Semerah (federal constituency)
Johor constituency | |
---|---|
Defunct federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
Constituency created | 1974 |
Constituency abolished | 1986 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 1982 |
Semerah was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.
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
[edit]It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
[edit]Members of Parliament for Semerah | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Batu Pahat Dalam | ||||
4th | P110 | 1974-1978 | Fatimah Abdul Majid (فاطمه عبدالمجيد) | BN (UMNO) |
5th | 1978-1982 | Shariffah Dorah Syed Mohammed (شريفه دورح سيد محمد) | ||
6th | 1982-1986 | |||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Parit Sulong |
State constituency
[edit]Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1954–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Semerah | Peserai | ||||||
Sri Menanti |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Shariffah Dorah Syed Mohammed | 25,596 | 86.39 | 0.32 | |
PAS | Abdullah Rahmat | 4,034 | 13.61 | 0.32 | |
Total valid votes | 29,630 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,082 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 30,712 | 73.61 | 2.87 | ||
Registered electors | 41,721 | ||||
Majority | 21,562 | 72.78 | 0.64 | ||
BN hold | Swing |
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Shariffah Dorah Syed Mohammed | 22,264 | 86.07 | 7.51 | |
PAS | Mohamed Kassim | 3,602 | 13.93 | 13.93 | |
Total valid votes | 25,866 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,319 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 27,185 | 76.48 | 5.98 | ||
Registered electors | 35,546 | ||||
Majority | 18,662 | 72.14 | 15.02 | ||
BN hold | Swing |
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Fatimah Abdul Majid | 16,030 | 78.56 | |||
Independent | Abdul Hadi Mohamed Yassin | 4,374 | 21.44 | |||
Total valid votes | 20,404 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 636 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 21,040 | 70.50 | ||||
Registered electors | 29,846 | |||||
Majority | 11,656 | 57.12 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. |