Tenggaroh (federal constituency)

Tenggaroh was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

Tenggaroh

Johor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

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 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Tenggaroh
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Johore Timor
4th	1974-1978	Abdul Kadir Yusuf	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Khadri Sabran
Constituency abolished, renamed to Mersing

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khadri Sabran	14,093	84.79
	PAS	Mokhtar Yahya	2,528	15.21
Total valid votes			16,621	100.00
Total rejected ballots			856
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,477	71.47
Registered electors			24,453
Majority			11,565
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Kadir Yusuf	10,886	73.26
	DAP	Tan Tien Lim	2,568	17.28
	PAS	Abdul Rauof Abdul Majid	1,405	9.46
Total valid votes			14,859	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			20,308
Majority			8,318
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Abdul Kadir Yusuf won uncontested.
	BN	Abdul Kadir Yusuf
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			17,274
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References