Segamat Utara (federal constituency)

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

Segamat Utara 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 Segamat Utara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Abdullah Mohd Salleh	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Abdullah Mohd Salleh	Alliance
2nd	1964-1968	Abdullah Mohd Salleh
2nd	1968-1969	Musa Hitam
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Musa Hitam	Alliance
3rd	1973-1974	Musa Hitam	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Musa Hitam	10,212	61.18
	DAP	Tan Thian San	6,480	38.82
Total valid votes			16,692	100.00
Total rejected ballots			500
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,192	78.86
Registered electors			21,802
Majority			3,732
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 19 October 1968 Upon the death of incumbent, Abdullah Mohd Salleh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Musa Hitam	9,485	62.34
	DAP	Lee Ah Meng	5,731	37.66
Total valid votes			15,216	100.00
Total rejected ballots			211
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,427	74.24
Registered electors			20,779
Majority			3,754
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdullah Mohd Salleh	9,646	57.21
	Socialist Front	Pang Lee Seng	4,671	27.70
	UDP	Lim Meng See	2,545	15.09
Total valid votes			16,862	100.00
Total rejected ballots			549
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,411	85.88
Registered electors			20,273
Majority			4,975
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdullah Mohd Salleh	6,572	52.84
	Independent	Lim Meng See	4,948	39.78
	PMIP	Syed Mohamed Abdullah Al-Khard	917	7.37
Total valid votes			12,437	100.00
Total rejected ballots			109
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,546	83.40
Registered electors			15,044
Majority			1,624
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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