Sungai Benut

Johor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1986
Last contested	1999

Sungai Benut was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 2004.

The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1999: Sungai Benut

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman	30,578	75.57	4.09
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ungku Mohd Noor Ungku Mahmood	9,886	24.43	4.09
Total valid votes			40,464	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,291
Unreturned ballots			89
Turnout			41,844	72.58	2.17
Registered electors
Majority			20,692	51.14	8.09
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995: Sungai Benut

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman	29,450	79.66	11.60
	S46	Hassan Md. Ali	7,519	20.34	11.60
Total valid votes			36,969	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,154
Unreturned ballots			301
Turnout			39,424	74.75	2.51
Registered electors
Majority			21,931	59.32	23.20
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990: Sungai Benut

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman	23,313	68.06	12.66
	S46	Mohamed Sadek Mambli	10,943	31.94	31.94
Total valid votes			34,256	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,014
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			36,270	72.24	1.60
Registered electors
Majority			12,370	36.12	25.32
	BN hold		Swing

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.