Pontian Utara (federal constituency)
Pontian Utara 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 Pontian Utara | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Constituency created | ||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
| 1st | 1959-1963 | Sardon Jubir | Alliance (UMNO) | |
| Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
| 1st | 1963-1964 | Sardon Jubir | Alliance (UMNO) | |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Sardon Jubir | Alliance (UMNO) | |
| 1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | |||
| Constituency abolished, merged into Pontian | ||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Sardon Jubir | 15,000 | 73.12 | ||
| PMIP | Yusoff Hakingak | 5,514 | 26.88 | ||
| Total valid votes | 20,514 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,882 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 22,396 | 75.50 | |||
| Registered electors | 29,663 | ||||
| Majority | 9,486 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Sardon Jubir | 16,526 | 85.67 | ||
| PMIP | Abdul Jamil Suleiman | 2,764 | 14.33 | ||
| Total valid votes | 19,290 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 2,030 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 21,320 | 81.69 | |||
| Registered electors | 26,098 | ||||
| Majority | 13,762 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Sardon Jubir | 11,850 | 68.08 | |||
| Parti Negara | Garieb Abdul Raouf | 3,990 | 22.92 | |||
| PMIP | Abdul Jamil Suleiman | 1,567 | 9.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 17,407 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 234 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,641 | 78.96 | ||||
| Registered electors | 22,341 | |||||
| Majority | 7,860 | |||||
| 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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