Pontian Utara
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Pontian Utara was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.
 Johor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1974 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
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 | Vote Share |
| Constituency split from Johore Selatan | |||||
| Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||||
| 1st | P097 | 1959-1963 | Sardon Jubir (سعدون زبير) | Alliance (UMNO) | 11,850 68.08% |
| Parliament of Malaysia | |||||
| 1st | P097 | 1963-1964 | Sardon Jubir (سعدون زبير) | Alliance (UMNO) | 11,850 68.08% |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | 16,526 85.67% | |||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | ||||
| 3rd | P097 | 1971-1973 | Sardon Jubir (سعدون زبير) | Alliance (UMNO) | 15,000 73.12% |
| 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 | |||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area |
|---|---|
| 1959 | |
| Benut |
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| Rengit |
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Election results
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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. | ||||||