Renggam (federal constituency)
Renggam was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.
 Johor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1974 |
| Constituency abolished | 1986 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1982 |
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 1986 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Renggam | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created, renamed from Kluang Selatan | |||
| 4th | 1974-1978 | Chin Hon Ngian (陈汉原) | BN (MCA) |
| 5th | 1978-1982 | ||
| 6th | 1982-1986 | ||
| Constituency abolished, split to Sungai Benut and Senai | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Renggam | Kulai | ||||||
| Layang-layang | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Chin Hon Ngian | 24,529 | 60.32 | ||
| DAP | Yap Ah Ngau | 16,138 | 39.68 | ||
| Total valid votes | 40,667 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 2,282 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 42,949 | 78.35 | |||
| Registered electors | 54,815 | ||||
| Majority | 8,391 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Chin Hon Ngian | 21,861 | 63.55 | ||
| DAP | Quek Swee Siang | 12,537 | 36.45 | ||
| Total valid votes | 34,398 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 45,340 | ||||
| Majority | 9,324 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Chin Hon Ngian | 18,865 | 71.17 | |||
| DAP | Liew Satt Yuen | 7,642 | 28.83 | |||
| Total valid votes | 26,507 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,535 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 28,042 | 80.67 | ||||
| Registered electors | 34,762 | |||||
| Majority | 11,223 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
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