Kuala Kedah (federal constituency) explained

Kuala Kedah (P010)
State:	Kedah
Fed-Rep:	Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi
Fed-Rep-Party:	Perikatan Nasional
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-Created:	1958
Fed-Election-First:	1959
Fed-Election-Last:	2022
Demo-Census-Date:	2020
Demo-Pop:	172099
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Electors:	132,959
Demo-Electors-Date:	2023
Demo-Electors-Ref:	^[2]
Demo-Area:	233
Demo-Area-Ref:	^[3]

Kuala Kedah is a federal constituency in Kota Setar District, Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Kuala Kedah constituency is divided into 52 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Anak Bukit (N15）	Titi Gajah	010/15/01	SK Titi Gajah
	Alor Ganu	010/15/02	SJK (T) Thiruvalluvar
	Alor Madi	010/15/03	SJK (T) Thiruvalluvar
	Kota Rentang	010/15/04	SK Kota Rentang
	Permatang Kong	010/15/05	SK Seri Muda
	Kubang Raja	010/15/06	SK Simpang Tiga
	Padang Hang	010/15/07	SK Simpang Tiga
	Padang Lalang	010/15/08	SMK Alor Janggus
	Gunong	010/15/09	SMK Seri Gunong
	Kubang Tedoh	010/15/10	SJK (C) Yih Choon
	Taman Aman	010/15/11	SK Taman Aman
	Pekan Anak Bukit	010/15/12	Dewan Kementerian Dalam Negeri Anak Bukit
	Kampung Anak Bukit	010/15/13	SJK (C) Soon Jian
	Pantai Johor	010/15/14	SMK Tunku Abdul Malik
	Chegar	010/15/15	SK Gunong
	Alor Melintang	010/15/16	SK Sri Gunong
	Sungai Baru	010/15/17	SK Sungai Baru
	Mergong	010/15/18	SMA Kedah
Kubang Rotan (N16）	Kuar Jawa	010/16/01	SK Hj Abdullah Sadun
	Kubang Jawi	010/16/02	SK Alor Janggus
	Kubang Jambu	010/16/03	SJK (C) Long Seong
	Kubang Rotan	010/16/04	SMK Kubang Rotan
	Seberang Kota	010/16/05	SK Kuala Kedah
	Kampung Bahru	010/16/06	SJK (C) Pei Shih
	Pekan Kuala Kedah	010/16/07	SMK Seri Pantai
	Taman Sri Putra	010/16/08	SK Seri Pantai
	Kampung Tengah	010/16/09	SK Haji Ismail
	Kampung Balai	010/16/10	SK Haji Salleh Masri
	Kubang Panggas	010/16/11	SK Dato' Shaari
	Telok Chengai	010/16/12	SMK Tengku Laksamana
	Taman Seri Ampang	010/16/13	SMJK Keat Hwa II
	Taman Pelangi	010/16/14	SJK (C) Pei Hwa
	Peremba	010/16/15	SK Peremba
	Taman Sultan Badlishah	010/16/16	SMK Seberang Perak
	Taman Malek	010/16/17	SMJK Keat Hwa I
Pengkalan Kundor（N17）	Telok Kechai	010/17/01	SK Telok Kechai
	Taman Sophia	010/17/02	SMK Tun Sharifah Rodziah
	Taman Bersatu	010/17/03	SK Taman Bersatu
	Telok Bagan	010/17/04	SR Islam Darul Ulum (SRIDU)
	Kebun Pinang	010/17/05	SK Kebun Pinang
	Tebengau	010/17/06	SK Tebengau
	Kampung Benua	010/17/07	SJK (C) Eik Choon
	Taman Cengkeh	010/17/08	SJK (C) Yih Min
	Simpang Empat	010/17/09	SK Hj Hasan Itam
	Selarong Panjang	010/17/10	SMK Tuanku Abdul Aziz
	Permatang Ibus	010/17/11	SK Kangkong
	Kuala Sala	010/17/12	SK Sri Mahawangsa
	Sala Kechil	010/17/13	SK Kampung Jawa
	Selarong Batang	010/17/14	SMA Ihya Ul-Ulum Ad Diniah
	Buloh Lima	010/17/15	SK Buluh Lima
	Taman Impian	010/17/16	SMK Muadzam Shah
	Kota Sarang Samut	010/17/17	SJK (C) Min Sin

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kuala Kedah
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Alor Star
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
	P007	1959–1963	Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (‏تونكو عبد الرحمٰن ڤوترا سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه)
Parliament of Malaysia
	P007	1963–1964	Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (‏تونكو عبد الرحمٰن ڤوترا سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه)
	P007	1964–1969
		1969–1971	Parliament was suspended^[5] ^[6]
	P007	1971–1973	Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (‏تونكو عبد الرحمٰن ڤوترا سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه)
		1973	Senu Abdul Rahman (سنو بن عبدالرحمٰن)
		1973–1974
	P006	1974–1978
		1978–1982
		1982–1986	Mohammad Abu Bakar Rautin Ibrahim (محمّد أبو بكر راوتين إبراهيم)
	P008	1986–1990
	P008	1990–1995
	P010	1995–1999	Zakaria Mohd Said (زكريا محمد سعيد)
		1999–2004	Mohamad Sabu (محمد سابو)
		2004–2008	Hashim Jahaya (هشيم جاهيا)
		2008–2013	Ahmad Kassim (أحمد قاسم)
		2013–2018	Azman Ismail (عزمان إسماعيل)
		2018–2022	Azman Ismail (عزمان إسماعيل)
		2022–present	Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi (أحمد فخرالدين فخرالراضي)

State constituency

Parliamentaryconstituency	State constituency
Parliamentaryconstituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kuala Kedah				Alor Janggus
			Anak Bukit		Anak Bukit
					Kubang Rotan
			Pengkalan Kundor
		Kota Star Barat
		Langkawi

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member
N15	Anak Bukit	Rashidi Razak
N16	Kubang Rotan	Mohd Salleh Saidin
N17	Pengkalan Kundor	Mardhiyyah Johari

Local governments & postcodes

!No.!State Constituency!Local Government!Postcode
N15	Anak Bukit	Alor Setar City Council	05050, 05150, 05400, 05680, 06250, 06550, 06570, 06600, 06650 Alor Setar 06700 Pendang
N16	Kubang Rotan
N17	Pengkalan Kundor

References

Web site: Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya . . 2018-08-12.

Notes and References

Web site: Kawasanku. Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. 2023-09-24. en.
Web site: Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. 2020-01-29. 3. ms. 2018-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425183951/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/HargaDPIST42017_PRU14.pdf. dead.
Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. 2020-01-29. ms.
Web site: 15 July 2023 . Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A) Polling Hours For the General Election of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kedah . Attorney General's Chambers.
News: Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang . Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa . Utusan Online . 2012-03-12 . 2016-05-12 . dead . 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 . 2016-06-04 .
Web site: www.parlimen.gov.my . 2016-05-12.