Segamat (federal constituency)

Segamat (P140)
Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	<div class="ib-malaysia-electoral-status" style="border-left-color: parameter 1 should be a party name.;">Vacant
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1959
Constituency re-created	1974
First contested	1955
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	69,360
Area (km²)	941

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

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

https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/parliament/JOHOR

Ethnic breakdown of Segamat's electorate as of 2022

Malay (46.74%)

Chinese (42.68%)

Indian (9.27%)

Other ethnicities (1.31%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Segamat constituency has a total of 43 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Buloh Kasap（N01）	Mensudot Lema	140/01/01	SK Mensudut Lama
	Balai Badang	140/01/02	SK Balai Badang
	Palong Timor	140/01/03	SK LKTP Palong Timor
	Sepang Loi	140/01/04	SK Spang Loi
	Mensudot Pindah	140/01/05	SK Mensudut Pindah
	Awat	140/01/06	SK Kampong Awat
	Pekan Gemas Bahru	140/01/07	SJK (C) Tah Kang
	Gomali	140/01/08	SJK (T) Ladang Gomali
	Tambang	140/01/09	SK Tambang
	Paya Lang	140/01/10	Balai Rata Kampung Paya Lang
	Ladang Sungai Muar	140/01/11	Balai Raya Taman Suria Buloh Kasap
	Kuala Paya	140/01/12	SK Kuala Paya
	Bandar Buloh Kasap Utara	140/01/13	SA Buloh Kasap
	Bandar Buloh Kasap Selatan	140/01/14	SK Buloh Kasap
	Buloh Kasap	140/01/15	SMK Buluh Kasap SA Taman Yayasan
	Gelang Chinchin	140/01/16	SK Gelang Chinchin
	Sepinang	140/01/17	SK Sepinang
Jementah（N02）	Gemas Baru	140/02/01	SJK (T) Lasang Fortrose
	Fortrose	140/02/02	SJK (T) Ladang Fortrose
	Sungai Senarut	140/02/03	SJK (T) Ldg Sg Senarut
	Bandar Batu Anam	140/02/04	SMK Dato' Ahmad Arshad
	Batu Anam	140/02/05	SMK Seri Kenangan
	Bandan	140/02/06	Balai Raya Kampong Lubok Bandan
	Welch	140/02/07	SK Ladang Welch
	Paya Jakas	140/02/08	SK Paya Jakas
	Bandar Jementah Barat	140/02/09	SA Jementah
	Bandar Jementah Timor	140/02/10	SMK Jementah
	Bandar Jementah Tengah	140/02/11	SJK (C) Jementah 1
	Bandar Jementah Selatan	140/02/12	Dewan Seberguna Jementah
	Jementah	140/02/13	SK Jementah
	Sungai Siput	140/02/14	Balai Raya Kampung Sg. Siput
	Kampong Bukit Tunggal	140/02/15	SK Bukit Tunggal
	Tebing Tinggi	140/02/16	SK Tebing Tinggi
	Gemereh	140/02/17	SK Gemereh
	Berata	140/02/18	SA Gemereh
	Jalam Kolam Air	140/02/19	SA Bandar Segamat
	Sungai Kapeh	140/02/20	SK Bukit Hampar
	Pasar	140/02/21	SJK (C) Seg Hwa
	Bandar	140/02/21	SJK (C) Seg Hwa
	Jalan Gemereh	140/02/23	SMK Gemereh
	Genuang	140/02/24	Dewan Seberguna Kampung Abdullah
	Genuang Selatan	140/02/25	Dewan Choon Chew Chee Kampung Abdullah
	Kampong Abdullah Utara	140/02/26	SJK (C) Li Chi

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Segamat
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Federal Legislative Council
1st	1955-1959	Sardon Jubir	Alliance (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Segamat Selatan and Segamat Utara
Parliament of Malaysia
Constituency created, renamed from Segamat Selatan
4th	1974-1978	Lee San Choon (李三春)	BN (MCA)
5th	1978-1982	Lee San Choon (李三春)	BN (MCA)
6th	1982-1986	Subramaniam Sinniah (சி. சுப்ரமணியம்)	BN (MIC)
7th	1986-1990¹
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Subramaniam Sathasivam (ச. சுப்ரமணியம்)
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-2020	Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu (சந்தார்த்த குமார்)	PH (KEADILAN)
	2020–2022		PN (BERSATU)
	2022		PBM
15th	2022-

Note: ¹Noted that in 1984 redelineation exercise this Segamat constituency is now shifted north to Segamat city centre from former Labis constituency, not Labis, Johor in Segamat District where now renamed as Labis.

