Muar Dalam was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

Muar Dalam
Johor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
Constituency created1958
Constituency abolished1974
First contested1959
Last contested1969

History

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Muar Dalam was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed. The new Pagoh federal constituency was then created from parts of the Muar Dalam constituency in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Representation history

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Members of Parliament for Muar Dalam
Parliament No Years Member Party
Constituency split from Muar Utara
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st P089 1959-1963 Aziz Ishak
(عزيز اسحاق)
Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st P089 1963-1964 Aziz Ishak
(عزيز اسحاق)
Alliance (UMNO)
2nd 1964-1969
1969-1971 Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd P089 1971-1973 Syed Nasir Ismail
(سيد ناصر اسماعيل)
Alliance (UMNO)
1973-1974 BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Pagoh

State constituency

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Parliamentary constituency State constituency
1954–59* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present
Muar Dalam Bukit Serampang
Jorak

Election results

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Malaysian general election, 1969: Muar Dalam
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
On the nomination day, Syed Nasir Ismail won uncontested.
Alliance Syed Nasir Ismail
Total valid votes 100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors 28,523
Majority
Alliance hold Swing


Malaysian general election, 1964: Muar Dalam
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Alliance Aziz Ishak 15,385 84.44   10.28
Socialist Front Mohammed Dali Othman 2,834 15.56   15.56
Total valid votes 18,219 100.00
Total rejected ballots 540
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 18,759 82.56   5.19
Registered electors 22,723
Majority 12,551 68.88   20.56
Alliance hold Swing


Malayan general election, 1959: Muar Dalam
Party Candidate Votes %
Alliance Aziz Ishak 11,329 74.16
National Party Ahmad Abu 3,947 25.84
Total valid votes 15,276 100.00
Total rejected ballots 237
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 15,513 77.37
Registered electors 20,050
Majority 7,382 48.32
This was a new constituency created.

References

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  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.