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Kedah constituency | |
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Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1955 |
Constituency abolished | 1959 |
First contested | 1955 |
Last contested | 1955 |
Kedah Utara was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.[1]
It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Members of Parliament for Kedah Utara | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | |||
1st | 1955-1959 | Syed Ahmad Syed Mahmud Shahabudin (سيد احمد سيد مهمود شاهبودين) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
Constituency abolished, split into Jitra-Padang Terap and Kubang Pasu Barat |
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Kedah Utara | Jitra-Padang Terap | ||||||
Kubang Pasu Barat |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Alliance | Syed Ahmad Shahbuddin | 25,544 | 89.85 | |||
Independent | Abdullah Abbas | 1,578 | 5.55 | |||
NEGARA | Laidin Abdul Manan | 1,309 | 4.60 | |||
Total valid votes | 28,431 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 28,431 | 86.00 | ||||
Registered electors | 33,059 | |||||
Majority | 23,966 | |||||
This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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