Muar (federal constituency)

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

Muar (P146)

Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman MUDA
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	100,265
Electors (2022)[2]	68,925
Area (km²)[3]	268
Pop. density (per km²)	374.1

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 Muar's electorate as of 2022^[4]

1. Malay (67.2%)
2. Chinese (32.3%)
3. Indian (0.30%)
4. Other ethnicities (0.30%)

As of 2020, Muar has a population of 100,265 people.^[5]

Age breakdown of Muar's electorate as of 2022

1. 18-20 (5.86%)
2. 21-29 (20.9%)
3. 30-39 (21.6%)
4. 40-49 (16.9%)
5. 50-59 (14.3%)
6. 60-69 (11.4%)
7. 70-79 (5.95%)
8. 80-89 (2.46%)
9. above 90 (0.59%)

Gender breakdown of Muar's electorate as of 2022

1. Male (49.6%)
2. Female (50.4%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Muar constituency is divided into 33 polling districts.^[6]

State conatituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Maharani（N15）	Maharani	146/15/01	SMK Sri Muar
	Tanjong	146/15/02	SMK (P) Sultan Abu Bakar
	Tanjong Selatan	146/15/03	SMA Maahad Muar
	Jalan Khalidi	146/15/04	SJK (T) Jalan Khalidi
	Temenggong Ahmad Selatan	146/15/05	SK Ismail Satu
	Parit Perupok Timor	146/15/06	SK Parit Kadzi
	Parit Perupok Barat	146/15/07	SJK (C) Chung Hwa Ketiga
	Parit Keroma	146/15/08	SK Parit Keruma
	Parit Raja	146/15/09	SMK Tengku Mahkota
	Parit Bakar Darat	146/15/10	SJK (C) Chi Sin
	Parit Bakar	146/15/11	SK Parit Bakar Tengah
	Parit Unas	146/15/12	SJK (C) San Chai
	Parit Pinang Seribu	146/15/13	SK Parit Pinang Seribu
	Parit Samsu	146/15/14	SK Parit Samsu
Sungai Balang (N16)	Parit Shafiee	146/16/01	Balai Raya Kampung Parit Salman Balai Raya Kampung Parit Shafiee
	Parit Kassim	146/16/02	SJK (C) Limbong
	Bukit Mor	146/16/03	SJK (C) Hwa Ming
	Parit Nawee	146/16/04	SK Parit Nawi
	Bandar Parit Jawa Utara	146/16/05	SK Parit Jawa
	Bandar Parit Jawa Selatan	146/16/06	SJK (C) Chin Kwang Wahyu
	Parit Jawa	146/16/07	SMK Raja Muda
	Parit Tengah	146/16/08	SK Sri Jamil
	Parit Jamil Darat	146/16/09	SK Simpang 4
	Parit Pechah	146/16/10	SMK Sri Menanti
	Sri Menanti	146/16/11	SK Seri Menanti
	Sungai Sudah	146/16/12	SK Tanjong Tohor
	Sungai Balang	146/16/13	SK Orangkaya Ali
	Sungai Balang Besar	146/16/14	SK Jalan Yusof
	Sungai Balang Darat	146/16/15	SK Sg Balang Darat
	Sarang Buaya Darat	146/16/16	SK Parit Latiff
	Parit Yusof	146/16/17	SMK Pekan Baru Muar
	Sarang Buaya Laut	146/16/18	SJK (C) Pei Chun
	Kampong Parit Bulat	146/16/19	SK Parit Bulat

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Muar
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Muar Dalam, Muar Pantai and Muar Selatan
4th	P106	1974–1978	Neo Yee Pan (梁维泮)	BN (MCA)
5th		1978–1982
6th		1982–1986
7th	P123	1986–1990	Mohamed Sam Sailan (محمد سم ساءيلن)	BN (UMNO)
8th		1990–1995	Abdul Malek Munip (عبدالمالك مونيڤ)
9th	P133	1995–1999	Abdul Aziz Yassin (عبدالعزيز محمد. يسٓ)
10th		1999–2004	Robia Kosai (روبيا كوساي)
11th	P146	2004–2008	Razali Ibrahim (غزالي إبراهيم)
12th		2008–2013
13th		2013–2018
14th		2018–2020	Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman (سيد صادق سيد عبدالرحمن)	PH (BERSATU)
		2020		BERSATU
		2021		Independent
		2021–2022		MUDA
15th		2022–present

