Pontian (federal constituency)
 Johor constituency | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| MP | |
| Constituency created | 1974 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 2022 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2020)[1] | 81,778 |
| Electors (2022)[2] | 75,212 |
| Area (km²)[3] | 444 |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 184.2 |
Pontian is a federal constituency in Pontian District, Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.
The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics
[edit]Age breakdown of Pontian's electorate as of 2022
18-20 (5.65%)
21-29 (20.19%)
30-39 (22.07%)
40-49 (16.49%)
50-59 (14.78%)
60-69 (11.24%)
70-79 (6.52%)
80-89 (2.49%)
above 90 (0.57%)
Gender breakdown of Pontian's electorate as of 2022
Male (49.68%)
Female (50.32%)
History
[edit]Polling districts
[edit]According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Pontian constituency has a total of 36 polling districts.[5]
| State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benut (N53) | Lubok Sipat | 164/53/01 | SK Seri Bahagia |
| Permatang Sepam | 164/53/02 | SK Seri Jaya | |
| Parit Betak | 164/53/03 | SMK Parit Betak | |
| Permatang Duku | 164/53/04 | SK Seri Setia | |
| Parit Mansor | 164/53/05 | SK Parit Markom | |
| Parit Ismail | 164/53/06 | SK Seri Kembar | |
| Sri Jawa | 164/53/07 | SK Seri Al Ulum | |
| Parit Satu | 164/53/08 | SK Seri Anom | |
| Sanglang | 164/53/09 | SK Sanglang | |
| Simpang Jawa | 164/53/10 | SJK (C) Lok Yu 1 | |
| Benut | 164/53/11 | SMK Sri Tanjung | |
| Bandar Benut Utara | 164/53/12 | SMK Benut | |
| Bandar Benut Selatan | 164/53/13 | SA Bandar Benut | |
| Parit Abdul Rahman | 164/53/14 | SMA (Arab) Bugisiah | |
| Tampok | 164/53/15 | SK Seri Sinaran | |
| Pulai Sebatang (N54) | Kampong Parit Kahar | 164/54/01 | SK Seri Sekawan Desa |
| Parit Keroma | 164/54/02 | SJK (C) Lee Ming | |
| Ayer Baloi | 164/54/03 | SK Ayer Baloi | |
| Bandar Ayer Baloi Selatan | 164/54/04 | SMK Ayer Baloi | |
| Bandar Ayer Baloi Utara | 164/54/05 | SJK (C) Chi Chih | |
| Parit Panjang | 164/54/06 | SK Jaya Mulia | |
| Kampong Parit Haji Karim | 164/54/07 | SK Seri Pulai | |
| Parit Sikom | 164/54/08 | SJK (C) Nan Mah | |
| Kampong Jawa | 164/54/09 | SK Kampong Jawa | |
| Pulai Sebatang | 164/54/10 | SK Pulai Sebatang | |
| Api-Api | 164/54/11 | SK Api-Api | |
| Sungai Trus | 164/54/12 | SK Kayu Ara Pasong | |
| Pontian Besar Kiri | 164/54/13 | SMK Kayu Ara Pasong | |
| Jalan Alsagoff | 164/54/14 | SMK Sri Perhentian | |
| Pantai Bandar Pontian | 164/54/15 | SK Tengku Mahmood Iskansar (1) | |
| Pegawai | 164/54/16 | SK Bandar Pontian | |
| Jalan Taib | 164/54/17 | SJK (C) Pei Chun (1) | |
| Bakek | 164/54/18 | SK Tengku Mahmood Iskandar (2) | |
| Parit Semerah | 164/54/19 | SA Parit Semerah | |
| Parit Mesjid | 164/54/20 | SA Bandar Pontian | |
| Parit Mesjid Darat | 164/54/21 | SMK Dato' Ali Haji Ahmad |
Representation history
[edit]| Members of Parliament for Pontian | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Pontian Selantan and Pontian Utara | ||||
| 4th | P112 | 1974–1977 | Ali Ahmad (علي احمد) |
BN (UMNO) |
| 1978 | Ikhwan Nasir (إخوان ناصر) | |||
| 5th | 1978–1982 | |||
| 6th | 1982–1986 | Mokhtaram Rabidin (مختارعام ربيدين) | ||
| 7th | P132 | 1986–1990 | Law Lai Heng (吴来兴) |
BN (MCA) |
| 8th | 1990–1995 | Ong Ka Ting (黄家定) | ||
| 9th | P144 | 1995–1999 | ||
| 10th | 1999–2004 | |||
| 11th | P164 | 2004–2008 | Hasni Mohammad (حسني محمد) |
BN (UMNO) |
| 12th | 2008–2013 | Ahmad Maslan (أحمد مصلان) | ||
| 13th | 2013–2018 | |||
| 14th | 2018–2022 | |||
| 15th | 2022–present | |||
State constituency
[edit]| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Pontian | Benut | Benut | |||||
| Kukup | |||||||
| Pulai Sebatang | |||||||
Current state assembly members
[edit]| No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
|---|---|---|---|
| N53 | Benut | Hasni Mohammad | BN (UMNO) |
| N54 | Pulai Sebatang | Hasrunizah Hassan |
Local governments & postcodes
[edit]| No. | State Constituency | Local Government | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| N53 | Benut | Pontian Municipal Council |
|
| N54 | Pulai Sebatang |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Ahmad Maslan | 23,201 | 40.81 |  5.40
| ||
| PN | Isa Ab Hamid | 17,448 | 30.68 |  30.68
| ||
| PH | Syazwan Zdainal Abdin | 15,901 | 27.97 | 16.42
| ||
| GTA | Jamaluddin Mohamad | 306 | 0.54 | 0.54
| ||
| Total valid votes | 56,851 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 620 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 410 | |||||
| Turnout | 57,881 | 75.59 | 8.42
| |||
| Registered electors | 75,212 | |||||
| Majority | 5,758 | 10.13 | 8.31
| |||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Ahmad Maslan | 21,132 | 46.21 | 20.18
| ||
| PH | Karmaine Sardini | 20,299 | 44.39 | 44.39
| ||
| PAS | Baharom Mohamad | 4,295 | 9.40 | 9.40
| ||
| Total valid votes | 45,726 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 738 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 219 | |||||
