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Kuala Ketil
Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Mansor Zakaria
PN
Constituency created1974
Constituency abolished1984
Constituency re-created1995
First contested1974
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)42,184

Kuala Ketil is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kuala Ketil's electorate as of 2023 [1]

   Malay (82.36%)
   Indian (11.09%)
   Chinese (5.68%)
  Other ethnicities (0.88%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kuala Ketil constituency has a total of 24 polling districts. [2]

State constituency Polling districts Code Location
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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuala Ketil
Assembly Years Name Party
Constituency created from Sungei Patani Luar
4th 1974–1978 Mohamed Muslim Othman BN (UMNO)
5th 1978–1982 Supramaniam Ahnasamy Pillai BN (MIC)
6th 1982–1986 S. Subramaniam
Constituency split into Kupang and Merbau Pulas
Constituency recreated from Kupang and Merbau Pulas
9th 1995–1999 Mohd Hadzir Ismail BN (UMNO)
10th 1999–2004
11th 2004–2008 Abdul Aziz Sheikh Fadzir
12th 2008–2013 Md Zuki Yusof PR (PAS)
13th 2013–2018
14th 2018–2020 Mansor Zakaria PAS
2020–2023 PN (PAS)
15th 2023–present

Election Results

Kedah state election, 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PN Mansor Zakaria 24,872 74.96 Increase 74.96
BN Suriati Che Mid 8,307 25.04 Decrease 13.51
Total valid votes 33,179 100.00
Total rejected ballots 165
Unreturned ballots 36
Turnout 33,380 79.13 Decrease 6.79
Registered electors 42,184
Majority 16,565 49.92 Increase 44.38
PN hold Swing
Kedah state election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PAS Mansor Zakaria 12,574 44.09 Decrease 19.16
BN Mohd Khairul Azhar Abdullah 10,993 38.55 Decrease 9.12
PH Mohamad Sofee Razak 4,952 17.36 Increase 17.36
Total valid votes 33,798 100.00
Total rejected ballots 444
Unreturned ballots 73
Turnout 29,038 85.92 Decrease 2.79
Registered electors 42,184
Majority 1,581 5.54 Decrease 8.05
PAS hold Swing
Kedah state election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PAS Md Zuki Yusof 12,769 52.14 Decrease 10.48
BN Mohd Khairul Azhar Abdullah 11,615 38.55 Increase 9.23
KITA Krishnan Ganapathy 105 0.04 Increase 0.04
Total valid votes 24,489 100.00
Total rejected ballots 369
Unreturned ballots 59
Turnout 24,917 88.71 Increase 6.16
Registered electors 28,087
Majority 1,154 13.59 Decrease 11.65
PAS hold Swing
Kedah state election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PAS Md Zuki Yusof 12,105 62.62
BN Firdaus Zakaria 7,225 37.38
Total valid votes 19,330 100.00
Total rejected ballots 338
Unreturned ballots 9
Turnout 19,697 82.55
Registered electors 23,861
Majority 4,880 25.24
PAS hold Swing

References

  • "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  • "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Kedah". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  1. ^ "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  2. ^ "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]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.[ permanent dead link]


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