Muar Pantai (federal constituency)

Muar Pantai

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

Muar Pantai 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 Muar Pantai
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Seah Teng Ngiab	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Seah Teng Ngiab	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Seah Teng Ngiab	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
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

Malaysian general election, 1964
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

Malayan general election, 1959
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.

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.