Johore Bahru Barat (federal constituency)

Johore Bahru Barat

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

Johore Bahru Barat 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 Johore Bahru Barat
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Ahmad Mohamed Shah	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Ahmad Mohamed Shah	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Rahmat Daud
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Mohamed Rahmat	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Rahmat	12,319	65.28
	DAP	Daing Ibrahim Othman	6,553	34.72
Total valid votes			18,872	100.00
Total rejected ballots			917
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,789	93.51
Registered electors			21,162
Majority			5,766
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Rahmat Daud	11,722	69.10
	Socialist Front	Lim Lee Koon	4,796	28.27
	PAP	Liang Teck Sum	447	2.63
Total valid votes			16,965	100.00
Total rejected ballots			560
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,525	77.91
Registered electors			22,493
Majority			6,926
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ahmad Mohamed Shah	7,282	61.80
	Socialist Front	Zahid Karim	4,501	38.20
Total valid votes			11,783	100.00
Total rejected ballots			152
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,935	75.07
Registered electors			15,899
Majority			2,781
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.