Johor Bahru (federal constituency) explained

Johor Bahru (P160)
State:	Johor
Fed-Rep:	Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir
Fed-Rep-Party:	PH
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-Created:	1955
Fed-Abolished:	1959
Fed-Created2:	1974
Fed-Election-First:	1955
Fed-Election-Last:	2022
Demo-Census-Date:	2020
Demo-Pop:	177823
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Electors:	136,368
Demo-Electors-Date:	2022
Demo-Electors-Ref:	^[2]
Demo-Area:	35
Demo-Area-Ref:	^[3]

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.

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

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Johor Bahru constituency is divided into 40 polling districts.^[4]

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)
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)
		1978–1982	Shahrir Abdul Samad (شهريار عبدالصمد‎)
		1982–1986	Shahrir Abdul Samad (شهريار عبدالصمد‎)
Johor Bahru
7th	P130	1986–1988	Shahrir Abdul Samad (شهريار عبدالصمد‎)
7th		1988–1990	Shahrir Abdul Samad (شهريار عبدالصمد‎)	Independent
		1990–1995	Mohamed Khaled Nordin (محمد خالد نورالدين‎)
9th	P141	1995–1999
	P141	1999–2004
11th	P160	2004–2008	Shahrir Abdul Samad (شهريار عبدالصمد‎)
		2008–2013
		2013–2018
		2018–2022	Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir (اكمل نصرالله محمد ناصر)
		2022–present	Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir (اكمل نصرالله محمد ناصر)

State constituency

Parliamentaryconstituency	State constituency
Parliamentaryconstituency	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
N45	Stulang	Andrew Chen Kah Eng

Local governments

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

References

Web site: Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya . . 2018-08-12.

Notes and References

Web site: Kawasanku. Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. 2023-09-24. en.
Web site: Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. 2020-01-29. 36. ms. 25 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425183951/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/HargaDPIST42017_PRU14.pdf. dead.
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. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. 2020-01-29. ms. 2018-04-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20180412212213/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/Jilid%201%20Kajian%20Semula%20Persempadanan%20V2.pdf. dead.
Web site: Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election . Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.