Segamat Selatan (federal constituency)

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

Segamat 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 Segamat Selatan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency split from Segamat
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	(张纸宗)	Alliance (MCA)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Teoh Chze Chong (张纸宗)	Alliance (MCA)
2nd	1964-1969	Lee San Choon (李三春)	Alliance (MCA)
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Lee San Choon (李三春)	Alliance (MCA)
3rd	1973-1974	Lee San Choon (李三春)	BN (MCA)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Segamat

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Segamat Selatan		Bekok
Segamat Selatan		Labis

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Lee San Choon	14,470	73.63
	Independent	Abdul Rahman Abdul Rasool	5,183	26.37
Total valid votes			19,653	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,652
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			21,305	71.66
Registered electors			29,730
Majority			9,287
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Lee San Choon	11,355	63.33
	Socialist Front	Chiu Siu Meng	4,956	27.64
	UDP	Tan Luan Hong	1,619	9.03
Total valid votes			17,930	100.00
Total rejected ballots			763
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,693	82.43
Registered electors			22,678
Majority			6,399
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Teoh Chze Chong	7,828	61.69
	Socialist Front	Lim Chin Kean	4,862	38.31
Total valid votes			12,690	100.00
Total rejected ballots			151
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,841	82.59
Registered electors			15,548
Majority			2,966
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.

[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.

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