Muar Utara (federal constituency)

Muar Utara was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1974.

Muar Utara

Johor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1955
Last contested	1969

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 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 Muar Utara
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Federal Legislative Council
1st		1955-1959	Hassan Yunus (حسن يونس‎)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P104	1959-1963	Ahmad Arshad (احمد ارشد)	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P104	1963-1964	Ahmad Arshad (احمد ارشد)	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd		1964-1969
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	P104	1971-1973	Ahmad Arshad (احمد ارشد)	Alliance (UMNO)
		1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Ledang and Pagoh

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Muar Utara	Muar Central
		Serom
	Tangkak

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Ahmad Arshad won uncontested.
	Alliance	Ahmad Arshad
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			30,264
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ahmad Arshad	16,717	81.18	2.24
	Socialist Front	Abdul Hamid Hassan	3,876	18.82	18.82
Total valid votes			20,593	100.00
Total rejected ballots			973
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,566	79.80	7.46
Registered electors			27,024
Majority			12,841	62.36	4.48
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ahmad Arshad	12,744	83.42	1.11
	National Party	Nasir Abdullah	2,533	16.58	1.11
Total valid votes			15,277	100.00
Total rejected ballots			284
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,561	72.34	9.66
Registered electors			21,510
Majority			10,211	66.84	2.22
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1955

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Hassan Yunos	19,802	84.53
	NEGARA	Mohd Nor A Hamid	3,623	15.47
Total valid votes			23.425	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			23,425	82.00
Registered electors			28,567
Majority			6,438	69.06
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times.[3][4]