Kota Bharu Hilir (federal constituency)

Kota Bharu Hilir

Kelantan constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Kota Bharu Hilir was a federal constituency in Kelantan, 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

Members of Parliament for Kota Bharu Hilir
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kelantan Tengah
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959–1963	Ahmad Abdullah (احمد عبدالله)	PMIP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963–1964	Ahmad Abdullah (احمد عبدالله)	PMIP
2nd	1964–1969	Nik Ahmad Kamil Nik Mahmud (نئ احمد كاميل نئ مهمود)	Alliance (UMNO)
	1969–1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971–1973	Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail (تڠكو احمد ريتهاودديين تڠكو اسماعيل)	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973–1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kota Bharu

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kota Bharu Hilir		Bandar Hilir
		Bandar Hulu
		Kota Bharu Tengah

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail	13,069	50.30	1.16
	PMIP	Wan Hashim Wan Ahmad	12,914	49.70	1.16
Total valid votes			25,983	100.00
Total rejected ballots			756
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			26,739	67.73	7.62
Registered electors			39,478
Majority			155	9.74
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Nik Ahmad Kamil Nik Mahmud	11,585	51.46	8.57
	PMIP	Wan Mustapha Ali	10,929	48.54	8.57
Total valid votes			22,514	100.00
Total rejected ballots			802
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,316	75.35	9.74
Registered electors			30,942
Majority			656	2.92	17.74
	Alliance gain from National Trust Party (Malaysia)-Malayan Islamic Party		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMIP	Ahmad Abdullah	9,463	60.03
	Alliance	Nik Ismail Nik Hussin	6,302	39.97
Total valid votes			15,765	100.00
Total rejected ballots			97
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,862	65.61
Registered electors			24,178
Majority			3,161	20.66
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.