Kluang Selatan
 Johor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
Kluang Selatan 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 Kluang Selatan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Chan Chong Wen | Alliance | |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | Chan Chong Wen | Alliance | |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament dissolved[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Chu Chee Peng | Alliance | |
| 1973-1974 | BN | |||
| Constituency abolished | ||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Chu Chee Peng | 12,754 | 64.39 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | DAP | Lee Kuo Ming @ Lee Kok Bin | 7,053 | 35.61 | |
| Total valid votes | 19,807 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,418 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 21,225 | 68.09 | |||
| Registered electors | 31,171 | ||||
| Majority | 5,701 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | Alliance
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Chan Chong Wen | 11,926 | 64.96 | |
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Socialist Front | Hon Kin Siong | 6,434 | 35.04 | |
| Total valid votes | 18,360 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 601 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 18,961 | 81.88 | |||
| Registered electors | 23,158 | ||||
| Majority | 5,492 | ||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | Alliance
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Alliance | Chan Chong Wen | 8,754 | 65.85 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | Socialist Front | Tan Kai Hee | 4,540 | 34.15 | ||
| Total valid votes | 13,294 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 150 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 13,444 | 79.64 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,880 | |||||
| Majority | 4,214 | |||||
| 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.