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Muar			Bandar Maharani
						Maharani
				Parit Bakar
			Parit Jawa
					Sungai Balang

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N15	Maharani	Abdul Aziz Talib	PN (PAS)
N16	Sungai Balang	Selamat Takim	BN (UMNO)

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N15	Maharani	Muar Municipal Council	83600 Semerah 84000 Muar 84150 Parit Jawa
N16	Sungai Balang

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	MUDA	Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman	19,961	37.55	37.55
	PN	Abdullah Husin	18,616	35.02	35.02
	BN	Mohd Helmy Abd Latiff	14,581	27.43	9.14
Total valid votes			53,158	100.00
Total rejected ballots			374
Unreturned ballots			163
Turnout			53,695	77.12	6.90
Registered electors			68,925
Majority			1,345	2.53	13.99
	MUDA gain from PH		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	Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman	22,341	53.09	53.09
	BN	Razali Ibrahim	15,388	36.57	15.48
	PAS	Abdul Aziz Talib	4,354	10.34	10.34
Total valid votes			42,083	100.00
Total rejected ballots			636
Unreturned ballots			-
Turnout			42,719	84.02	1.01
Registered electors			50,843
Majority			6,953	16.52	12.42
	PH gain from BN		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	Razali Ibrahim	20,867	52.05	5.90
	PKR	Nor Hizwan Ahmad	19,221	47.95	5.90
Total valid votes			40,088	100.00
Total rejected ballots			804
Unreturned ballots			100
Turnout			40,992	85.03	11.22
Registered electors			48,208
Majority			1,646	4.10	11.80
	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	Razali Ibrahim	16,986	57.95	15.33
	PKR	Nah Budin	12,325	42.05	42.05
Total valid votes			29,311	100.00
Total rejected ballots			902
Unreturned ballots			62
Turnout			30,275	73.81	3.15
Registered electors			41,019
Majority			4,661	15.90	30.66
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Razali Ibrahim	21,116	73.28	10.55
	PAS	Mohamad Taib	7,701	26.72	26.72
Total valid votes			28,817	100.00
Total rejected ballots			872
Unreturned ballots			81
Turnout			29,770	70.66	0.63
Registered electors			42,131
Majority			13,415	46.56	21.10
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Robia Kosai	17,693	62.73	4.84
	PKR	Abdul Rahman Othman	10,511	37.27	37.27
Total valid votes			28,204	100.00
Total rejected ballots			852
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			29,090	70.03	0.27
Registered electors			41,539
Majority			7,182	25.46	9.68
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Aziz Mohd. Yassin	18,238	67.57	12.18
	S46	Zawawi Mohd. Zin	8,755	32.43	12.18
Total valid votes			26,993	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,451
Unreturned ballots			151
Turnout			28,595	69.76	1.82
Registered electors			40,990
Majority			9,483	35.14	24.36
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Malek Munip	13,760	55.39	22.19
	S46	Yahya Abd. Rahman	11,083	44.61	44.61
Total valid votes			24,843	100.00
Total rejected ballots			976
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			25,819	71.58	3.92
Registered electors			36,070
Majority			2,677	10.78	44.38
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Sam Sailan	17,801	77.58	11.00
	PAS	Md Said @ Md Sa'aid Abd Samad	5,143	22.42	17.95
Total valid votes			22,944	100.00
Total rejected ballots			990
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			23,934	67.66	8.04
Registered electors			35,374
Majority			12,658	55.16	17.53
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Neo Yee Pan	27,572	66.58	3.18
	DAP	Tan Yang Ngai	11,991	28.95	1.17
	PAS	Mohamad Anang	1,851	4.47	2.01
Total valid votes			41,414	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,488
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			43,902	75.70	2.13
Registered electors			57,997
Majority			15,581	37.63	4.35
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Neo Yee Pan	23,538	63.40	17.12
	DAP	Ho Chan Mee	11,183	30.12	10.64
	PAS	Ahmad Abdul Rahman	2,405	6.48	6.48
Total valid votes			37,126	100.00
Total rejected ballots			974
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			24,324	77.83	5.96
Registered electors			49,897
Majority			12,355	33.28	27.76
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Neo Yee Pan	23,039	80.52
	DAP	Khoo Sim Geok @ Khoo Chin Tow	5,573	19.48
Total valid votes			28,612	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,229
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			29,841	71.87
Registered electors			40,350
Majority			17,466	61.04
This was a new constituency created.