Johore Bahru Barat
 Johor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
Johore Bahru Barat was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
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 created | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Ahmad Mohamed Shah | Alliance | |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | Ahmad Mohamed Shah | Alliance | |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Rahmat Daud | ||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament dissolved[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Mohamed Rahmat | Alliance | |
| 1973-1974 | BN | |||
| Constituency abolished | ||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Mohamed Rahmat | 12,319 | 65.28 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | 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 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | Alliance
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Rahmat Daud | 11,722 | 69.10 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Socialist Front | Lim Lee Koon | 4,796 | 28.27 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | 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 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | Alliance
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Ahmad Mohamed Shah | 7,282 | 61.80 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | 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. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.