Kuala Ketil (state constituency)
{{Short description|State constituency in Kedah, Malaysia}}
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|state =Kedah
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|state-rep = Mansor Zakaria
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|state-rep-party = Perikatan Nasional
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|state-status =active
|state-created =1974
|state-created2 =1995
|state-abolished =1984
|state-election-first =1974
|state-election-last =2023
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|demo-electors = 42,184
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Kuala Ketil is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.
Demographics
{{Pie chart|thumb=left|caption=Ethnic breakdown of Kuala Ketil's electorate as of 2023{{Cite web|title=15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview|url=https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/2023election/Kedah|access-date=2023-08-13|website=live.chinapress.com}}|label1=Malay|value1=82.36|color1=green|label3=Chinese|value3=5.68|color3=red|label2=Indian|value2=11.09|color2=orange|label4=Other ethnicities|value4=0.88|color4=yellow}}
History
= Polling districts =
According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kuala Ketil constituency has a total of 24 polling districts.{{Cite web |date=2018-03-30 |title=Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018] |url=http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20180330_PU%20B%20157.pdf |access-date=2019-01-03 |publisher=Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}
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!State constituency !Polling districts !Code !Location |
| rowspan="24" |Kuala Ketil（N32）
|FELDA Teloi Kanan |016/32/01 |SK Teloi Kanan |
| Kampung Guar Chempedak
|016/32/02 |SK Mohd Ariff Abdullah |
| Padang Kulim
|016/32/03 |SK Kuala Ketil |
| Pekan Baru Kuala Ketil
|016/32/04 |SMK Kuala Ketil |
| Pekan Lama Kuala Ketil
|016/32/05 |SMK Tanjung Puteri |
| Taman Batu Pekaka
|016/32/06 |SJK (C) Kuala Ketil |
| Batu Pekaka
|016/32/07 |SK Batu Pekaka |
| Kampung Thye Seng
|016/32/08 |SJK (T) Ladang Batu Pekaka |
| Kuala Kuli
|016/32/09 |SK Seri Jemerli |
| Kampung Jawa
|016/32/10 |SK Kuala Ketil |
| Padang Geh
|016/32/11 |SJK (T) Ladang Kim Seng |
| Kuala Merah
|016/32/12 |SK Kuala Merah |
| Parit Panjang
|016/32/13 |SMK Parit Panjang |
| Kampung Tembak
|016/32/14 |SK Tembak |
| Paya Besar
|016/32/15 |SK Paya Besar |
| Kuala Samak
|016/32/16 |SK Kuala Semak |
| Binjol Dalam
|016/32/17 |SK Binjul Dalam |
| Kampung Tawar
|016/32/18 |SK Tawar |
| Pekan Tawar
|016/32/19 |SJK (C) Kong Min |
| Binjal Luar
|016/32/20 |SK Binjul |
| Ladang Malakoff
|016/32/21 |SJK (T) Ladang Malakoff |
| Kejal
|016/32/22 |SK Kampung Selarong |
| Kampung Bakai
|016/32/23 |SK Seri Inas |
| Pelam
|016/32/24 |SJK (T) Ladang Pelam |
=Representation history=
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! colspan="4" |Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuala Ketil |
| Assembly
!Years !Name !Party |
|---|
| colspan="4" |Constituency created from Sungei Patani Luar |
| 4th
|1974–1978 |Mohamed Muslim Othman | bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (UMNO)}} |
| 5th
|1978–1982 |Supramaniam Ahnasamy Pillai |rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (MIC)}} |
| 6th
|1982–1986 |S. Subramaniam |
| colspan="4" |Constituency split into Kupang and Merbau Pulas |
| colspan="4" |Constituency recreated from Kupang and Merbau Pulas |
| 9th
|1995–1999 | rowspan="2" |Mohd Hadzir Ismail |rowspan=3 bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (UMNO)}} |
| 10th
|1999–2004 |
| 11th
|2004–2008 |
| 12th
|2008–2013 | rowspan="2" |Md Zuki Yusof | rowspan =2 bgcolor="{{party color|Pakatan Rakyat|PR}}" | {{Font color|white| PR (PAS)}} |
| 13th
|2013–2018 |
| rowspan="2" |14th
|2018–2020 | rowspan="3" |Mansor Zakaria | bgcolor="{{party color|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS}}" | {{Font color|white| PAS}} |
| 2020–2023
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional|PN}}" | {{Font color|white| PN (PAS)}} |
| 15th
|2023–present |
Election Results
{{MASelec/top|Kedah|2023|Kuala Ketil (state constituency)|Kuala Ketil|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Perikatan Nasional|Mansor Zakaria|24,872|74.96|{{increase}} 74.96}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Suriati Che Mid|8,307|25.04|{{decrease}} 13.51}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|33,179| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|165|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|36|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|33,380|79.13|{{decrease}} 6.79}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|42,184|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|16,565|49.92|{{increase}} 44.38}}
{{MASelec/hold|Perikatan Nasional|}}
{{MASelec/source|||hide=}}
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{{MASelec/top|Kedah|2018|Kuala Ketil (state constituency)|Kuala Ketil|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|Mansor Zakaria|12,574|44.09|{{decrease}} 19.16}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Mohd Khairul Azhar Abdullah|10,993|38.55|{{decrease}} 9.12}}
{{MASelec|PH (2018)|Mohamad Sofee Razak|4,952|17.36|{{increase}} 17.36}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|33,798| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|444|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|73|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|29,038|85.92|{{decrease}} 2.79}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|42,184|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|1,581|5.54|{{decrease}} 8.05}}
{{MASelec/hold|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|}}
{{MASelec/source|||hide=}}
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{{MASelec/top|Kedah|2013|Kuala Ketil (state constituency)|Kuala Ketil|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|Md Zuki Yusof|12,769|52.14|{{decrease}} 10.48}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Abdul Wahab Din|11,615|38.55|{{increase}} 9.23}}
{{MASelec|Homeland Human's Wellbeing Party|Krishnan Ganapathy|105|0.04|{{increase}} 0.04}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|24,489| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|369|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|59|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|24,917|88.71|{{increase}} 6.16}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|28,087|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|1,154|13.59|{{decrease}} 11.65}}
{{MASelec/hold|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|}}
{{MASelec/source|||hide=}}
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{{MASelec/top|Kedah|2008|Kuala Ketil (state constituency)|Kuala Ketil|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|Md Zuki Yusof|12,105|62.62|}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Firdaus Zakaria|7,225|37.38|}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|19,330| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|338|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|9|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|19,697|82.55}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|23,861|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|4,880|25.24}}
{{MASelec/hold|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|}}
{{MASelec/source|||hide=}}
{{end}}
References
- {{cite web |url=http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74= |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya |work=Election Commission of Malaysia |access-date=2016-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424120924/http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74= |archive-date=2016-04-24 |url-status=dead }}
- {{Cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/kedah.html|title=14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Kedah|website=election.thestar.com.my|access-date=2018-08-03}}
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