Segamat (federal constituency) explained

Segamat (P140)
State:	Johor
Fed-Rep:	Yuneswaran Ramaraj
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:	76011
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Electors:	69,360
Demo-Electors-Date:	2022
Demo-Electors-Ref:	^[2]
Demo-Area:	941
Demo-Area-Ref:	^[3]

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.

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Segamat constituency has a total of 43 polling districts.^[4]

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	No	Years	Member	Party
Federal Legislative Council
1st		1955–1959	Sardon Jubir (سعدون زبير‎)
Constituency abolished, split into Segamat Selatan and Segamat Utara
Parliament of Malaysia
Constituency created, renamed from Segamat Selatan
	P100	1974–1978	Lee San Choon (李三春)
		1978–1982	Lee San Choon (李三春)
		1982–1986	Subramaniam Sinniah (சி. சுப்ரமணியம்)
	P115	1986–1990¹	Subramaniam Sinniah (சி. சுப்ரமணியம்)
	P115	1990–1995	S. S. Subramaniam
	P125	1995–1999	Subramaniam Sinniah (சி. சுப்ரமணியம்)
	P125	1999–2004	Subramaniam Sinniah (சி. சுப்ரமணியம்)
	P140	2004–2008	Subramaniam Sathasivam (ச. சுப்ரமணியம்)
		2008–2013
		2013–2018
		2018–2020	Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu (சந்தார்த்த குமார்)
		2020–2022
		2022
		2022–present	Yuneswaran Ramaraj (யுனேஸ்வரன் ராமராஜ்)

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	Buloh Kasap	Zahari Sarip
N2	Jementah	Ng Kor Sim

Local governments & postcodes

!No.!State Constituency!Local Government!Postcode
N1	Buloh Kasap	Segamat Municipal Council	85000 Segamat 85100 Batu Anam 85200 Jementah
N2	Jementah	Segamat Municipal Council	85000 Segamat 85100 Batu Anam 85200 Jementah

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. 33. ms.
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.
Web site: Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election . Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.