Pontian (federal constituency)

Pontian (P164)

Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Ahmad Maslan BN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	81,778
Electors (2022) [2]	75,212
Area (km²) [3]	444
Pop. density (per km²)	184.2

Pontian is a federal constituency in Pontian District, Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 Pontian's electorate as of 2022 ^[4]

   Malay (70.7%)

   Chinese (28.1%)

   Indian (1%)

  Other ethnicities (0.2%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on31 October 2022, the Pontian constituency has a total of 36 polling districts. ^[5]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Benut (N53)	Lubok Sipat	164/53/01	SK Seri Bahagia
	Permatang Sepam	164/53/02	SK Seri Jaya
	Parit Betak	164/53/03	SMK Parit Betak
	Permatang Duku	164/53/04	SK Seri Setia
	Parit Mansor	164/53/05	SK Parit Markom
	Parit Ismail	164/53/06	SK Seri Kembar
	Sri Jawa	164/53/07	SK Seri Al Ulum
	Parit Satu	164/53/08	SK Seri Anom
	Sanglang	164/53/09	SK Sanglang
	Simpang Jawa	164/53/10	SJK (C) Lok Yu 1
	Benut	164/53/11	SMK Sri Tanjung
	Bandar Benut Utara	164/53/12	SMK Benut
	Bandar Benut Selatan	164/53/13	SA Bandar Benut
	Parit Abdul Rahman	164/53/14	SMA (Arab) Bugisiah
	Tampok	164/53/15	SK Seri Sinaran
Pulai Sebatang (N54)	Kampong Parit Kahar	164/54/01	SK Seri Sekawan Desa
	Parit Keroma	164/54/02	SJK (C) Lee Ming
	Ayer Baloi	164/54/03	SK Ayer Baloi
	Bandar Ayer Baloi Selatan	164/54/04	SMK Ayer Baloi
	Bandar Ayer Baloi Utara	164/54/05	SJK (C) Chi Chih
	Parit Panjang	164/54/06	SK Jaya Mulia
	Kampong Parit Haji Karim	164/54/07	SK Seri Pulai
	Parit Sikom	164/54/08	SJK (C) Nan Mah
	Kampong Jawa	164/54/09	SK Kampong Jawa
	Pulai Sebatang	164/54/10	SK Pulai Sebatang
	Api-Api	164/54/11	SK Api-Api
	Sungai Trus	164/54/12	SK Kayu Ara Pasong
	Pontian Besar Kiri	164/54/13	SMK Kayu Ara Pasong
	Jalan Alsagoff	164/54/14	SMK Sri Perhentian
	Pantai Bandar Pontian	164/54/15	SK Tengku Mahmood Iskansar (1)
	Pegawai	164/54/16	SK Bandar Pontian
	Jalan Taib	164/54/17	SJK (C) Pei Chun (1)
	Bakek	164/54/18	SK Tengku Mahmood Iskandar (2)
	Parit Semerah	164/54/19	SA Parit Semerah
	Parit Mesjid	164/54/20	SA Bandar Pontian
	Parit Mesjid Darat	164/54/21	SMK Dato' Ali Haji Ahmad

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Pontian
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Pontian Selantan and Pontian Utara
4th	P112	1974–1977	Ali Ahmad (علي احمد)	BN (UMNO)
		1978	Ikhwan Nasir (إخوان ناصر)
5th		1978–1982
6th		1982–1986	Mokhtaram Rabidin (مختارعام ربيدين)
7th	P132	1986–1990	Law Lai Heng (吴来兴)	BN (MCA)
8th		1990–1995	Ong Ka Ting (黄家定)
9th	P144	1995–1999
10th		1999–2004
11th	P164	2004–2008	Hasni Mohammad (حسني محمد‎)	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008–2013	Ahmad Maslan (أحمد مصلان‎)
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
Pontian			Benut			Benut
			Kukup
				Pulai Sebatang

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N53	Benut	Hasni Mohammad	BN (UMNO)
N54	Pulai Sebatang	Hasrunizah Hassan

