Muar Selatan (federal constituency)

Muar Selatan was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Muar Selatan

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 Muar Selatan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Sulaiman Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963	Sulaiman Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)
	1963-1964	Awang Hassan
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Awang Hassan	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, merged into Muar

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Muar Selatan	Batu Pahat Inland
	Muar Coastal
		Parit Jawa
		Simpang Kiri

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Awang Hassan won uncontested.
	Alliance	Awang Hassan
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			34,963
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Awang Hassan won uncontested.
	Alliance	Awang Hassan
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			30,123
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 28 December 1963
Upon the death of incumbent, Sulaiman Abdul Rahman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Awang Hassan	17,104	86.82
	PMIP	Hashim Israkal	2,597	13.18
Total valid votes			19,701	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			30,128
Majority			14,507
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Suleiman Abdul Rahman	14,795	76.37
	PMIP	Mohamed Tahir Daing Mengati	2,508	12.95
	Parti Negara	Raja Hashim Mahmood	2,069	10.68
Total valid votes			19,372	100.00
Total rejected ballots			262
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,634	76.38
Registered electors			25,706
Majority			12,287
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.