Renggam (federal constituency)

Renggam was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

Renggam

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

Malaysian general election, 1982

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

Malaysian general election, 1978

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

Malaysian general election, 1974

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