Pontian Utara
Malaysian electoral constituency
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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 | ||||
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Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency split from Johore Selatan | ||||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||
1st | P097 | 1959-1963 | Sardon Jubir (سعدون زبير) | Alliance (UMNO) |
Parliament of Malaysia | ||||
1st | P097 | 1963-1964 | Sardon Jubir (سعدون زبير) | Alliance (UMNO) |
2nd | 1964-1969 | |||
1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
3rd | P097 | 1971-1973 | Sardon Jubir (سعدون زبير) | Alliance (UMNO) |
1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | |||
Constituency abolished, merged into Pontian |
State constituency
Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | ||||||
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1954–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Pontian Utara | Benut | ||||||
Rengit |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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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 | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 22,396 | 75.50 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 29,663 | ||||
Majority | 9,486 | 46.24 | ![]() | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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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 | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 21,320 | 81.69 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 26,098 | ||||
Majority | 13,762 | 71.34 | ![]() | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Alliance | Sardon Jubir | 11,850 | 68.08 | |||
National Party | 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 | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 17,641 | 78.96 | ||||
Registered electors | 22,341 | |||||
Majority | 7,860 | 45.16 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. |