Sungai Petani (federal constituency)

Sungai Petani

Kedah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Johari Abdul PKR
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Sungai Petani is a federal constituency in 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.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Bukit Kechik, Bukit Meriam, Sintok Bugis, Padang Salim, Kuala Muda, Haji Kudong, Kota Kuala Muda, Sungai Mas, Rantau Panjang, Pekan Tikam Batu, Kampung Simpor, Batu Lintang, Simpor Timor, Telok Wang, Kampung Berapit, Kampung Tikam Batu, Pekula, Padang Temusu, Pinang Tunggal, Taman Dahlia, Jalan Pengkalan, Kolam Air, Bandar, Simpang Tiga Pekan Lama, Peteri, Kampung Bahru, Taman Sentosa, Taman Delima, Taman Intan, Bakar Arang, Taman Arked, Taman Makmur, Sungai Pasir, Taman Nilam, Taman Sejati Indah, Taman Sri Wang, Taman Keladi, Taman Mutiara, Pekan Lama, Padang Buloh, Kampung Sidam, Kampung Raja, Scarboro, Pengkalan Lebai Man, Taman Sutera, Seri Impian, Puteri Jaya, Kampung Sarukam, Pantai Prai.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Sungai Petani
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Sungei Patani
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Abdul Samad Osman	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Abdul Samad Osman	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Mohd. Zahir Ismail
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Azahari Md. Taib	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978	Wan Zainab M. A. Bakar
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
Sungai Petani
7th	1986-1990	Abdul Manaf Ahmad	BN
8th	1990-1995	Che Ibrahim Mustafa
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Mahadzir Mohd Khir
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Johari Abdul	PKR
13th	2013–present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Johari Abdul	44,194	55.37
	BN	Syamsul Anuar Che Mey @ Ismail	34,646	43.41
	Independent	Ong Wei Sin	772	0.97
	KITA	Suhaimi Hashim	200	0.25
Total valid votes			79,812	100.00
Total rejected ballots			959
Unreturned ballots			253
Turnout			81,024	86.96
Registered electors			93,176
Majority			9,548
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Johari Abdul	33,822	58.05
	BN	Zainuddin Maidin	24,441	41.95
Total valid votes			58,263	100.00
Total rejected ballots			986
Unreturned ballots			129
Turnout			59,378	77.84
Registered electors			76,284
Majority			9,381
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mahadzir Mohd Khir	36,067	66.02
	KEADILAN	Zamri Yusuf	18,565	33.98
Total valid votes			54,632	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,007
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			55,639	78.45
Registered electors
Majority			17,502
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mahadzir Mohd Khir	31,875	61.75
	KEADILAN	Johari Abdul	19,742	38.25
Total valid votes			51,617	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,151
Unreturned ballots			2,689
Turnout			55,457	76.54
Registered electors
Majority			12,133
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Che Ibrahim Mustafa	35,918	78.74
	S46	Syed Mansor Syed Salim	9,697	21.26
Total valid votes			45,615	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,785
Unreturned ballots			678
Turnout			48,078	73.91
Registered electors
Majority			26,221
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Che Ibrahim Mustafa	23,333	62.41
	S46	Abdullah Hashim	14,052	37.59
Total valid votes			37,385	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,077
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			38,462	72.87
Registered electors
Majority			9,281

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Manaf Ahmad	18,269	53.68
	DAP	R. Karuppaiah	8,380	24.62
	PAS	Razak Daud	7,386	21.70
Total valid votes			34,035	100.00
Total rejected ballots			840
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			34,875	71.94
Registered electors			48,478
Majority			9,889
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982: Sungei Patani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Zainab M. A. Bakar
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978: Sungei Patani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Zainab M. A. Bakar
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974: Sungei Patani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Zainab M. A. Bakar
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969: Sungei Patani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Azahari Md. Taib
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964: Sungei Patani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohd. Zahir Ismail
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959: Sungei Patani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Samad Osman
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.