Pontian Utara

Pontian Utara

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

Pontian Utara 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 Pontian Utara
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency split from Johore Selatan
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P097	1959-1963	Sardon Jubir (سعدون زبير‎)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P097	1963-1964	Sardon Jubir (سعدون زبير‎)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd		1964-1969
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended [1] [2]
3rd	P097	1971-1973	Sardon Jubir (سعدون زبير‎)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Pontian, Sri Gading and Batu Pahat

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Pontian Utara		Benut
		Rengit

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969 : Pontian Utara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sardon Jubir	15,000	73.12	12.55
	PMIP	Yusoff Hakingak	5,514	26.88	12.55
Total valid votes			20,514	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,882
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			22,396	75.50	6.19
Registered electors			29,663
Majority			9,486	46.24	25.10
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964 : Pontian Utara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sardon Jubir	16,526	85.67	17.59
	PMIP	Abdul Jamil Suleiman	2,764	14.33	5.33
Total valid votes			19,290	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,030
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,320	81.69	2.73
Registered electors			26,098
Majority			13,762	71.34	26.18
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959 : Pontian Utara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Sardon Jubir	11,850	68.08
	National Party	Garieb Abdul Raouf	3,990	22.92
	PMIP	Abdul Jamil Suleiman	1,567	9.00
Total valid votes			17,407	100.00
Total rejected ballots			234
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,641	78.96
Registered electors			22,341
Majority			7,860	45.16
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.