Mersing (federal constituency)

Mersing (P154)
Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Abdul Latiff Ahmad; PN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2022)	66,332
Area (km²)	2,849

Mersing is a federal constituency in Mersing District, Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics[]

Ethnic breakdown of Mersing's electorate as of 2018^[3]

Malay (81.45%)

Chinese (14.29%)

Other ethnicities (3.02%)

Indian (1.26%)

History[]

Polling districts[]

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Mersing constituency has a total of 44 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Endau（N32）	Padang Endau	154/32/01	SMK Ungku Husin
	Bandar Endau Utara	154/32/02	SK Bandar Endau
	Bandar Endau Selatan	154/32/03	SA Bandar Endau
	Kampung Hubong	154/32/04	SK Pusat Air Tawar
	Kampung Hubong Barat	154/32/05	SJK (C) Kg Hubong
	Rancangan FELDA Endau	154/32/06	SK Lembaga Endau
	Triang	154/32/07	SK Teriang
	Penyabong	154/32/08	SK Penyabong
	Tanjong Resang	154/32/09	SK Tanjung Resang
	Ayer Papan	154/32/10	SK Air Papan
	Tanjong Genting	154/32/11	Balai Raya Kg. Tanjung Genting
	Mersing Kanan	154/32/12	SRA Bersepadu Mersing
	Jalan Endau	154/32/13	SMK Mersing
	Jalan Abdullah	154/32/14	SA Mersing Kanan
	Kampong Tengah	154/32/15	SK Mersing Kanan
	Sawah Dato'	154/32/16	SK Sawah Dato'
	Tenglu	154/32/17	SK Tenglu
	Tanah Abang	154/32/18	SK Tanah Abang
	Kampong Punan	154/32/19	SK Punan
	Kampong Peta	154/32/20	SK Peta
Tenggaroh（N33）	Bandar Utara	154/33/01	SA Bukit Timbalan
	Jalan Jamaluang	154/33/02	SMK Sri Mersing
	FELDA Nitar 2	154/33/03	SK LKTP Nitar 2
	FELDA Nitar 1	154/33/04	SK LKTP Nitar 1
	Pengkalan Batu	154/33/05	SA Pengkalan Batu
	Jalan Ismail	154/33/06	SJK (C) Pai Chee
	Pejabat Kerajaan	154/33/07	SK Bandar Mersing
	Pekan Mersing Kechil	154/33/08	SK Sri Mersing
	Sri Pantai	154/33/09	SK Seri Pantai
	Bandar Jamaluang Timor	154/33/10	Dewan Seberguna Kampung Baru Jemaluang
	Jamaluang Timor	154/33/11	SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 5
	Jamaluang	154/33/12	SJK (C) Jemaluang
	RISDA Sungai Ambat	154/33/13	Balai Raya Kg. Baru Estet Koperasi Sg. Ambat
	FELDA Tenggaroh 5	154/33/14	SMK Tan Sri Abdul Kadir
	FELDA Tenggaroh 3	154/33/15	SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 3
	FELDA Tenggaroh 6	154/33/16	SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 6
	FELDA Tenggaroh 4	154/33/17	SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 4
	FELDA Tenggaroh 2	154/33/18	SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 2
	FELDA Tenggaroh 1	154/33/19	SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 1
	Pulau Sibu	154/33/20	Balai Raya Pulau Sibu
	Pulau Tinggi	154/33/21	SK Pulau Tinggi
	Pulau Besar	154/33/22	Balai Raya Pulau Besar
	Pulau Aur	154/33/23	Balai Raya Pulau Aur
	Pulau Pemanggil	154/33/24	SK Pulau Pemanggil

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Mersing
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Tenggaroh
7th	1986-1990	Abdul Ajib Ahmad	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990-1995	Abdul Ajib Ahmad
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Abdul Latiff Ahmad
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018
	2018-2019		Independent
	2019-2020		PH (BERSATU)
	2020–present		PN (BERSATU)

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Mersing				Endau
Mersing				Tenggaroh

Current state assembly members[]

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N32	Endau	Alwiyah Talib	PN (BERSATU)
N33	Tenggaroh	Raven Kumar Krishnasamy	BN (MIC)

Local governments[]


No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N32	Endau	Mersing District Council
N33	Tenggaroh	Mersing District Council

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Latiff Ahmad	19,806	53.00	- 18.50
	PH	Md. Nasir Hashim	11,347	30.37	+ 30.37
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	A. Rahman A. Hamid	6,215	16.63	- 11.87
Total valid votes			37,368	100.00
Total rejected ballots			796
Unreturned ballots			142
Turnout			38,306	79.51
Registered electors			48,176
Majority			8,459	22.63
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 244/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.^{[permanent dead link]} "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 318/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.^{[permanent dead link]}

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Latiff Ahmad	26,184	71.50	- 4.42
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Roslan Nikmat	10,437	28.50	+ 4.42
Total valid votes			36,621	100.00
Total rejected ballots			678
Unreturned ballots			94
Turnout			37,393	84.03
Registered electors			44,497
Majority			15,747
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 181/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-14.^{[permanent dead link]} "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 222/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-14.^{[permanent dead link]}

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Latiff Ahmad	20,116	75.92	- 4.60
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Shahar Abdullah	6,380	24.08	+ 4.60
Total valid votes			26,496	100.00
Total rejected ballots			857
Unreturned ballots			195
Turnout			27,548	75.59
Registered electors			36,445
Majority			13,736
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Latiff Ahmad	19,222	80.52	+ 10.24
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Idris Tukachil	4,649	19.48	- 10.24
Total valid votes			23,871	100.00
Total rejected ballots			613
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,484	72.25
Registered electors			33,890
Majority			14,573
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Latiff Ahmad	18,821	70.28	- 6.57
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Idris Tukachil	7,960	29.72	+ 29.72
Total valid votes			26,781	100.00
Total rejected ballots			782
Unreturned ballots			54
Turnout			27,617	70.29
Registered electors
Majority			10,861
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zainal Abidin Osman	19,357	76.85	+ 17.54
	S46	A. Kadir Johan	5,832	23.15	- 17.54
Total valid votes			25,189	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,369
Unreturned ballots			66
Turnout			26,624	70.47
Registered electors
Majority			13,525
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Ajib Ahmad	14,366	59.31	- 20.98
	S46	Hassan Md. Ali	9,857	40.69	+ 40.69
Total valid votes			24,223	100.00
Total rejected ballots			858
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,081	72.66
Registered electors
Majority			4,509
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abdul Ajib Ahmad	14,419	80.29
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mokhtar Yahaya	3,540	19.71
Total valid votes			17,959	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,106
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,065	67.41
Registered electors			28,281
Majority			10,879
This was a new constituency created.

References[]

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 35. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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