Johore Timor (federal constituency)

Johore Timor was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Johore Timor

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 Timor
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Ismail Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Ismail Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Ismail Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973		BN (UMNO)
	1973-1974	Abdul Rahman Sabri
Constituency abolished, renamed to Tenggaroh

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 8 September 1973
Upon the death of incumbent, Ismail Abdul Rahman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Abdul Rahman Sabri won uncontested.
	Alliance	Abdul Rahman Sabri
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ismail Abdul Rahman	9,689	80.02
	PMIP	Hussin Mohamed Salleh	2,419	19.98
Total valid votes			12,108	100.00
Total rejected ballots			834
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,942	70.71
Registered electors			18,302
Majority			7,270
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ismail Abdul Rahman	10,331	91.91
	PMIP	Che Khadijah Mohd Sidik	909	8.09
Total valid votes			11,240	100.00
Total rejected ballots			756
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,996	80.31
Registered electors			14,938
Majority			9,422
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ismail Abdul Rahman	7,087	79.26
	Independent	Ismail Mohd. Arif	1,854	20.74
Total valid votes			8,941	100.00
Total rejected ballots			175
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,116	74.75
Registered electors			12,196
Majority			5,233
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. 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.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.