Muar Selatan (federal constituency)
Muar Selatan was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1974.
 Johor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| 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 Muar Selatan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| Federal Legislative Council | |||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Tan Suan Kok （陈宣国） | Alliance (MCA) |
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Sulaiman Abdul Rahman | Alliance (UMNO) |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||
| 1st | 1963 | Sulaiman Abdul Rahman | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 1963-1964 | Awang Hassan | ||
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | ||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Awang Hassan | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | ||
| Constituency abolished, merged into Muar | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Muar Selatan | Batu Pahat Inland | ||||||
| Muar Coastal | |||||||
| Parit Jawa | |||||||
| Simpang Kiri | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Awang Hassan won uncontested. | ||||||
| Alliance | Awang Hassan | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 34,963 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Awang Hassan won uncontested. | ||||||
| Alliance | Awang Hassan | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 30,123 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Awang Hassan | 17,104 | 86.82 | ||
| PMIP | Hashim Israkal | 2,597 | 13.18 | ||
| Total valid votes | 19,701 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 30,128 | ||||
| Majority | 14,507 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Suleiman Abdul Rahman | 14,795 | 76.37 | |||
| PMIP | Mohamed Tahir Daing Mengati | 2,508 | 12.95 | |||
| National Party | Raja Hashim Mahmood | 2,069 | 10.68 | |||
| Total valid votes | 19,372 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 262 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 19,634 | 76.38 | ||||
| Registered electors | 25,706 | |||||
| Majority | 12,287 | |||||
| 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.
- "Penya Ta Rasmi - Official Report" (PDF). parlimen.gov.my. February 20, 1971. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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