Sungai Benut

Sungai Benut was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 2004.

Sungai Benut
Johor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
Constituency created1984
Constituency abolished2004
First contested1986
Last contested1999

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 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 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Sungai Benut
ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Renggam and Pontian
7th1986-1990Mohamed Tawfik Ismail (محمد تاوفيك اسماعيل)BN (UMNO)
8th1990-1995Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman (عبدالحميد عبدالرحمن)
9th1995-1999
10th1999-2004
Constituency abolished, split into Simpang Renggam and Pontian

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency State constituency
1954–59* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present
Sungai Benut Benut
Simpang Renggam

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1999: Sungai Benut
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNAbdul Hamid Abdul Rahman30,57875.57
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyUngku Mohd Noor Ungku Mahmood9,88624.43
Total valid votes 40,464 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,291
Unreturned ballots 89
Turnout 41,84472.58
Registered electors
Majority 20,692
BN hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1995: Sungai Benut
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNAbdul Hamid Abdul Rahman29,45079.66
S46Hassan Md. Ali7,51920.34
Total valid votes 36,969 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,154
Unreturned ballots 301
Turnout 39,42474.75
Registered electors
Majority 21,931
BN hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1990: Sungai Benut
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNAbdul Hamid Abdul Rahman23,31368.06
S46Mohamed Sadek Mambli10,94331.94
Total valid votes 34,256 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,014
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 36,27072.24
Registered electors
Majority 12,370
BN hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 1986: Sungai Benut
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNMohamed Tawfik Ismail25,48280.72
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyAbd Hamid Abd Rahim6,08819.28
Total valid votes 31,570 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,438
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 33,00870.64
Registered electors 46,727
Majority 19,394
This was a new constituency created.

References

  • "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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