Kota Setar (federal constituency)

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.

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman	18,223	55.09	2.61
	PAS	Mohamad Shauki Ibrahim	14,856	44.91	2.61
Total valid votes			33,079	100.00
Total rejected ballots			737
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			33,816	75.08	2.86
Registered electors			45,042
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
	PAS	Halim Arshad	13,344	47.52	4.86
Total valid votes			28,082	100.00
Total rejected ballots			644
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			28,726	72.22	8.87
Registered electors			39,775
Majority			1,394	4.96	0.20
	BN gain from National Trust Party (Malaysia)-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abu Bakar Umar	15,442	52.38	2.48
	BN	Mustafa Ahmad	14,039	47.62	3.37
Total valid votes			29,481	100.00
Total rejected ballots			580
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			30,061	81.09	0.23
Registered electors			37,073
Majority			1,403	4.76	5.85
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	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			511
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			25,350	80.86	10.03
Registered electors			31,351
Majority			2,635	10.61	64.78
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

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