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N53	Benut	Pontian Municipal Council
N54	Pulai Sebatang

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Maslan	23,201	40.81	5.40
	PN	Isa Ab Hamid	17,448	30.68	30.68
	PH	Syazwan Zdainal Abdin	15,901	27.97	16.42
	GTA	Jamaluddin Mohamad	306	0.54	0.54
Total valid votes			56,851	100.00
Total rejected ballots			620
Unreturned ballots			410
Turnout			57,881	75.59	8.42
Registered electors			75,212
Majority			5,758	10.13	8.31
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Maslan	21,132	46.21	20.18
	PH	Karmaine Sardini	20,299	44.39	44.39
	PAS	Baharom Mohamad	4,295	9.40	9.40
Total valid votes			45,726	100.00
Total rejected ballots			738
Unreturned ballots			219
Turnout			46,683	84.01	2.29
Registered electors			55,570
Majority			833	1.82	30.96
	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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "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 2018-08-01.[ permanent dead link ]

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Maslan	27,804	66.39	6.32
	PKR	Haniff @ Ghazali Hosman	14,077	33.61	6.32
Total valid votes			41,881	100.00
Total rejected ballots			871
Unreturned ballots			79
Turnout			42,831	86.30	10.52
Registered electors			49,633
Majority			13,727	32.78	12.64
	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 2016-05-14.[ permanent dead link ] "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 2016-05-14.[ permanent dead link ]

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Maslan	23,121	72.71	10.17
	PKR	Mohd Annuar Mohd Salleh	8,677	27.29	10.17
Total valid votes			31,798	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,008
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,806	75.83	0.43
Registered electors			43,264
Majority			14,444	45.42	20.34
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hasni Mohammad	26,667	82.88	0.67
	PKR	Hassan Abdul Karim	5,509	17.12	0.67
Total valid votes			32,176	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,167
Unreturned ballots			117
Turnout			33,460	75.40	0.97
Registered electors			44,376
Majority			21,158	65.76	1.34
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ong Ka Ting	38,169	82.21	5.79
	PKR	Diong Chi Tzuoh	8,259	17.79	17.79
Total valid votes			46,428	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,572
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			48,055	74.43	0.36
Registered electors			64,564
Majority			29,910	64.42	11.58
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ong Ka Ting	37,230	88.00	26.07
	S46	Saleh @ Daud Hassan	5,079	12.00	12.00
Total valid votes			42,309	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,265
Unreturned ballots			198
Turnout			44,772	74.07	0.99
Registered electors			60,445
Majority			32,151	76.00	52.14
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ong Ka Ting	24,362	61.93	6.17
	DAP	Gan Peck Cheng	14,978	38.07	9.11
Total valid votes			39,340	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,297
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			41,637	75.06	0.38
Registered electors			55,472
Majority			9,384	23.86	2.94
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Law Lai Heng @ Go Lai Heng	20,772	55.76	55.76
	DAP	Chong Kee Kiam	10,787	28.96	28.96
	Independent	Abd Nasir Shain	5,098	13.69	13.69
	PAS	Mohd Jufri Tahir	443	1.19	1.19
	SDP	Chuah Ah Hock	150	0.40	0.40
Total valid votes			37,250	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,738
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			38,988	74.68
Registered electors			52,207
Majority			9,985	26.80
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Mokhtaram Rabidin won uncontested.
	BN	Mokhtaram Rabidin
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			49,909
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ikhwan Nasir	28,867	89.80	8.65
	PAS	Hussein Besar	3,279	10.20	10.20
Total valid votes			32,146	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			41,615
Majority			25,588	79.60	9.73
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general by-election, 28 January 1978
Upon the death of incumbent, Ali Ahmad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ikhwan Nasir	21,811	81.15	81.15
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Osman Sapian	3,032	11.28	11.28
	Independent	Yeow Lin Thiam	2,036	7.57	7.57
Total valid votes			26,879	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,413
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,292
Registered electors
Majority			18,779	69.87
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Ali Ahmad won uncontested.
	BN	Ali Ahmad
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			33,156
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

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