Johore Bahru Timor (federal constituency)

Johore Bahru Timor was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Johore Bahru Timor

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

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 Johore Bahru Timor
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Mohamad Noah Omar	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Mohamad Noah Omar	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969	Fatimah Abdul Majid
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Hussein Onn	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Johore Bahru

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Johore Bahru Timor		Plentong
		Tanjong Petri

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Hussein Onn	12,565	63.59
	DAP	Lee Ah Meng	7,193	36.41
Total valid votes			19,758	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,009
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,767	72.29
Registered electors			28,729
Majority			5,372
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Fatimah Abdul Majid	12,600	67.47
	Socialist Front	Tan Ah Ngoh	5,343	28.61
	PAP	Mohamed Noor Jettey	733	3.92
Total valid votes			18,676	100.00
Total rejected ballots			730
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			19,406	78.46
Registered electors			24,735
Majority			7,257
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamad Noah Omar	7,771	64.72
	Socialist Front	Chu Choon Yong	4,236	35.28
Total valid votes			12,007	100.00
Total rejected ballots			112
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,119	78.10
Registered electors			15,518
Majority			3,535
This was a new constituency created.

References

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.