Johore Selatan (Federal Legislative Council constituency)
Constituency in Malaysia
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Johore Selatan was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
 Johor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.[1]
History
It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Johore Selatan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Tan Luang Hong (陈銮峰) |
Alliance (MCA) | 21,581 90.30% |
| Constituency abolished, split into Pontian Utara and Pontian Selatan | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Johore Selatan | Johore Bahru Inland | ||||||
| Pontian | |||||||
Election result
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Tan Luang Hong | 21,581 | 90.30 | |||
| NEGARA | Kassim Awang Chik | 2,318 | 9.70 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,899 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,899 | 83.80 | ||||
| Registered electors | 28,519 | |||||
| Majority | 19,263 | 80.60 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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