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P.010 Baling
P.010 Baling GE-5 (1978)
Total Voters37,072Kedah average: 35,484
Turnout78.2%Kedah +0.6 · National +3.8
Valid Votes28,116867 rejected (2.99%)
Majority2911.0% · Kedah −17.9
Candidates3
Quick read
- Seat status: Marginal (<5%) — majority of 1.0% of valid votes.
- Spoiler effect: third-placed Abu Bakar bin Sarda (BEBAS) polled 1,161 votes, more than the 291 majority.
- Seat changed hands: UMNO → PAS (compared with GE-4 (1974)).
- Turnout 78.2% compared with the Kedah average of 77.6%.
Vote Share
Candidate Results
Area History
Winner Vote (%) Matched by area name across elections (codes may change after redelineation).
| GE | Name | Party | Vote Share | Majority % | Turnout | Candidates | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE-01 | Harun bin Abdullah | UMNO | 70.27% | 49.86% | 75.41% | 3 | Won |
| GE-02 | Harun bin Abdullah | UMNO | 68.17% | 44.45% | 72.96% | 3 | Won |
| GE-03 | Shafie bin Abdullah | UMNO | 59.78% | 19.56% | 78.26% | 2 | Won |
| GE-04 | Shafie bin Abdullah | UMNO | — | — | — | 1 | Won unopposed |
| GE-05 | Nakhaie bin Ahmad | PAS | 48.45% | 1.03% | 78.18% | 3 | Won |
| GE-06 | Seroji bin Haron | UMNO | 60.20% | 20.39% | 77.63% | 2 | Won |
| GE-07 | Raja Ariffin bin Raja Sulaiman | UMNO | 60.59% | 21.17% | 76.12% | 2 | Won |
| GE-08 | Raja Ariffin bin Raja Sulaiman | UMNO | 62.87% | 25.74% | 78.05% | 2 | Won |
| GE-09 | Raja Ariffin bin Raja Sulaiman | UMNO | 57.65% | 15.30% | 75.93% | 2 | Won |
| GE-10 | Taib Azamudden bin Md. Taib | PAS | 51.68% | 3.36% | 78.93% | 2 | Won |
| GE-11 | Mashitah binti Ibrahim | UMNO | 53.46% | 6.92% | 83.27% | 2 | Won |
| GE-12 | Taib Azamudden bin Md. Taib | PAS | 55.90% | 11.80% | 83.47% | 2 | Won |
| GE-13 | Abdul Azeez bin Abdul Rahim | UMNO | 53.17% | 6.34% | 89.20% | 2 | Won |
| GE-14 | Abdul Azeez bin Abdul Rahim | UMNO | 42.60% | 1.19% | 85.93% | 3 | Won |
| GE-15 | Hassan bin Saad | PAS | 59.13% | 26.72% | 83.54% | 4 | Won |