Benut (state constituency) explained

Benut
State:Johor
State-Rep:Hasni Mohammad
State-Rep-Party:Barisan Nasional
State-Status:active
State-Created:1959
State-Election-First:1959
State-Election-Last:2022
Demo-Pop:29,033
Demo-Pop-Ref:2020
Demo-Electors:28,165
Demo-Electors-Date:2022
Demo-Area:248

Benut is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Benut constituency has a total of 15 polling districts.[2]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Benut(N53)Lubok Sipat164/53/01SK Seri Bahagia
Permatang Sepam164/53/02SK Seri Jaya
Parit Betak164/53/03SMK Parit Betak
Permatang Duku164/53/04SK Seri Setia
Parit Mansor164/53/05SK Parit Markom
Parit Ismail164/53/06SK Seri Kembar
Sri Jawa164/53/07SK Seri Al Ulum
Parit Satu164/53/08SK Seri Anom
Sanglang164/53/09SK Sanglang
Simpang Jawa164/53/10SJK (C) Lok Yu 1
Benut164/53/11SMK Sri Tanjung
Bandar Benut Utara164/53/12SMK Benut
Bandar Benut Selatan164/53/13SA Bandar Benut
Parit Abdul Rahman164/53/14SMA (Arab) Bugisiah
Tampok164/53/15SK Seri Sinaran

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Benut
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
1st1959-1964Bachok @ Abdul Majid Hashim
2nd1964-1969
1969-1971 Assembly dissolved
3rd 1971-1974 Talib Ali
4th1974-1978Jalok Daing Malibok
5th1978-1982
6th1982-1986Hasmuni Salim
7th1986-1990Ahmad Selamat
8th1990-1995Khatijah Mat Som
9th1995-1999Saklon @ Salehon Sengot
10th1999-2004
11th2004-2008Salehan Sungot
12th2008-2013Hasni Mohammad
13th2013-2018
14th2018-2022
15th2022–present

Notes and References

  1. News: Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) . . . 23 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081855/https://election.thestar.com.my/johor.html . 11 May 2018 . live . 16 April 2019.
  2. Web site: 2018-03-30. Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]]. 2019-01-03. Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia.