Muar Pantai (federal constituency)
Muar Pantai was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
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|---|---|
| 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 Muar Pantai | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Seah Teng Ngiab (余镇业) | Alliance (MCA) | |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | Seah Teng Ngiab (余镇业) | Alliance (MCA) | |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Seah Teng Ngiab (余镇业) | Alliance (MCA) | |
| 1973-1974 | BN (MCA) | |||
| Constituency abolished, merged into Muar | ||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Seah Teng Ngiab | 13,755 | 65.93 | ||
| DAP | Khoo Chin Tow | 7,108 | 34.07 | ||
| Total valid votes | 20,863 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 715 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 21,578 | 70.61 | |||
| Registered electors | 30,558 | ||||
| Majority | 6,647 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Seah Teng Ngiab | 16,578 | 72.98 | ||
| Socialist Front | Lee Boon Pin | 6,137 | 27.02 | ||
| Total valid votes | 22,715 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 481 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 23,196 | 77.02 | |||
| Registered electors | 30,116 | ||||
| Majority | 10,441 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Seah Teng Ngiab | 8,997 | 53.29 | |||
| Parti Negara | Mohd Noor Hamid | 3,731 | 22.10 | |||
| PPP | Tan Kwee Wah | 2,162 | 12.81 | |||
| Socialist Front | Chua Ang Teck | 1,994 | 11.81 | |||
| Total valid votes | 16,884 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 126 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,010 | 74.33 | ||||
| Registered electors | 22,884 | |||||
| Majority | 5,266 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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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.
- "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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