Muar (federal constituency)

Muar

Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Razali Ibrahim BN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Muar is a federal constituency in 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.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Bandar Barat, Maharani, Tanjong, Tanjong Selatan, Jalan Khalidi, Temenggong Ahmad Selatan, Parit Prupok Timor, Parit Prupok Barat, Parit Keroma, Parit Raja, Parit Bakar Darat, Parit Bakar, Parit Unas, Parit Pinang Seribu, Parit Samsu, Parit Kassim, Bukit Mor, Parit Nawee, Bandar Parit Jawa Utara, Bandar Parit Jawa Selatan, Parit Jawa, Parit Jamil Darat, Parit Tengah, Parit Pechah, Sri Menanti, Sungai Sudah, Sungai Balang, Sungai Balang Besar, Sungai Balang Darat, Sarang Buaya Darat, Parit Yusof, Sarang Buaya Laut, Kampong Parit Bulat.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Muar
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Neo Yee Pan	BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Mohamed Sam Sailan
8th	1990-1995	Abdul Malek Munip
9th	1995-1999	Abdul Aziz Mohd. Yassin
10th	1999-2004	Robia Kosai
11th	2004-2008	Razali Ibrahim
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Razali Ibrahim	20,867	52.05
	PKR	Nor Hizwan Ahmad	19,221	47.95
Total valid votes			40,088	100.00
Total rejected ballots			804
Unreturned ballots			100
Turnout			40,992	85.03
Registered electors			48,208
Majority			1,646
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Razali Ibrahim	16,986	57.95
	PKR	Nah Budin	12,325	42.05
Total valid votes			29,311	100.00
Total rejected ballots			902
Unreturned ballots			62
Turnout			30,275	73.81
Registered electors			41,019
Majority			4,661
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Razali Ibrahim	21,116	73.28
	PAS	Mohamad Taib	7,701	26.72
Total valid votes			28,817	100.00
Total rejected ballots			872
Unreturned ballots			81
Turnout			29,770	70.66
Registered electors
Majority			13,415
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Robia Kosai	17,693	62.73
	KEADILAN	Abdul Rahman Othman	10,511	37.27
Total valid votes			28,204	100.00
Total rejected ballots			852
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			29,090	70.03
Registered electors
Majority			7,182
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Aziz Mohd. Yassin	18,238	67.57
	S46	Zawawi Mohd. Zin	8,755	32.43
Total valid votes			26,993	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,451
Unreturned ballots			151
Turnout			28,595	69.76
Registered electors
Majority			9,483
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Malek Munip	13,760	55.39
	S46	Yahya Abd. Rahman	11,083	44.61
Total valid votes			24,843	100.00
Total rejected ballots			976
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,819	71.58
Registered electors
Majority			2,677
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Sam Sailan	17,801	77.58
	PAS	Md Said @ Md Sa'aid Abd Samad	5,143	22.42
Total valid votes			22,944	100.00
Total rejected ballots			990
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,934	67.66
Registered electors			35,374
Majority			12,658
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Neo Yee Pan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Neo Yee Pan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Neo Yee Pan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.