Muar Utara (federal constituency)
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Muar Utara was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1974.
 Johor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 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 Utara | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created | |||||
| Federal Legislative Council | |||||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Hassan Yunus (حسن يونس) |
Alliance (UMNO) | 19,802 84.53% | |
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||||
| 1st | P104 | 1959-1963 | Ahmad Arshad (احمد ارشد) | Alliance (UMNO) | 12,744 83,42% |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||||
| 1st | P104 | 1963-1964 | Ahmad Arshad (احمد ارشد) | Alliance (UMNO) | 12,744 83,42% |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | 16,717 81.18% | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||||
| 3rd | P104 | 1971-1973 | Ahmad Arshad (احمد ارشد) | Alliance (UMNO) | Uncontested |
| 1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | ||||
| Constituency abolished, split into Segamat, Ledang and Pagoh | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Muar Utara | Muar Central | ||||||
| Serom | |||||||
| Tangkak | |||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1959 | |
| Serom |
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| Tangkak |
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Ahmad Arshad won uncontested. | ||||||
| Alliance | Ahmad Arshad | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 30,264 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Ahmad Arshad | 16,717 | 81.18 |  2.24 | |
| Socialist Front | Abdul Hamid Hassan | 3,876 | 18.82 |  18.82 | |
| Total valid votes | 20,593 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 973 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 21,566 | 79.80 | 7.46 | ||
| Registered electors | 27,024 | ||||
| Majority | 12,841 | 62.36 | 4.48 | ||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Ahmad Arshad | 12,744 | 83.42 | 1.11 | |
| National Party | Nasir Abdullah | 2,533 | 16.58 | 1.11 | |
| Total valid votes | 15,277 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 284 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 15,561 | 72.34 | 9.66 | ||
| Registered electors | 21,510 | ||||
| Majority | 10,211 | 66.84 | 2.22 | ||
| Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Hassan Yunos | 19,802 | 84.53 | |||
| NEGARA | Mohd Nor A Hamid | 3,623 | 15.47 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23.425 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,425 | 82.00 | ||||
| Registered electors | 28,567 | |||||
| Majority | 6,438 | 69.06 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
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