Johore Tenggara

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

Johore Tenggara

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 Tenggara
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency split from Johore Timor
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P096	1959-1963	Syed Jaafar Albar (سيد جعفر البار سيد حسن البار‎)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P096	1963-1964	Syed Jaafar Albar (سيد جعفر البار سيد حسن البار‎)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd		1964-1969
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended
3rd	P096	1971-1973	Syed Jaafar Albar (سيد جعفر البار سيد حسن البار‎)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Panti

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Johore Tenggara		Johore Lama
		Kota Tinggi

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Johore Tenggara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Syed Jaafar Hassan Albar	7,174	69.50	69.50
	GERAKAN	Tengku Mohamed Archibald Tengku Temenggong Ahmad	3,149	30.50	30.50
Total valid votes			10,323	100.00
Total rejected ballots			566
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,889	78.79
Registered electors			13,821
Majority			4,025	39.00
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964: Johore Tenggara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Syed Jaafar Hassan Albar won uncontested.
	Alliance	Syed Jaafar Hassan Albar
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			12,854
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959: Johore Tenggara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Syed Jaafar Hassan Albar won uncontested.
	Alliance	Syed Jaafar Hassan Albar
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			10,986
Majority
This was a new constituency created.