Kluang Selatan (federal constituency)

Kluang Selatan
Johor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

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

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 Kluang Selatan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Chan Chong Wen	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Chan Chong Wen	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Chan Chong Wen	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Chu Chee Peng	Alliance
3rd	1973-1974	Chu Chee Peng	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Chu Chee Peng	12,754	64.39
	DAP	Lee Kuo Ming @ Lee Kok Bin	7,053	35.61
Total valid votes			19,807	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,418
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			21,225	68.09
Registered electors			31,171
Majority			5,701
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Chan Chong Wen	11,926	64.96
	Socialist Front	Hon Kin Siong	6,434	35.04
Total valid votes			18,360	100.00
Total rejected ballots			601
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,961	81.88
Registered electors			23,158
Majority			5,492
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Chan Chong Wen	8,754	65.85
	Socialist Front	Tan Kai Hee	4,540	34.15
Total valid votes			13,294	100.00
Total rejected ballots			150
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,444	79.64
Registered electors			16,880
Majority			4,214
This was a new constituency created.

References

↑ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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