Sembrong

Sembrong is a federal constituency in Kluang District, Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.

Sembrong (P153)

Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Hishamuddin Hussein BN
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	63,621
Electors (2022)[2]	54,982
Area (km²)[3]	1,865
Pop. density (per km²)	34.1

The federal constituency was created from parts of the Kluang constituency in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Sembrong's electorate as of 2022^[4]

1. Malay (62.3%)
2. Chinese (28%)
3. Indian (8.5%)
4. Other ethnicities (1.1%)

Age breakdown of Sembrong's electorate as of 2022

1. 18-20 (4.89%)
2. 21-29 (18.72%)
3. 30-39 (24.86%)
4. 40-49 (17.37%)
5. 50-59 (12.92%)
6. 60-69 (13.1%)
7. 70-79 (6.13%)
8. 80-89 (1.67%)
9. above 90 (0.35%)

Gender breakdown of Sembrong's electorate as of 2022

1. Male (50.18%)
2. Female (49.82%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Sembrong constituency has a total of 29 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Paloh（N30）	Klebang	153/30/01	Dewan Orang Ramai Ladang Kempas Klebang
	Kampong Melayu Paloh	153/30/02	SK Bukit Paloh
	Ladang Paloh	153/30/03	Balai Raya Ladang Paloh
	Paloh	153/30/04	SMK Paloh
	Bandar Paloh Utara	153/30/05	SJK (C) Paloh
	Bandar Paloh Selatan	153/30/06	SK Bandar Paloh
	Kampong Muhibbah	153/30/07	SA Bandar Paloh
	Kali Malaya	153/30/08	SJK (C) Yu Ming
	Bukit Paloh	153/30/09	Dewan Orang Ramai Ladang Bukit Paloh
	Ladang Landak	153/30/10	Balai Raya Ladang Landak
	Ladang Kekayaan	153/30/11	Balai Raya Ladang Kekayaan
	Chamek	152/30/12	Dewan Seberguna Chamek
	Consolidated Eastern Planations	153/30/13	SJK (C) Lit Terk
	Tereh Selatan	153/30/14	SK Ladang Tereh
	Pengkalan Tereh	150/30/15	SK Pengkalan Tereh
	Ladang Pamol	150/30/16	SK Ladang Pamol
	Pekan Kampong Gajah	153/30/17	SJK (C) Kampung Gajah
	Kampong Gajah	150/30/18	SJK (C) Kampong Gajah
	FELDA Kahang Barat	150/38/19	SK (FELDA) Kahang Barat
Kahang（N31）	Kangkar Kahang Timor	153/31/01	SJK (C) Kahang
	Kangkar Kahang Barat	153/30/02	SA Kampung Contoh
	Kahang	153/31/03	SK Kahang SK Seri Sedohok
	FELDA Kahang Timor	153/31/04	SK (FELDA) Kahang Timur
	FELDA Ulu Dengar	153/31/05	SK LKTP Ulu Dengar
	Sri Lambak	153/31/06	SA Taman Sri Lambak
	Sungai Sayong	154/31/07	SJK (C) Sayong
	FELDA Bukit Tongkat	153/31/08	SMK LKTP Belitong
	FELDA Ulu Belitong	153/31/09	SK LKTP Belitong
	FELDA Ulu Pengeli	153/31/10	SK (FELDA) Ulu Pengeli

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Sembrong
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Kluang
11th	P153	2004–2008	Hishammuddin Hussein (هشام الدين حسين‎)	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008–2013
13th		2013–2018
14th		2018–2022
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Sembrong						Kahang
						Paloh

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N30	Paloh	Lee Ting Han	BN (MCA)
N31	Kahang	Vidyananthan Ramanadhan	BN (MIC)

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N30	Paloh	Kluang Municipal Council	85400 Chaah 86000 Kluang 86300 Renggam 86600 Paloh
N31	Kahang	Kluang Municipal Council Simpang Renggam District Council (Sri Lambak and Belitong areas)

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022: Sembrong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hishamuddin Hussein	22,572	55.15	4.09
	PH	Hasni Abas	11,692	28.57	12.19
	PN	Aziz Ismail	6,666	16.29	16.29
Total valid votes			40,930	100.00
Total rejected ballots			390
Unreturned ballots			129
Turnout			41,449	74.44	8.86
Registered electors			54,982
Majority			10,880	26.58	8.10
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753254/PUB%20617%20PARLIMEN%20JOHOR.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018: Sembrong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hishammuddin Hussein	21,353	59.24	5.93
	PH	Onn Abu Bakar	14,691	40.76	40.76
Total valid votes			36,044	100.00
Total rejected ballots			598
Unreturned ballots			126
Turnout			36,768	83.30	3.05
Registered electors			44,137
Majority			6,662	18.48	11.86
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 244/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 318/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

Malaysian general election, 2013: Sembrong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hishammuddin Hussein	22,841	65.17	8.53
	PKR	Onn Abu Bakar	12,210	34.83	8.53
Total valid votes			35,051	100.00
Total rejected ballots			809
Unreturned ballots			50
Turnout			35,910	86.35	10.37
Registered electors			41,588
Majority			10,631	30.34	17.06
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 181/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2016. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 222/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2016. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore Corrigendum [P.U. (B) 247/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 31 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

Malaysian general election, 2008: Sembrong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hishammuddin Hussein	17,988	73.70	14.59
	PKR	Lee Sang	6,418	26.30	14.59
Total valid votes			24,406	100.00
Total rejected ballots			739
Unreturned ballots			66
Turnout			25,211	75.98	1.37
Registered electors			33,181
Majority			11,570	47.40	29.18
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004: Sembrong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Hishammuddin Hussein	19,575	88.29
	PAS	Onn Jaafar	2,597	11.71
Total valid votes			22,172	100.00
Total rejected ballots			760
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			22,956	74.61
Registered electors			30,767
Majority			16,978	76.58
This was a new constituency created out of Kluang which went to BN in the previous election.