Rengit (state constituency) explained

Rengit
State:Johor
State-Rep:Mohd Puad Zarkashi
State-Rep-Party:Barisan Nasional
State-Status:active
State-Created:1959
State-Election-First:1959
State-Election-Last:2022
Demo-Census-Date:2020
Demo-Pop:26,511
Demo-Electors:27,123
Demo-Electors-Date:2022
Demo-Area:199

Rengit 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 Rengit constituency has a total of 11 polling districts.[2]

State constituencyPolling DistrictCodeLocation
Rengit (N25)Rejo Sari150/25/01SK Seri Rejo Sari
Perpat150/25/02SK Seri Perpat
Sri Ladang150/25/03SK Seri Ladang
Seri Merlong150/25/04SK Seri Merlong
Belahan Tampok150/25/05SK Seri Belahan
Sungai Merlong150/25/06SK Mutiara
Sungai Kluang150/25/07SK Rengit
Bandar Rengit Selatan150/25/08SMK Permata Jaya
Bandar Rengit Utara150/25/09SMK Tun Sardon
Rengit150/25/10SJK (C) Chong Hwa Rengit
Punggot150/25/11SK Seri Sampurna

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Rengit
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
1st1959-1964Taha Zakaria
2nd1964-1969Jalok Daing Malibok
1969-1971 Assembly dissolved
3rd 1971-1974 Jalok Daing Malibok
4th 1974-1978Ahmad Paiman
5th 1978-1982
6th 1982-1986Abdul Jalal Abu Bakar
7th 1986-1990Abu Bakar Mohd Dewa
8th 1990-1995Zainal Abidin Mohamed Zin
9th 1995-1999
10th 1999-2004
11th 2004-2008Ayub Jamil
12th 2008-2013
13th 2013-2018
14th 2018-2022
15th 2022–presentMohd Puad Zarkashi

Notes and References

  1. News: Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14). The Star. Petaling Jaya. 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: 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. 2018-03-30. Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia.