Batu Pahat (federal constituency)

Batu Pahat

Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Mohd Idris Jusi PKR
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Batu Pahat is a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 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 Parit Bilal, Linau, Bakau Chondong, Bukit Pasir, Bakau Chondong Barat, Kampong Kenangan Dato' Onn, Gunong Soga, Kampong Merdeka Timor, Kampong Merdeka Barat, Jalan Zabedah Barat, Jalan Abu Bakar, Jalan Zabedah Timor, Simpang Rantai, Bentara Luar, Bukit Bendera, Taman Soga, Kampung Istana, Taman Murni, Minyak Beku, Petani Kechik, Banang, Sungai Ayam, Sungai Suloh, Koris, Parit Tariman, Parit Kadir, Parit Kemang, Sungai Lurus, Bandar Senggarang Barat, Bandar Senggarang Timor, Senggarang, Kampong Bahru, Taman Senggarang, Rejo Sari, Perpat, Sri Ladang, Sri Merlong, Belahan Tampok, Sungai Merlong, Sungai Kluang, Bandar Rengit Selatan, Bandar Rengit Utara, Rengit, Punggor.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Batu Pahat
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Kang Kok Seng	Alliance
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Kang Kok Seng	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Soh Ah Teck
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Soh Ah Teck	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978	Abdul Jalal Abu Bakar
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Daud Taha
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999	Mansor Masikon
10th	1999-2004	Siam Kasrin
11th	2004-2008	Junaidy Abdul Wahab
12th	2008-2013	Mohd Puad Zarkashi
13th	2013-present	Mohd Idris Jusi	PKR

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Mohd Idris Jusi	38,563	51.01
	BN	Mohd Puad Zarkashi	37,039	48.99
Total valid votes			75,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,445
Unreturned ballots			155
Turnout			77,202	87.46
Registered electors			88,272
Majority			1,524
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Puad Zarkashi	32,593	62.42
	PKR	Muhammad Abdullah	19,625	37.58
Total valid votes			52,218	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,758
Unreturned ballots			127
Turnout			54,103	77.21
Registered electors			70,069
Majority			12,968
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Junaidy Abdul Wahab	38,982	79.78
	PAS	Mohamed Hanipa Maidin	9,880	20.22
Total valid votes			48,862	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,372
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			50,234	73.43
Registered electors
Majority			29,102
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Siam Kasrin	31,674	69.01
	PAS	Mohd Ramli Md Kari	14,226	30.99
Total valid votes			45,900	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,197
Unreturned ballots			79
Turnout			47,176	73.65
Registered electors
Majority			17,448
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mansor Masikon	33,780	79.36
	S46	Abdullah @ Ali Siran	8,787	20.64
Total valid votes			42,567	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,395
Unreturned ballots			136
Turnout			45,098	72.67
Registered electors
Majority			24,993
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Daud Taha	24,922	58.81
	S46	Sh. Rokiah Sh. Cantik	17,457	41.19
Total valid votes			42,379	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,764
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			44,143	73.77
Registered electors
Majority			7,465
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Daud Taha	23,384	67.81
	SDP	Tan Lem Huat	7,830	22.71
	PAS	Ungku Mohd Noor Ungku Mahmood	3,269	9.48
Total valid votes			34,483	100.00
Total rejected ballots			4,534
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			39,017	70.40
Registered electors			55,418
Majority			15,554
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Daud Taha
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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	Abdul Jalal Abu Bakar
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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	Abdul Jalal Abu Bakar
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Soh Ah Teck
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Soh Ah Teck
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Kang Kok Seng
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.