Kedah Utara (Federal Legislative Council constituency)

Kedah Utara was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.

Kedah Utara

Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1959
First contested	1955
Last contested	1955

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.^[1]

History

It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Kedah Utara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1955–1959	Syed Ahmad Syed Mahmud Shahabudin (سيد احمد سيد مهمود شاهبودين)	Alliance (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Jitra-Padang Terap and Kubang Pasu Barat

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–1959*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Kedah Utara	Jitra-Padang Terap
	Kubang Pasu Barat

Election results

Malayan general election, 1955: Kedah Utara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Syed Ahmad Shahbuddin	25,544	89.85
	Independent	Abdullah Abbas	1,578	5.55
	NEGARA	Laidin Abdul Manan	1,309	4.60
Total valid votes			28,431	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,431	86.00
Registered electors			33,059
Majority			23,966	84.30
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times.[2][3]