Kota Bharu Hulu (federal constituency)

Kota Bharu Hulu
Kelantan constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Kota Bharu Hulu was a federal constituency in Kelantan, 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 Bharu Hulu
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Hussain Rahimi Saman	PMIP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Hussain Rahimi Saman	PMIP
2nd	1964-1969	Hussain Rahimi Saman	PMIP
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Mohamad Asri Muda	PMIP
3rd	1973-1974	Mohamad Asri Muda	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Mohamad Asri Muda	15,051	59.47
	Alliance	Ali Husin	10,021	39.60
	Independent	Che Khadijah Mohd Sidik	235	0.93
Total valid votes			25,307	100.00
Total rejected ballots			884
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,191	75.49
Registered electors			34,693
Majority			5,030
	PMIP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Hussain Rahimi Saman	15,656	66.42
	Alliance	Ibrahim Mat	7,915	33.58
Total valid votes			23,571	100.00
Total rejected ballots			965
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,536	81.85
Registered electors			29,978
Majority			7,741
	PMIP hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Hussain Rahimi Saman	14,775	79.76
	Alliance	Ismail Ibrahim	3,749	20.24
Total valid votes			18,524	100.00
Total rejected ballots			358
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,882	68.86
Registered electors			27,421
Majority			11,026
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. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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