullah | 13,021 | 51.97 |  12.19 | |
| Alliance | Mahathir Mohamad | 12,032 | 48.03 |  12.19 | |
| Total valid votes | 25,053 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 627 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 25,680 | 80.26 | 2.59 | ||
| Registered electors | 31,995 | ||||
| Majority | 989 | 3.94 | 16.50 | ||
| PMIP gain from Alliance | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Mahathir Mohamad | 12,406 | 60.22 | 8.54 | |
| PMIP | Mohd Sha'ari Abdul Shukor | 8,196 | 39.78 | 8.54 | |
| Total valid votes | 20,602 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 838 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 21,440 | 82.79 | 5.05 | ||
| Registered electors | 25,898 | ||||
| Majority | 4,210 | 20.44 | 17.08 | ||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 16,378 | 77.74 | ||||
| Registered electors | 21,069 | |||||
| Majority | 545 | 3.36 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||