Pontian Selatan (federal constituency)

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

Pontian 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 Pontian Selatan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency split from
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Zainon Munshi Sulaiman	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Zainon Munshi Sulaiman	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969		Alliance (UMNO)
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Ali Ahmad	Alliance (UMNO)
3rd	1973-1974	Ali Ahmad	BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, merged into Pontian

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Pontian Selatan		Pontian Dalam
Pontian Selatan		Pontian Kechil

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Ali Ahmad won uncontested.
	Alliance	Ali Ahmad
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			27,924
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Ali Ahmad	13,759	69.95
	Socialist Front	Tan Tai Chee	5,910	30.05
Total valid votes			19,669	100.00
Total rejected ballots			565
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,234	82.36
Registered electors			24,569
Majority			7,849
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Zainon Munshi Sulaiman	9,469	62.64
	Socialist Front	Lee Ah Leng	5,648	37.36
Total valid votes			15,117	100.00
Total rejected ballots			227
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,344	81.82
Registered electors			18,753
Majority			3,821
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. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
^ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

[1] Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

[2] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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