Kuala Muda (federal constituency)

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

Kuala Muda

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

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	No	Years	Member	Party	Vote Share
Constituency created from Jerai, Kedah Tengah and Sungei Patani
4th	P012	1974–1978	Mohamed Khir Johari (محمد خير جوهري)	BN (UMNO)	Uncontested
5th		1978–1982			17,761 68.30%
6th		1982–1986	Abdul Daim Zainuddin (دائم زين الدين)		21,782 73.82%
Constituency abolished, split into Jerai and Merbok

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kuala Muda			Jeniang
			Merbok

Historical boundaries

State Constiteuncy	Area
	1974
Jeniang	Bandar Laguna Merbok Jeniang Kampung Batu Lima Kuala Sin Sungai Lalang
Merbok	Bedong Bujang Kampung Bukit Tukang Jusoh Semeling Tanjung Dawai

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Daim Zainuddin	21,782	73.82	5.52
	PAS	Ghazali Din	7,724	26.18	5.52
Total valid votes			29,506	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,064
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			30,570	76.79	1.27
Registered electors			39,810
Majority			14,058	47.64	11.04
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Khir Johari	17,761	68.30	68.30
	PAS	Ghazali Din	8,243	31.70	31.70
Total valid votes			26,004	100.00
Total rejected ballots			813
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			26,817	78.06
Registered electors			34,354
Majority			9,518	36.60
	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.