Batu Pahat Dalam (federal constituency)

Batu Pahat Dalam

Johor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Batu Pahat Dalam 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 Batu Pahat Dalam
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Syed Esa Alwee	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Syed Esa Alwee	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Fatimah Abdul Majid	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Fatimah Abdul Majid	15,979	75.94
	Gerakan	Sakroni Ahmad	5,062	24.06
Total valid votes			21,041	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,887
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,928	70.19
Registered electors			32,664
Majority			10,917
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Syed Esa Alwee	17,225	84.93
	UDP	Sakroni Ahmad	3,056	15.07
Total valid votes			20,281	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,460
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,741	79.89
Registered electors			28,465
Majority			14,169
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Syed Esa Alwee	9,495	54.59
	Independent	Tan Suan Kok	4,238	24.36
	Parti Negara	Daud Abdul Hamid	3,661	21.05
Total valid votes			17,394	100.00
Total rejected ballots			128
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,522	76.71
Registered electors			22,842
Majority			5,257
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.