Johore Bahru Barat (federal constituency)
Johore Bahru Barat was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
 Johor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
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 Johore Bahru Barat | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency split from Johore Bahru | |||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Ahmad Mohamed Shah | Alliance (UMNO) |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | Ahmad Mohamed Shah | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Rahmat Daud | |
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Mohamed Rahmat | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | ||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Pulai | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Johore Bahru Barat | Glang Patah | ||||||
| Tampoi | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Mohamed Rahmat | 12,319 | 65.28 | ||
| DAP | Daing Ibrahim Othman | 6,553 | 34.72 | ||
| Total valid votes | 18,872 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 917 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 19,789 | 93.51 | |||
| Registered electors | 21,162 | ||||
| Majority | 5,766 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Rahmat Daud | 11,722 | 69.10 | ||
| Socialist Front | Lim Lee Koon | 4,796 | 28.27 | ||
| PAP | Liang Teck Sum | 447 | 2.63 | ||
| Total valid votes | 16,965 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 560 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 17,525 | 77.91 | |||
| Registered electors | 22,493 | ||||
| Majority | 6,926 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Ahmad Mohamed Shah | 7,282 | 61.80 | |||
| Socialist Front | Zahid Karim | 4,501 | 38.20 | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,783 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 152 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 11,935 | 75.07 | ||||
| Registered electors | 15,899 | |||||
| Majority | 2,781 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- 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.
- "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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