Johor Bahru (federal constituency)

Johor Bahru is a federal constituency in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1955 to 1959 and 1974 to present.

Johor Bahru (P160)

Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir PH
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1959
Constituency re-created	1974
First contested	1955
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)^[1]	177,823
Electors (2022)^[2]	136,368
Area (km²)^[3]	35
Pop. density (per km²)	5,080.7

The federal constituency was created in the 1955 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 Johor Bahru's electorate as of 2022^[4]

  Malay (54.3%)

  Chinese (39.3%)

  Indian (5.6%)

  Other ethnicities (0.7%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Johor Bahru constituency is divided into 40 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling District	Code	Location
Larkin (N44)	Bandar Baru Uda	160/44/01	SK Kompleks Uda
	Uda Malinja	160/44/02	SMK Bandar Baru Uda
	Jalan Datin Halimah	160/44/03	SJK (C) Foon Yew 4
	Kampong Ungku Mohsein	160/4404	Sekolah Agama Kampung Aman
	Kampong Melayu Majedee I	160/44/05	SK Mohd Khir Johari
	Kampong Melayu Majeede II	160/44/06	Dewan Kampung Melayu
	Stulang Baru	160/44/07	SMA Al Quran Waddin
	Sepakat	160/44/08	SA Dato' Abdullah Esa
	Taman Baru	160/44/09	SK Taman Suria
	Rumah Pangsa Larkin	166/44/10	SK Tanjung Puteri
	Larkin Jaya	160/44/11	SA Dato' Onn Jaafar
	Larkin	160/44/12	SK Larkin 1 SJK (C) Foon Yew 3
	Taman Majedee	160/44/13	SA Kebun Teh
	Taman Kebun Teh	160/44/14	SJK (C) Foon Yew 1
	Taman Melodies	160/44/15	Sekolah Sri Utama
	Taman Abad	160/44/16	SK Angkatan Tentera
	Abad Jaya 1	160/44/17	Pusat Jawatankuasa Penduduk Warga Unggul Taman Century Dewan Raya Taman Century
	Taman Skudai Kanan	160/44/18	SK Bandar Uda 2
	Kampong Larkin Jaya	160/44/19	SMK Saint Joseph (B)
	Abad Jaya 2	160/44/20	Dewan Raya Taman Century SK Angkatan tentera
	Uda Mahsuri	160/44/21	SA Bandar Baru Uda
	Ulu Ayer Molek	160/44/22	Dewan Seberguna Imigresen Taman Tasek
	Kebun Teh	160/44/23	SJK (T) Jalan Yahya Awal
Stulang (N45)	Majedee Bahru	160/45/01	SK Mahidee Baru
	Sulaiman Menteri	160/45/02	Dewan Serbaguna Majidee Dewan Komuniti dan Tadika KEMAS Ros Bestari
	Setanggi	160/45/03	SA Majidee Baru
	Sentosa	160/45/04	SK Sri Tebrau
	Sri Tebrau (1)	160/45/05	SMK Sri Tebrau
	Bakar Batu	160/45/06	SK Tebrau Bakar Batu Dewan Muafakat Kampung Bakar Batu Dewan Serbaguna PPR Sri Stulang
	Pelangi	160/45/07	SK Taman Pelangi
	Taman Maju Jaya	160/45/08	SRA Bersepadu
	Kampong Wadi Hana	160/45/09	Dewanraya Wadihana
	Bukit Senyum	160/45/10	Kolej Vokasional Tanjung Puteri
	Sri Pelangi	160/45/11	SMK Taman Pelangi
	Stulang	160/45/12	SM Foon Yew
	Taman Sri Setia	160/45/13	SA Taman Pelangi
	Lumba Kuda	160/45/14	Kolej Vokesional Tanjung Puteri
	Bukit Chagar	160/45/15	SMK Dato Jaafar
	Desa Majidi	160/45/16	SA Kampung Dato' Sulaiman Menteri
	Sri Tebrau (2)	160/45/17	SRA Bersepadu Johor Bahru

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Johor Bahru
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Johore Bahru
Federal Legislative Council
1st		1955–1959	Suleiman Abdul Rahman (سليمان عبدالرحمن)	Alliance (UMNO)
Constituency abolish, split to Johore Bahru Barat and Johore Bahru Timor
Parliament of Malaysia
Constituency recreated, renamed from Johore Bahru Timor
Johore Bahru
4th	P114	1974–1978	Jaafar Hamzah (جعفر حمزه)	BN (UMNO)
5th		1978–1982	Shahrir Abdul Samad (شهريار عبدالصمد‎)
6th		1982–1986
Johor Bahru
7th	P130	1986–1988	Shahrir Abdul Samad (شهريار عبدالصمد‎)	BN (UMNO)
		1988–1990		Independent
8th		1990–1995	Mohamed Khaled Nordin (محمد خالد نورالدين‎)	BN (UMNO)
9th	P141	1995–1999
10th		1999–2004
11th	P160	2004–2008	Shahrir Abdul Samad (شهريار عبدالصمد‎)
12th		2008–2013
13th		2013–2018
14th		2018–2022	Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir (اكمل نصرالله محمد ناصر)	PH (PKR)
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Johor Bahru				Gertak Merah
							Larkin
					Stulang
				Tanjong Puteri
Johore Bahru	Johore Bahru Central
	Johore Bahru Coastal
			Tanjong Petri
			Tiram

