Kulim Utara (federal constituency)

Kulim Utara was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Kulim Utara

Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

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 Kulim Utara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Hanafi Mohd Yunus	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Hanafi Mohd Yunus	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Bibi Aishah Hamid Don	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Padang Serai

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kulim Utara		Lunas
		Sidam

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Bibi Aishah Hamid Don	12,131	67.68
	PMIP	Md. Zahari Shaari	5,792	32.32
Total valid votes			17,923	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,096
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,019	73.61
Registered electors			25,839
Majority			6,339
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Hanafi Mohd Yunus	12,839	76.66
	PMIP	Khatib Shorbaini Hassan	3,910	23.34
Total valid votes			16,749	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,484
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,233	75.58
Registered electors			24,125
Majority			8,929
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Hanafi Mohd Yunus	12,281	82.90
	PMIP	Khatib Shorbaini Hassan	2,533	17.10
Total valid votes			14,814	100.00
Total rejected ballots			310
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,124	76.74
Registered electors			19,708
Majority			9,748
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.