Kota Star Selatan

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	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kedah Tengah
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P008	1959-1963	Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam (وان سليمان وان تم)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P008	1963-1964	Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam (وان سليمان وان تم)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	P008	1964-1969	Mahathir Mohamad (محاضير محمد)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	P008	1971-1973	Yusof Rawa (يوسف بن عبدالله)	PMIP
3rd	P008	1973-1974	Yusof Rawa (يوسف بن عبدالله)	BN (PMIP)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Ulu Muda

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kota Star Selatan		Kangkong-Bukit Raya
Kota Star Selatan		Pendang

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Kota Star Selatan
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		?

Malaysian general election, 1964: Kota Star Selatan
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

Malayan general election, 1959: Kota Star Selatan
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.

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.

[1] 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.

[2] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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