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N44	Larkin	Mohd Hairi Mad Shah	BN (UMNO)
N45	Stulang	Andrew Chen Kah Eng	PH (DAP)

Local governments

No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N44	Larkin	Johor Bahru City Council
N45	Stulang

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir	43,252	45.82	16.49
	BN	Johan Arifin Mohd Ropi	27,211	28.83	8.86
	PN	Mohd Mohtah Yacob	22,075	23.38	23.38
	GTA	Mohd Akhiri Mahmood	1,855	1.97	1.97
Total valid votes			93,162	100.00
Total rejected ballots			837
Unreturned ballots			291
Turnout			95,521	69.22	11.29
Registered electors			136,368
Majority			16,041	16.99	7.63
	PH 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	%	∆%
	PH	Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir	50,052	62.31	62.31
	BN	Shahrir Abdul Samad	30,270	37.69	18.99
Total valid votes			80,322	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,056
Unreturned ballots			267
Turnout			81,645	80.51	2.51
Registered electors			101,409
Majority			19,782	24.62	11.26
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. 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	Shahrir Abdul Samad	44,509	56.68	14.12
	PKR	Md Hashim Hussein	34,014	43.32	43.32
Total valid votes			78,523	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,284
Unreturned ballots			158
Turnout			79,965	83.02	13.43
Registered electors			96,321
Majority			10,134	13.36	28.24
	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.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shahrir Abdul Samad	43,143	70.80	17.33
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Hassan Abdul Karim	17,794	29.20	29.20
Total valid votes			60,937	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,391
Unreturned ballots			112
Turnout			62,440	69.59	1.04
Registered electors			89,725
Majority			25,349	41.60	34.66
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shahrir Abdul Samad	54,073	88.13	14.90
	PAS	Atan Ahmad	7,281	11.87	11.87
Total valid votes			61,354	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,100
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			62,455	68.55	1.58
Registered electors
Majority			46,792	76.26	29.80
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Khaled Nordin	38,707	73.23	6.53
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	A. Razak Ahmad	14,149	26.77	26.77
Total valid votes			52,856	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,008
Unreturned ballots			724
Turnout			54,588	70.13	0.43
Registered electors
Majority			24,558	46.46	21.33
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Khaled Nordin	40,141	79.76	21.29
	S46	Zahrah Mohd Yusof	6,023	11.97	27.38
	PBS	Tan Tien Lim	4,165	8.28	8.28
Total valid votes			50,329	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,662
Unreturned ballots			433
Turnout			52,424	70.56	3.02
Registered electors
Majority			34,118	67.79	48.67
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Khaled Nordin	24,980	58.47	28.67
	S46	Jaafar Onn	16,814	39.35	39.35
	Independent	Ismail Wanjor	930	2.18	2.18
Total valid votes			42,724	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,132
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			43,856	67.54	6.02
Registered electors			64,933
Majority			8,166	19.12	15.14
	BN gain from Independent		Swing		?

Malaysian general by-election, 25 August 1988
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Shahrir Abdul Samad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Shahrir Abdul Samad	23,581	64.06	64.06
	BN	Mas'ud Abdul Rahman	10,968	29.80	23.26
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	A. Razak Ahmad	2,260	6.14	40.80
Total valid votes			36,809	100.00
Total rejected ballots			285
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			37,094	61.52	0.84
Registered electors			60,292
Majority			12,613	34.26	28.14
	Independent gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shahrir Abdul Samad	19,349	53.06	16.14
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	A. Razak Ahmad	17,114	46.94	16.14
Total valid votes			36,463	100.00
Total rejected ballots			905
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			37,368	62.36
Registered electors			59,922
Majority			2,235	6.12	32.28
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982: Johore Bahru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shahrir Abdul Samad	47,825	69.20	2.37
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	A. Razak Ahmad	21,288	30.80	30.80
Total valid votes			69,113	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			98,505
Majority			26,537	38.40	4.74
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978: Johore Bahru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shahrir Abdul Samad	38,950	71.57	3.50
	DAP	Chan Yeik Nung @ Chan Heng Jib	15,469	28.43	3.50
Total valid votes			54,419	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			75,186
Majority			23,481	43.14	2.50
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974: Johore Bahru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jaafar Hamzah	27,042	75.07	75.07
	DAP	Quek Kow Hia	8,982	24.93	24.93
Total valid votes			36,024	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,328
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			37,352	82.27
Registered electors			45,402
Majority			18,060	45.64
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malayan general election, 1955: Johore Bahru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Suleiman Abd Rahman	8,745	75.73
	[[Negara|National Party]]	Onn Ja'afar	2,802	24.27
Total valid votes			11,547	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,547	77.60
Registered electors			14,880
Majority			5,943	51.46
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times.^[6]^[7]

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