Sungai Benut
Malaysian electoral constituency
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Sungai Benut was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 2004.
 Johor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1984 |
| Constituency abolished | 2004 |
| First contested | 1986 |
| Last contested | 1999 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1984 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 2004 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Sungai Benut | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party | Vote Share |
| Constituency created from Ayer Hitam, Sri Gading, Kluang, Renggam and Pontian | |||||
| 7th | P126 | 1986-1990 | Mohamed Tawfik Ismail (محمد توفيق إسماعيل) | BN (UMNO) | 25,482 80.72% |
| 8th | 1990-1995 | Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman (عبدالحميد عبدالرحمٰن) |
23,313 68.06% | ||
| 9th | P137 | 1995-1999 | 29,450 79.66% | ||
| 10th | 1999-2004 | 30,578 75.57% | |||
| Constituency abolished, split into Simpang Renggam and Pontian | |||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Sungai Benut | Benut | ||||||
| Simpang Renggam | |||||||
Historical boundaries
| State Constituency | Area | |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1994 | |
| Benut |
| |
| Simpang Renggam |
| |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman | 30,578 | 75.57 |  4.09 | |
| PAS | Ungku Mohd Noor Ungku Mahmood | 9,886 | 24.43 |  4.09 | |
| Total valid votes | 40,464 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,291 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 89 | ||||
| Turnout | 41,844 | 72.58 | 2.17 | ||
| Registered electors | 57,646 | ||||
| Majority | 20,692 | 51.14 | 8.09 | ||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman | 29,450 | 79.66 | 11.60 | |
| S46 | Hassan Md. Ali | 7,519 | 20.34 | 11.60 | |
| Total valid votes | 36,969 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 2,154 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 301 | ||||
| Turnout | 39,424 | 74.75 | 2.51 | ||
| Registered electors | 54,894 | ||||
| Majority | 21,931 | 59.32 | 23.20 | ||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman | 23,313 | 68.06 | 12.66 | |
| S46 | Mohamed Sadek Mambli | 10,943 | 31.94 | 31.94 | |
| Total valid votes | 34,256 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 2,014 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 36,270 | 72.24 | 1.60 | ||
| Registered electors | 50,209 | ||||
| Majority | 12,370 | 36.12 | 25.32 | ||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Mohamed Tawfik Ismail | 25,482 | 80.72 | |||
| PAS | Abd Hamid Abd Rahim | 6,088 | 19.28 | |||
| Total valid votes | 31,570 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,438 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 33,008 | 70.64 | ||||
| Registered electors | 46,727 | |||||
| Majority | 19,394 | 61.44 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.