Kluang Utara (federal constituency)

Kluang Utara
Johor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Kluang 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 Kluang Utara
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Lee San Choon	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Lee San Choon	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Tiah Eng Bee	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Tiah Eng Bee	Alliance
3rd	1973-1974	Tiah Eng Bee	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tiah Eng Bee	8,937	53.04
	DAP	Lee Kaw	7,914	46.96
Total valid votes			16,851	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,125
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,976	70.96
Registered electors			25,334
Majority			1,023
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Tiah Eng Bee	9,138	53.48
	Socialist Front	Lee Ah Leng	6,674	39.06
	PAP	Lai Tha Chai	1,276	7.47
Total valid votes			17,088	100.00
Total rejected ballots			523
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			17,611	81.04
Registered electors			21,731
Majority			2,464
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Lee San Choon	5,985	56.92
	Socialist Front	Wee Lee Fong	4,530	43.08
Total valid votes			10,515	100.00
Total rejected ballots			79
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,594	77.99
Registered electors			13,583
Majority			1,455
This was a new constituency created.

References

↑ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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[1] Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

[2] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.