Semerah (federal constituency)
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Semerah was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.
 Johor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1974 |
| Constituency abolished | 1986 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1982 |
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 1986 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Semerah | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created from Muar Selatan and Batu Pahat | |||||
| 4th | P110 | 1974-1978 | Fatimah Abdul Majid (فاطمه عبدالمجيد) | BN (UMNO) | 16,030 78.56% |
| 5th | 1978-1982 | Shariffah Dorah Syed Mohammed (شريفه دورح سيد محمد) |
22,264 86.07% | ||
| 6th | 1982-1986 | 25,596 86.39% | |||
| Constituency abolished, split into Parit Sulong, Muar, Bakri and Sri Gading | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Semerah | Peserai | ||||||
| Sri Menanti | |||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constiteuncy | Area |
|---|---|
| 1974 | |
| Peserai |
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| Sri Menanti |
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Shariffah Dorah Syed Mohammed | 25,596 | 86.39 |  0.32 | |
| PAS | Abdullah Rahmat | 4,034 | 13.61 |  0.32 | |
| Total valid votes | 29,630 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,082 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 30,712 | 73.61 | 2.87 | ||
| Registered electors | 41,721 | ||||
| Majority | 21,562 | 72.78 | 0.64 | ||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Shariffah Dorah Syed Mohammed | 22,264 | 86.07 | 7.51 | |
| PAS | Mohamed Kassim | 3,602 | 13.93 | 13.93 | |
| Total valid votes | 25,866 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,319 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 27,185 | 76.48 | 5.98 | ||
| Registered electors | 35,546 | ||||
| Majority | 18,662 | 72.14 | 15.02 | ||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Fatimah Abdul Majid | 16,030 | 78.56 | |||
| Independent | Abdul Hadi Mohamed Yassin | 4,374 | 21.44 | |||
| Total valid votes | 20,404 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 636 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,040 | 70.50 | ||||
| Registered electors | 29,846 | |||||
| Majority | 11,656 | 57.12 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||