Segamat Selatan

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

Segamat Selatan

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

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 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 Segamat Selatan
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party	Vote Share
Constituency split from Segamat
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	P090	1959-1963	Teoh Chze Chong (张纸宗)	Alliance (MCA)	7,828 61.69%
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	P090	1963-1964	Teoh Chze Chong (张纸宗)	Alliance (MCA)	7,828 61.69%
2nd		1964-1969	Lee San Choon (李三春)		11,355 63.33%
		1969-1971	Parliament was suspended
3rd	P090	1971-1973	Lee San Choon (李三春)	Alliance (MCA)	14,470 73.63%
		1973-1974		BN (MCA)
Constituency abolished, split into Segamat, Labis, Kluang and Ayer Hitam

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Segamat Selatan		Bekok
		Labis

Historical boundaries

State Constituency	Area
	1959
Bekok	Bekok Chaah Chamek Nyior Paloh
Labis	Ayer Panas Kemelah Labis Pemanis Tenang

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1969: Segamat Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Lee San Choon	14,470	73.63	10.30
	Independent	Abdul Rahman Abdul Rasool	5,183	26.37	26.37
Total valid votes			19,653	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,652
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			21,305	71.66	10.77
Registered electors			29,730
Majority			9,287	47.26	11.57
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964: Segamat Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Lee San Choon	11,355	63.33	1.64
	Socialist Front	Chiu Siu Meng	4,956	27.64	10.67
	UDP	Tan Luan Hong	1,619	9.03	9.03
Total valid votes			17,930	100.00
Total rejected ballots			763
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			18,693	82.43	0.16
Registered electors			22,678
Majority			6,399	35.69	12.31
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959: Segamat Selatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Teoh Chze Chong	7,828	61.69
	Socialist Front	Lim Chin Kean	4,862	38.31
Total valid votes			12,690	100.00
Total rejected ballots			151
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			12,841	82.59
Registered electors			15,548
Majority			2,966	23.38
This was a new constituency created.