Tenggara (federal constituency)

Tenggara (P155)
Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Adham Baba; BN
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)	44,749
Area (km²)	1,152

Tenggara is a federal constituency in Kota Tinggi District, Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 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 Tenggara's electorate as of 2018^[3]

Malay (74.68%)

Chinese (16.13%)

Indian (6.58%)

Other ethnicities (2.61%)

History[]

Polling districts[]

According to the gazette issued on 24 March 2018, the Tenggara constituency has a total of 26 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Panti（N34）	Bandar Tenggara Utara	155/34/01	SK Bandar Tenggara 1
	FELDA Pengeli Timor	155/34/02	SK FELDA Pengeli Timor
	Sungai Sibol	155/34/03	SK FELDA Sungai Sibol
	Linggiu	155/34/04	SK (FELDA) Linggiu
	Ulu Sungai Johor	155/34/05	SK Semanggar
	Pelepah Valley	155/34/06	Dewan Seri Teratai
	Bukit Lintang	155/34/07	SK Bukit Lintang
	Kampong Lukut	155/34/08	Balai Aktiviti Komuniti Kg. Lukut
	Kota Tinggi Utara	155/34/09	Balai Raya Taman Kota
	Bandar Tenggara Selatan	155/34/10	SK Bandar Tenggara 2
	Kampong Kelantan	155/34/11	SJK (C) Pei Hwa
	Kota Jaya Utara	155/34/12	SMK Taman Kota Jaya
	Kota Jaya Selatan	155/34/13	SK Taman Kota Jaya
Pasir Raja (N35)	FELDA Sungai Sayong	155/35/01	SK LKTP Sungai Sayong
	FELDA Bukit Besar	155/35/02	SK LKTP Bukit Besar
	FELDA Pasir Raja	155/35/03	SK LKTP Pasir Raja
	FELDA Bukit Ramun	155/35/04	SK LKTP Bukit Ramun
	Sungai Telor	155/35/05	Pusat Pengembangan Kechil Kg. Baru Sg. Telor
	Sungai Johor	155/35/06	SK Sungai Telor
	Sungai Kemang Selatan	155/35/07	SA Taman Kota Jaya
	Jalan Besar	155/35/08	SK Bandar
	Jalan Johor	155/35/09	SJK (T) Jalan Tajul
	Kota Tinggi Selatan	155/35/10	SMK Laksamana
	Ladang R.E.M.	155/35/11	SJK (T) Ladang Rem
	Jalan Kota Tinggi	155/35/12	SA Taman Seri Saujana 1
	Kampung Baru Sungai Redan	155/35/13	Balai Aktiviti Komuniti Kg. Baru Sg. Redan

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Tenggara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kota Tinggi
9th	1995-1999	Hishammuddin Hussein	BN (UMNO)
10th	1999-2004	Hishammuddin Hussein
11th	2004-2008	Adham Baba
12th	2008-2013	Halimah Mohamed Sadique
13th	2013-2018	Halimah Mohamed Sadique
14th	2018-present	Adham Baba

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Tenggara					Gunung Lambak
					Panti
						Pasir Raja

Current state assembly members[]

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N34	Panti	Hahasrin Hashim	BN (UMNO)
N35	Pasir Raja	Rashidah Ismail	BN (UMNO)

Local governments[]


No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N34	Panti	Kota Tinggi District Council
N35	Pasir Raja	Kota Tinggi District Council

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adham Baba	20,142	54.39	- 20.75
	PH	Norjepri Mohamed Jelani	14,209	38.37	+ 38.37
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Yuhanita Yunan	2,683	7.24	- 17.62
Total valid votes			37,034	100.00
Total rejected ballots			664
Unreturned ballots			120
Turnout			37,818	84.51
Registered electors			44,749
Majority			5,933	16.02
	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. "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.

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Halimah Mohamed Sadique	25,698	75.14	- 4.11
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Muhamad Said Jonit	8,502	24.86	+ 4.11
Total valid votes			34,200	100.00
Total rejected ballots			676
Unreturned ballots			70
Turnout			34,946	88.04
Registered electors			39,694
Majority			17,196	50.28
	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. "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.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Halimah Mohamed Sadique	19,031	79.25	- 9.02
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Salleh Farmin	4,982	20.75	+ 9.02
Total valid votes			24,013	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,336
Unreturned ballots			435
Turnout			25,784	79.83
Registered electors			32,297
Majority			14,049	58.50
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adham Baba	19,706	88.27	+ 9.31
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Salleh Farmin	2,618	11.73	+ 11.73
Total valid votes			22,324	100.00
Total rejected ballots			640
Unreturned ballots			92
Turnout			23,056	77.32
Registered electors			29,818
Majority			17,088	76.54
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hishammuddin Hussein	28,376	78.96	- 8.26
	PKR	Lokman Noor Adam	7,559	21.04	+ 21.04
Total valid votes			35,935	100.00
Total rejected ballots			991
Unreturned ballots			903
Turnout			37,829	78.06
Registered electors			48,461
Majority			20,817	57.92
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Hishammuddin Hussein	28,727	87.22
	S46	Madin Khani @ Md. Din A. Ghani	4,209	12.78
Total valid votes			32,936	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,536
Unreturned ballots			310
Turnout			34,782	63.36
Registered electors			54,895
Majority			24,518	74.44
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. 36. 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.
^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
^ "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.^{[permanent dead link]}

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[2] 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.

[3] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.

[4] "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.^{[permanent dead link]}

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