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1954–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Segamat			Bandar Segamat
			Bukit Serampang
						Buloh Kasap
				Jementah
	Segamat North
	Segamat South
				Sepinang

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N1	Template:Nseat	Zahari Sarip	BN (UMNO)
N2	Jementah	Ng Kor Sim	PH (DAP)

Local governments


No.	State Constituency	Local Government
N1	Buloh Kasap	Segamat Municipal Council
N2	Jementah	Segamat Municipal Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PEJUANG	Syed Hairoul Faizey Syed Ali
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Ramasamy Muthusamy
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PH	Yuneswaran Ramaraj
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PN	Poobalan Ponusamy
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			69,360
Majority
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PH (2018)	Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu	24,060	53.09	+53.09
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Subramaniam Sathasivam	18,584	41.01	-10.56
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Khairul Faizi Ahmad Kamil	2,676	5.90	+5.90
Total valid votes			45,320	100.00
Total rejected ballots			726
Unreturned ballots			124
Turnout			46,170	83.41
Registered electors			55,350
Majority			5,476	12.08
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|PH]]		Swing		BN
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. 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.

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Subramaniam Sathasivam	20,037	51.57	-3.61
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PKR	Chua Jui Meng	18,820	48.43	+48.43
Total valid votes			38,857	100.00
Total rejected ballots			950
Unreturned ballots			88
Turnout			39,895	84.87
Registered electors			47,009
Majority			1,217
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN
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. "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	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Subramaniam Sathasivam	15,921	55.18	-8.72
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Pang Hok Liong	12,930	44.82	+8.72
Total valid votes			28,851	100.00
Total rejected ballots			847
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			29,699	72.96
Registered electors			40,708
Majority			2,991
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Subramaniam Sathasivam	17,953	63.90	+1.56
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Pang Hok Liong	10,144	36.10	-1.56
Total valid votes			28,097	100.00
Total rejected ballots			876
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			28,974	70.70
Registered electors			40,981
Majority			7,809
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	26,350	62.34	-8.38
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Tee Gey Yan	15,921	37.66	+10.21
Total valid votes			42,271	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,188
Unreturned ballots			107
Turnout			43,566	71.67
Registered electors			60,786
Majority			10,429
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	28,710	70.72	+17.37
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Yaakob Jantan	11,143	27.45	-19.20
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Lim Wah Kin	741	1.83	+1.83
Total valid votes			40,594	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,391
Unreturned ballots			46
Turnout			42,031	72.75
Registered electors			57,774
Majority			17,567
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	20,070	53.35	-5.78
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Simon Tong Tiam Hock	17,549	46.65	+8.23
Total valid votes			37,619	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,156
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			38,775	73.68
Registered electors			52,626
Majority			2,521
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	18,644	59.13	-7.24
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Chan Yiek Nung	12,115	38.42	+6.95
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Abdul Razak Daud	771	2.45	+2.45
Total valid votes			31,530	100.00
Total rejected ballots			920
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,450	73.74
Registered electors			44,007
Majority			6,529
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	20,932	66.37	-15.85
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Tan Tien Lim	9,925	31.47	+31.47
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Hee Moi @ Hooi Kai	683	2.17	+2.17
Total valid votes			31,540	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,305
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,845	79.58
Registered electors			41,273
Majority			11,007
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Lee San Choon	22,098	82.22	+7.80
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Abdul Hak Fadzil	4,780	17.78	+17.78
Total valid votes			26,878	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			35,493
Majority			17,318
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Lee San Choon	17,369	74.42
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Lee Ah Meng	5,971	25.58
Total valid votes			23,340	100.00
Total rejected ballots			958
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,298	81.28
Registered electors			29,896
Majority			11,398
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malayan general election, 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Perikatan	Sardon Jubir	11,072	81.90	N/A
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Negara	Razali Abdul Manap	2,447	18.10	N/A
Total valid votes			13,519	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,519	79.45
Registered electors			17,016
Majority			6,438
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times.^[4]^[5]

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 33. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1747650/PUB514.pdf
^ "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
^ "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.

[1] "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 33. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[2] Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[3] ttps://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1747650/PUB514.pdf

[Pilihan_Raya_1955_01-4] "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.

[Pilihan_Raya_1955_02-5] "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.

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Malacca	Masjid Tanah Alor Gajah Tangga Batu Hang Tuah Jaya Kota Melaka Jasin
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Labuan	Labuan
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See also: List of former Malaysian federal electoral districts