Pontian_Selatan_(federal_constituency)
Pontian Selatan was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
Quick Facts Johor constituency, Defunct federal constituency ...
 Johor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
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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.
It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
More information Members of Parliament for Pontian Selatan, Parliament ...
| Members of Parliament for Pontian Selatan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency split from Johore Selatan | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | P098 | 1959-1963 | Zainon Munshi Sulaiman (زينون مونشي سليمان) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | P098 | 1963-1964 | Zainon Munshi Sulaiman (زينون مونشي سليمان) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Ali Ahmad (علي احمد） | ||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | P098 | 1971-1973 | Ali Ahmad (علي احمد) | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | |||
| Constituency abolished, merged into Pontian | ||||
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State constituency
More information Parliamentary constituency, State constituency ...
| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Pontian Selatan | Pontian Dalam | ||||||
| Pontian Kechil | |||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Ali Ahmad won uncontested. | ||||||
| Alliance | Ali Ahmad | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 27,924 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Ali Ahmad | 13,759 | 69.95 |  7.31 | |
| Socialist Front | Tan Tai Chee | 5,910 | 30.05 |  7.31 | |
| Total valid votes | 19,669 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 565 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 20,234 | 82.36 | |||
| Registered electors | 24,569 | ||||
| Majority | 7,849 | 39.90 | 14.62 | ||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Zainon Munshi Sulaiman | 9,469 | 62.64 | |||
| Socialist Front | Lee Ah Leng | 5,648 | 37.36 | |||
| Total valid votes | 15,117 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 227 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 15,344 | 81.82 | ||||
| Registered electors | 18,753 | |||||
| Majority | 3,821 | 25.28 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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- 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.