Muar Selatan (federal constituency)

Muar Selatan

Johor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1955
Last contested	1969

Muar Selatan was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 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 Selatan
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Federal Legislative Council
1st		1955-1959	Tan Suan Kok (陈宣国）	Alliance (MCA)
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P092	1959-1963	Sulaiman Abdul Rahman (سليمان عبدالرحمن)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P092	1963	Sulaiman Abdul Rahman (سليمان عبدالرحمن)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1963-1964	Awang Hassan (اواڠ حسن‎)
2nd		1964-1969
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd	P092	1971-1973	Awang Hassan (اواڠ حسن‎)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, merged into Muar

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Muar Selatan	Batu Pahat Inland
	Muar Coastal
		Parit Jawa
		Simpang Kiri

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Awang Hassan won uncontested.
	Alliance	Awang Hassan
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			34,963
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Awang Hassan won uncontested.
	Alliance	Awang Hassan
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			30,123
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 28 December 1963
Upon the death of incumbent, Suleiman Abdul Rahman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Awang Hassan	17,104	86.82	10.45
	PMIP	Hashim Israkal	2,597	13.18	0.23
Total valid votes			19,701	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			30,128
Majority			14,507	73.64	10.22
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Suleiman Abdul Rahman	14,795	76.37	8.79
	PMIP	Mohamed Tahir Daing Mengati	2,508	12.95	12.95
	National Party	Raja Hashim Mahmood	2,069	10.68	4.16
Total valid votes			19,372	100.00
Total rejected ballots			262
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,634	76.38	5.52
Registered electors			25,706
Majority			12,287	63.42	6.90
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1955

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Tan Suan Kok	23,580	85.16
	NEGARA	Mahmud Mohd Shah	4,108	14.84
Total valid votes			27,688	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			27,688	81.90
Registered electors			33,807
Majority			19,472	70.32
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times. [3] [4]

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. "Penya Ta Rasmi - Official Report" (PDF). parlimen.gov.my. February 20, 1971. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
3. "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
4. "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.