Kuala Muda

Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

Kuala Muda was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

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 1986 when it was redistributed.

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Daim Zainuddin	21,782	73.82	5.52
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ghazali Din	7,724	26.18	5.52
Total valid votes			29,506	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,064
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			30,570	76.79
Registered electors			39,810
Majority			14,058	47.64	11.04
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Khir Johari	17,761	68.30	68.30
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ghazali Din	8,243	31.70	31.70
Total valid votes			26,004	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			34,354
Majority			9,518	36.60
	BN hold		Swing

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