Kota Star Selatan
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Kota Star Selatan was a federal constituency in Kedah, 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=
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| colspan="5" | Members of Parliament for Kota Star Selatan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament
!No | Years | Member | Party |
| colspan="5" align="center" | Constituency created from Kedah Tengah | |||
| colspan="5" align="center" | Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
| 1st
|P008 | 1959–1963 | Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam (وان سليمان وان تم) | bgcolor="{{party color|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Alliance}}" | {{Font color|white| Alliance (UMNO)}} |
| colspan="5" align="center" | Parliament of Malaysia | |||
| 1st
| rowspan="2" |P008 | 1963–1964 | Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam (وان سليمان وان تم) | rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Alliance}}" | {{Font color|white| Alliance (UMNO)}} |
| 2nd | 1964–1969 | Mahathir Mohamad (محاضير محمد) | |
| colspan="2" | | 1969–1971 | colspan="2" align="center" | Parliament was suspended{{cite news|url=http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2012&dt=0312&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Rencana&pg=re_05.htm |title=Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang |author=Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa |newspaper=Utusan Online |date=2012-03-12 |accessdate=2016-05-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604045153/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2012&dt=0312&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Rencana&pg=re_05.htm |archivedate=2016-06-04 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/files/hindex/pdf/DR-20021971.pdf |title=www.parlimen.gov.my |format= |work= |accessdate=2016-05-20}} | |
| rowspan=2| 3rd
| rowspan="2" |P008 | 1971–1973 | rowspan="2" | Yusof Rawa (يوسف بن عبدالله) | bgcolor="{{party color|Pan-Malayan Islamic Party|PMIP}}" | {{Font color|white| PMIP}} |
| 1973–1974 | bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (PMIP)}} | ||
| colspan="5" align="center" | Constituency abolished, renamed to Ulu Muda |
= State constituency =
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! rowspan="2" |Parliamentary constituency ! colspan="7" |State constituency |
| 1955–1959*
!1959–1974 !1974–1986 !1986–1995 !1995–2004 !2004–2018 !2018–present |
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| rowspan="2" |Kota Star Selatan
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="dcdcdc" | |Kangkong-Bukit Raya | colspan="5" bgcolor="dcdcdc" | |
| Pendang
| colspan="5" bgcolor="dcdcdc" | |
Election results
{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1969|Kota Star Selatan (federal constituency)|Kota Star Selatan|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Pan-Malayan Islamic Party|Yusof Abdullah|13,021|51.97|{{increase}} 12.19}}
{{MASelec|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Mahathir Mohamad|12,032|48.03|{{decrease}} 12.19}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|25,053| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|627|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|25,680|80.26|{{increase}} 2.59}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|31,995|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|989|3.94|{{decrease}} 16.50}}
{{MASelec/gain|Pan-Malayan Islamic Party|Alliance|?}}
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{{MASelec/top|Malaysia|1964|Kota Star Selatan (federal constituency)|Kota Star Selatan|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Mahathir Mohamad|12,406|60.22|{{increase}} 8.54}}
{{MASelec|Pan-Malayan Islamic Party|Mohd Sha'ari Abdul Shukor|8,196|39.78|{{decrease}} 8.54}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|20,602| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|838|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|21,440|82.79|{{increase}} 5.05}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|25,898|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|4,210|20.44|{{increase}} 17.08}}
{{MASelec/hold|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|}}
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{{MASelec/top|Malayan general|1959|Kota Star Selatan (federal constituency)|Kota Star Selatan|percent=yes}}
{{MASelec|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Wan Sulaiman Wan Tam|8,369|51.68}}
{{MASelec|Pan-Malayan Islamic Party|Othman Yunus|7,824|48.32}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|16,193| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|185|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|0|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|16,378|77.74}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|21,069|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|545|3.36}}
{{MASelec/note|This was a new constituency created.}}
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