| Turnout | 46,683 | 84.01 | 2.29
| |||
| Registered electors | 55,570 | |||||
| Majority | 833 | 1.82 | 30.96
| |||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 244/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 318/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link] | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Ahmad Maslan | 27,804 | 66.39 | 6.32
| ||
| PKR | Haniff @ Ghazali Hosman | 14,077 | 33.61 | 6.32
| ||
| Total valid votes | 41,881 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 871 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 79 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,831 | 86.30 | 10.52
| |||
| Registered electors | 49,633 | |||||
| Majority | 13,727 | 32.78 | 12.64
| |||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 181/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-14.[permanent dead link] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 222/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-14.[permanent dead link] | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Ahmad Maslan | 23,121 | 72.71 | 10.17
| |
| PKR | Mohd Annuar Mohd Salleh | 8,677 | 27.29 | 10.17
| |
| Total valid votes | 31,798 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,008 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 32,806 | 75.83 | 0.43
| ||
| Registered electors | 43,264 | ||||
| Majority | 14,444 | 45.42 | 20.34
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Hasni Mohammad | 26,667 | 82.88 | 0.67
| |
| PKR | Hassan Abdul Karim | 5,509 | 17.12 | 0.67
| |
| Total valid votes | 32,176 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,167 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 117 | ||||
| Turnout | 33,460 | 75.40 | 0.97
| ||
| Registered electors | 44,376 | ||||
| Majority | 21,158 | 65.76 | 1.34
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Ong Ka Ting | 38,169 | 82.21 | 5.79
| |
| PKR | Diong Chi Tzuoh | 8,259 | 17.79 | 17.79
| |
| Total valid votes | 46,428 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,572 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 55 | ||||
| Turnout | 48,055 | 74.43 | 0.36
| ||
| Registered electors | 64,564 | ||||
| Majority | 29,910 | 64.42 | 11.58
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Ong Ka Ting | 37,230 | 88.00 | 26.07
| |
| S46 | Saleh @ Daud Hassan | 5,079 | 12.00 | 12.00
| |
| Total valid votes | 42,309 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 2,265 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 198 | ||||
| Turnout | 44,772 | 74.07 | 0.99
| ||
| Registered electors | 60,445 | ||||
| Majority | 32,151 | 76.00 | 52.14
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Ong Ka Ting | 24,362 | 61.93 | 6.17
| |
| DAP | Gan Peck Cheng | 14,978 | 38.07 | 9.11
| |
| Total valid votes | 39,340 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 2,297 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 41,637 | 75.06 | 0.38
| ||
| Registered electors | 55,472 | ||||
| Majority | 9,384 | 23.86 | 2.94
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Law Lai Heng @ Go Lai Heng | 20,772 | 55.76 | 55.76
| |
| DAP | Chong Kee Kiam | 10,787 | 28.96 | 28.96
| |
| Independent | Abd Nasir Shain | 5,098 | 13.69 | 13.69
| |
| PAS | Mohd Jufri Tahir | 443 | 1.19 | 1.19
| |
| SDP | Chuah Ah Hock | 150 | 0.40 | 0.40
| |
| Total valid votes | 37,250 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,738 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 38,988 | 74.68 | |||
| Registered electors | 52,207 | ||||
| Majority | 9,985 | 26.80 | |||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Mokhtaram Rabidin won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Mokhtaram Rabidin | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 49,909 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| BN hold | Swing |
| ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Ikhwan Nasir | 28,867 | 89.80 | 8.65
| |
| PAS | Hussein Besar | 3,279 | 10.20 | 10.20
| |
| Total valid votes | 32,146 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 863 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | 33,009 | 79.32 | |||
| Registered electors | 41,615 | ||||
| Majority | 25,588 | 79.60 | 9.73
| ||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Ikhwan Nasir | 21,811 | 81.15 | 81.15
| |
| Parti Rakyat Malaysia | Osman Sapian | 3,032 | 11.28 | 11.28
| |
| Independent | Yeow Lin Thiam | 2,036 | 7.57 | 7.57
| |
| Total valid votes | 26,879 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,413 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 28,292 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Majority | 18,779 | 69.87 | |||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Ali Ahmad won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Ali Ahmad | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 33,156 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
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