Muar Dalam

Muar Dalam

Johor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Muar Dalam was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974.

History

Muar Dalam was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed. The new Pagoh federal constituency was then created from parts of the Muar Dalam constituency in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Muar Dalam
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party	Vote Share
Constituency split from Muar Utara
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P089	1959-1963	Aziz Ishak (عزيز اسحاق)	Alliance (UMNO)	11,329 74.16%
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P089	1963-1964	Aziz Ishak (عزيز اسحاق)	Alliance (UMNO)	11,329 74.16%
2nd		1964-1969			15,385 84.44%
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended
3rd	P089	1971-1973	Syed Nasir Ismail (سيد ناصر اسماعيل)	Alliance (UMNO)	Uncontested
		1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
Constituency abolished split into Segamat, Ledang, Muar and Pagoh

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Muar Dalam		Bukit Serampang
		Jorak

Historical boundaries

State Constituency	Area
	1959
Bukit Serampang	Bukit Kepong Bukit Serampang Gerisek Lenga Pagoh
Jorak	Bukit Bakri Bukit Pasir Jorak Panchor Simpang Jeram

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Muar Dalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Syed Nasir Ismail won uncontested.
	Alliance	Syed Nasir Ismail
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			28,523
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964: Muar Dalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Aziz Ishak	15,385	84.44	10.28
	Socialist Front	Mohammed Dali Othman	2,834	15.56	15.56
Total valid votes			18,219	100.00
Total rejected ballots			540
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			18,759	82.56	5.19
Registered electors			22,723
Majority			12,551	68.88	20.56
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959: Muar Dalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Aziz Ishak	11,329	74.16
	National Party	Ahmad Abu	3,947	25.84
Total valid votes			15,276	100.00
Total rejected ballots			237
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,513	77.37
Registered electors			20,050
Majority			7,382	48.32
This was a new constituency created.