Rembau-Tampin (federal constituency)

Rembau-Tampin was a federal constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Rembau-Tampin

Negeri Sembilan 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 Rembau-Tampin
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Redza Mohd Said	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Redza Mohd Said	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1972	Sulaiman Mohamed Attas	Alliance (UMNO)
	1972-1973	Mokhtar Hashim
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Tampin

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Rembau-Tampin		Gemas
		Kota
		Tampin
		Terentang

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 8 July 1972
Upon the death of incumbent, Sulaiman Mohamed Attas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mokhtar Hashim	13,228	63.81
	PMIP	Tengku Jaril Tengku Sulaiman	4,018	19.38
	DAP	Muhamed Sharif Harun	3,483	16.80
Total valid votes			20,729	100.00
Total rejected ballots			372
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			21,101
Registered electors
Majority			9,210
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Sulaiman Mohamed Attas won uncontested.
	Alliance	Sulaiman Mohamed Attas
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			27,145
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Redza Mohd Said	11,837	65.35
	Socialist Front	Abdul Rahman Mohamed	3,583	19.78
	UDP	Baba Ludek	2,693	14.87
Total valid votes			18,113	100.00
Total rejected ballots			759
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,872	82.10
Registered electors			22,987
Majority			8,254
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Redza Mohd Said	9,587	68.69
	Parti Negara	Baba Ludek	4,369	31.31
Total valid votes			13,956	100.00
Total rejected ballots			167
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,123	76.05
Registered electors			18,571
Majority			5,218
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. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.