Johore Timor was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
 Johor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.[1]
History edit
It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Representation history edit
| Members of Parliament for Johore Timor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Teoh Chze Chong (张纸宗) |
Alliance (MCA) |
| Constituency abolished, split into Kluang Utara and Kluang Selatan | |||
State constituency edit
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Johore Timor | Kluang | ||||||
| Muar Inland | |||||||
Election Result edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Teoh Chze Chong | 7,100 | 86.92 | |||
| NEGARA | Anwar Abd Malik | 1,068 | 13.08 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,168 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,168 | 71.72 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,389 | |||||
| Majority | 6,032 | 73.84 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||
References edit
- ^ "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ "How The People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.