Kota Setar

Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1959
Constituency re-created	1974
Constituency re-abolished	1995
First contested	1955
Last contested	1990

Kota Setar was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1955 to 1959 and 1974 to 1995. It was created in the 1959 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 1995 when it was redistributed.

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman	18,223	55.09	2.61
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohamad Shauki Ibrahim	14,856	44.91	2.61
Total valid votes			33,079	100.00
Total rejected ballots			737
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			33,816	75.08	2.86
Registered electors
Majority			3,367	10.18	5.22
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Hadi Derani	14,738	52.48	4.86
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Halim Arshad	13,344	47.52	4.86
Total valid votes			28,082	100.00
Total rejected ballots			644
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,726	72.22	8.87
Registered electors			39,775
Majority			1,394	4.96	0.20
	BN gain from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Abu Bakar Umar	15,442	52.38	2.48
	BN	Mustapha Ahmad	14,039	47.62	3.37
Total valid votes			29,481	100.00
Total rejected ballots			580
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			30,061	81.09
Registered electors			37,073
Majority			1,403	4.76	5.85
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Abu Bakar Umar	13,626	54.86	54.86
	BN	Ghazali Ahmad	10,991	44.25	42.2
	Independent	Kasim Ahmad	222	0.89	0.89
Total valid votes			24,839	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			31,351
Majority			2,635	10.61	64.78
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.