Pontian Utara (federal constituency)

Pontian Utara

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

Pontian 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 Pontian Utara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Sardon Jubir	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Sardon Jubir	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Sardon Jubir	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sardon Jubir	15,000	73.12
	PMIP	Yusoff Hakingak	5,514	26.88
Total valid votes			20,514	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,882
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			22,396	75.50
Registered electors			29,663
Majority			9,486
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sardon Jubir	16,526	85.67
	PMIP	Abdul Jamil Suleiman	2,764	14.33
Total valid votes			19,290	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,030
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			21,320	81.69
Registered electors			26,098
Majority			13,762
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sardon Jubir	11,850	68.08
	Parti Negara	Garieb Abdul Raouf	3,990	22.92
	PMIP	Abdul Jamil Suleiman	1,567	9.00
Total valid votes			17,407	100.00
Total rejected ballots			234
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,641	78.96
Registered electors			22,341
Majority			7,860
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.