Rengit (state constituency)

Rengit
Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Puad Zarkashi; BN
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Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	27,123
Area (km²)	199

Rengit is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Rengit's electorate as of 2018[2]

Malay (82.59%)

Chinese (16.48%)

Other ethnicities (0.69%)

Indian (0.24%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Rengit constituency has a total of 11 polling districts.[3]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Rengit (N25)	Rejo Sari	150/25/01	SK Seri Rejo Sari
	Perpat	150/25/02	SK Seri Perpat
	Sri Ladang	150/25/03	SK Seri Ladang
	Seri Merlong	150/25/04	SK Seri Merlong
	Belahan Tampok	150/25/05	SK Seri Belahan
	Sungai Merlong	150/25/06	SK Mutiara
	Sungai Kluang	150/25/07	SK Rengit
	Bandar Rengit Selatan	150/25/08	SMK Permata Jaya
	Bandar Rengit Utara	150/25/09	SMK Tun Sardon
	Rengit	150/25/10	SJK (C) Chong Hwa Rengit
	Punggot	150/25/11	SK Seri Sampurna

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Rengit
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Taha Zakaria	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969	Jalok Daing Malibok	Alliance (UMNO)
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Jalok Daing Malibok	Alliance (UMNO)
4th	1974-1978	Ahmad Paiman	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982	Ahmad Paiman
6th	1982-1986	Abdul Jalal Abu Bakar
7th	1986-1990	Abu Bakar Mohd Dewa
8th	1990-1995	Zainal Abidin Mohamed Zin
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Ayub Jamil
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-2022
15th	2022-present	Mohd Puad Zarkashi

Election results

Johor state election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Puad Zarkashi	7,903	47.61	-6.50
	PN	Mohammad Huzair Lajis	5,983	36.05	+36.05
	PH	Khairuddin Abdul Rahim	2,065	12.44	-18.26
	Homeland Fighters' Party	Nizam Bashir Abdul Kariem Bashir	206	1.24	+1.24
Total valid votes			16,157	97.34
Total rejected ballots			346	2.08
Unreturned ballots			95	0.57
Turnout			16,598	61.20
Registered electors			27,123
Majority			1,920
	BN hold		Swing		-21.27
Source(s) [4][5]

Johor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ayub Jamil	9,642	54.11	-11.35
	PH	Malik Faishal Ahmad	5,470	30.70	+30.70
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd. Tumiran Ahmad	2,313	12.98	-19.44
Total valid votes			17,425	97.79
Total rejected ballots			329	1.85
Unreturned ballots			64	0.36
Turnout			17,818	84.02
Registered electors			21,206
Majority			4,172
	BN hold		Swing		-21.03
Source(s) "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES".

Johor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ayub Jamil	10,882	65.46	-4.61
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ahmad Kailani Kosnin	5,390	32.42	+5.08
Total valid votes			16,272	97.89
Total rejected ballots			316	1.90
Unreturned ballots			35	0.21
Turnout			16,623	87.20
Registered electors			19,067
Majority			5,492
	BN hold		Swing		-4.85
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI".

Johor state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ayub Jamil	8,656	70.07	+0.50
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Hasanuddin Mohd Yunus	3,377	27.34	-0.20
Total valid votes			12,033	97.40
Total rejected ballots			293	2.37
Unreturned ballots			28	0.23
Turnout			12,354	78.43
Registered electors			15,751
Majority			5,279
	BN hold		Swing		+0.35
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 2008".

Johor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ayub Jamil	7,587	69.57	+6.23
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Hasanuddin Mohd Yunus	3,004	27.54	-5.46
Total valid votes			10,591	97.11
Total rejected ballots			315	2.89
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			10,906	69.66
Registered electors			15,657
Majority			4,583
	BN hold		Swing		+5.85
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 2004".

Johor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zainal Abidin Mohamed Zin	11,163	63.34	-10.25
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Hasanuddin Mohd Yunus	5,816	33.00	+11.35
Total valid votes			16,979	96.34
Total rejected ballots			625	3.55
Unreturned ballots			20	0.11
Turnout			17,624	71.58
Registered electors			24,620
Majority			5,347
	BN hold		Swing		-10.80
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1999".

Johor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zainal Abidin Mohamed Zin	12,435	73.59	+9.35
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ungku Mohd Noor Ungku Mahmood	3,658	21.65	-8.12
Total valid votes			16,093	95.24
Total rejected ballots			759	4.49
Unreturned ballots			45	0.27
Turnout			16,897	69.44
Registered electors			24,332
Majority			8,777
	BN hold		Swing		+8.74
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1995".

Johor state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zainal Abidin Mohamed Zin	10,535	64.24	-0.49
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ungku Mohd Noor Ungku Mahmood	4,883	29.77	+11.10
Total valid votes			15,418	94.01
Total rejected ballots			982	5.99
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			16,400	72.04
Registered electors			22,764
Majority			5,652
	BN hold		Swing		-5.80
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1990".

Johor state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abu Bakar Mohd Dewa	10,215	64.73
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ungku Mohd Noor Ungku Mahmood	2,946	18.67
Total valid votes			13,161	83.40
Total rejected ballots			2,619	16.60
Unreturned ballots			0	0.00
Turnout			15,780	70.03
Registered electors			22,534
Majority			7,269
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK BAGI TAHUN 1986".

References

"Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)". The Star. Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019. (Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)
"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.
"Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR". prn.bernama.com. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
"Dashboard SPR".

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[GE14-1] "Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)". The Star. Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019. (Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)

[2] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.

[3] "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.

[4] "Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR". prn.bernama.com. Retrieved 2022-03-29.

[5] "Dashboard SPR".