Muar Dalam (federal constituency)

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

Muar Dalam 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 Muar Dalam
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Abdul Aziz Ishak	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Abdul Aziz Ishak	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Abdul Aziz Ishak	Alliance
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[1]^[2]
3rd	1971-1973	Syed Nasir Ismail	Alliance
3rd	1973-1974	Syed Nasir Ismail	BN
Constituency abolished

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Syed Nasir Ismail won uncontested.
	Alliance	Syed Nasir Ismail
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			28,523
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Aziz Ishak	15,385	84.44
	Socialist Front	Mohammed Dali Othman	2,834	15.56
Total valid votes			18,219	100.00
Total rejected ballots			540
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,759	82.56
Registered electors			22,723
Majority			12,551
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdul Aziz Ishak	11,329	74.16
	Parti Negara	Ahmad Abu	3,947	25.84
Total valid votes			15,276	100.00
Total rejected ballots			237
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			15,513	77.37
Registered electors			20,050
Majority			7,382
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. 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. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

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