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Sungai Benut

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Sungai Benut
Johor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
Constituency created1984
Constituency abolished2004
First contested1986
Last contested1999

Sungai Benut was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

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It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

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Members of Parliament for Sungai Benut
Parliament No Years Member Party
Constituency created from Renggam and Pontian
7th P126 1986-1990 Mohamed Tawfik Ismail
(محمد تاوفيك اسماعيل)
BN (UMNO)
8th 1990-1995 Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman
(عبدالحميد عبدالرحمن)
9th P137 1995-1999
10th 1999-2004
Constituency abolished, split into Simpang Renggam and Pontian

State constituency

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Parliamentary constituency State constituency
1954–59* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present
Sungai Benut Benut
Simpang Renggam

Election results

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Malaysian general election, 1999: Sungai Benut
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman 30,578 75.57 Decrease 4.09
PAS Ungku Mohd Noor Ungku Mahmood 9,886 24.43 Increase 4.09
Total valid votes 40,464 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,291
Unreturned ballots 89
Turnout 41,844 72.58 Decrease 2.17
Registered electors
Majority 20,692 51.14 Decrease 8.09
BN hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1995: Sungai Benut
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman 29,450 79.66 Increase 11.60
S46 Hassan Md. Ali 7,519 20.34 Decrease 11.60
Total valid votes 36,969 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,154
Unreturned ballots 301
Turnout 39,424 74.75 Increase 2.51
Registered electors
Majority 21,931 59.32 Increase 23.20
BN hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1990: Sungai Benut
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman 23,313 68.06 Decrease 12.66
S46 Mohamed Sadek Mambli 10,943 31.94 Increase 31.94
Total valid votes 34,256 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,014
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 36,270 72.24 Increase 1.60
Registered electors 50,209
Majority 12,370 36.12 Decrease 25.32
BN hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1986: Sungai Benut
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Mohamed Tawfik Ismail 25,482 80.72
PAS Abd Hamid Abd Rahim 6,088 19.28
Total valid votes 31,570 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,438
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 33,008 70.64
Registered electors 46,727
Majority 19,394 61.44
This was a new constituency created.

References

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  • "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.