Kuala Muda (federal constituency)

Kuala Muda

Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

Kuala Muda was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

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 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kuala Muda
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Mohamed Khir Johari	BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Abdul Daim Zainuddin
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Daim Zainuddin	21,782	73.82
	PAS	Ghazali Din	7,724	26.18
Total valid votes			29,506	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,064
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			30,570	76.79
Registered electors			39,810
Majority			14,058
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Khir Johari
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			34,354
Majority			9,518
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Mohamed Khir Johari won uncontested.
	BN	Mohamed Khir Johari
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			29,599
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References