Panti (federal constituency)

Panti was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

Panti

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 Panti
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Johore Tenggara
4th	1974-1977	Syed Jaafar Albar	BN (UMNO)
	1977-1978	Saadun Muhammad Noh
5th	1978-1982	Yusof Malim Kuning
6th	1982-1986	Musa Hitam
Constituency abolished, renamed to Kota Tinggi

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Panti			Johore Lama
			Kota Tinggi

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Musa Hitam won uncontested.
	BN	Musa Hitam
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			50,024
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yusof Malim Kuning	22,807	90.10
	PAS	Abdul Wahab Abdul Malik	2,507	9.90
Total valid votes			25,314	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			32,767
Majority			20,300
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 24 February 1977
Upon the death of incumbent, Syed Jaafar Hassan Albar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Saadun Muhammad Noh won uncontested.
	BN	Saadun Muhammad Noh
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Syed Jaafar Hassan Albar won uncontested.
	BN	Syed Jaafar Hassan Albar
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			19,595
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References