Johore Tenggara (federal constituency)

Johore Tenggara

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

Johore Tenggara 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 Johore Tenggara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Syed Jaafar Albar	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Syed Jaafar Albar	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Syed Jaafar Albar	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Syed Jaafar Hassan Albar	7,174	69.50
	Gerakan	Tengku Mohamed Archibald Tengku Temenggong Ahmad	3,149	30.50
Total valid votes			10,323	100.00
Total rejected ballots			566
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,889	78.79
Registered electors			13,821
Majority			4,025
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Syed Jaafar Hassan Albar won uncontested.
	Alliance	Syed Jaafar Hassan Albar
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			12,854
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Syed Jaafar Hassan Albar won uncontested.
	Alliance	Syed Jaafar Hassan Albar
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			10,986
Majority
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. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.