Tenggara (federal constituency)

Tenggara

Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Halimah Mohamed Sadique BN
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

Tenggara is a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 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 Bandar Tenggara Utara, FELDA Pengeli Timor, Sungai Sibol, Linggiu, Ulu Sungai Johor, Pelepah Valley, Bukit Lintang, Kampong Lukut, Kampong Kelantan, Kota Tinggi Utara, Bandar Tenggara Selatan, FELDA Sungai Sayong, FELDA Bukit Besar, FELDA Pasir Raja, FELDA Bukit Ramun, Sungai Telor, Sungai Johor, Kota Jaya Utara, Sungai Kemang Selatan, Jalan Besar, Jalan Johor, Kota Tinggi Selatan, Ladang R.E.M., Jalan Kota Tinggi, Kampung Baru Sungai Redan, Kota Jaya Selatan.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Tenggara
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Hishammuddin Hussein	BN
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Adham Baba
12th	2008-2013	Halimah Mohamed Sadique
13th	2013-present

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Halimah Mohamed Sadique	25,698	75.14
	PAS	Muhamad Said Jonit	8,502	24.86
Total valid votes			34,200	100.00
Total rejected ballots			676
Unreturned ballots			70
Turnout			34,946	88.04
Registered electors			39,694
Majority			17,196
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Halimah Mohamed Sadique	19,031	79.25
	PAS	Salleh Farmin	4,982	20.75
Total valid votes			24,013	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,336
Unreturned ballots			435
Turnout			25,784	79.83
Registered electors			32,297
Majority			14,049
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Adham Baba	19,706	88.27
	PAS	Salleh Farmin	2,618	11.73
Total valid votes			22,324	100.00
Total rejected ballots			640
Unreturned ballots			92
Turnout			23,056	77.32
Registered electors
Majority			17,088
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hishammuddin Hussein	28,376	78.96
	KEADILAN	Lokman Noor Adam	7,559	21.04
Total valid votes			35,935	100.00
Total rejected ballots			991
Unreturned ballots			903
Turnout			37,829	78.06
Registered electors
Majority			20,817
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hishammuddin Hussein	28,727	87.22
	S46	Madin Khani @ Md. Din A. Ghani	4,209	12.78
Total valid votes			32,936	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,536
Unreturned ballots			310
Turnout			34,782	63.36
Registered electors
Majority			24,518
This was a new constituency created.