Segamat (federal constituency)

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Segamat (P140)

Johor constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Yuneswaran Ramaraj PH
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1959
Constituency re-created	1974
First contested	1955
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	76,011
Electors (2022)[2]	69,360
Area (km2)[3]	941
Pop. density (per km2)	80.8

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.

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Segamat constituency has a total of 43 polling districts.^[5]

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

Members of Parliament for Segamat
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Federal Legislative Council
1st	1955–1959	Sardon Jubir (سعدون زبير‎)	Alliance (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, split into Segamat Selatan and Segamat Utara
Parliament of Malaysia
Constituency created, renamed from Segamat Selatan
4th	P100	1974–1978	Lee San Choon (李三春)	BN (MCA)
5th		1978–1982
6th		1982–1986	Subramaniam Sinniah (சி. சுப்ரமணியம்)	BN (MIC)
7th	P115	1986–19901
8th		1990–1995
9th	P125	1995–1999
10th		1999–2004
11th	P140	2004–2008	Subramaniam Sathasivam (ச. சுப்ரமணியம்)
12th		2008–2013
13th		2013–2018
14th		2018–2020	Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu (சந்தார்த்த குமார்)	PH (PKR)
		2020–2022		PN (BERSATU)
		2022		PBM
15th		2022–present	Yuneswaran Ramaraj (யுனேஸ்வரன் ராமராஜ்)	PH (PKR)

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.

Parliamentary constituency	State 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

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N1	Buloh Kasap	Zahari Sarip	BN (UMNO)
N2	Jementah	Ng Kor Sim	PH (DAP)

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

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
PH	Yuneswaran Ramaraj	23,437	46.27	Decrease 6.82
BN	Ramasamy Muthusamy	17,768	35.08	Decrease 5.93
PN	Poobalan Ponusamy	8,385	16.55	Increase 16.55
GTA	Syed Hairoul Faizey Syed Ali	1,062	2.10	Increase 2.10
Total valid votes			50,652	100.00
Total rejected ballots			586
Unreturned ballots			157
Turnout			51,395	73.03	Decrease 10.38
Registered electors			69,360
Majority			5,669	11.19	Decrease 0.89
PH hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753254/PUB%20617%20PARLIMEN%20JOHOR.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
PH	Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu	24,060	53.09	Increase 53.09
BN	Subramaniam Sathasivam	18,584	41.01	Decrease 10.56
PAS	Khairul Faizi Ahmad Kamil	2,676	5.90	Increase 5.90
Total valid votes			45,320	100.00
Total rejected ballots			726
Unreturned ballots			124
Turnout			46,170	83.41	Decrease 1.46
Registered electors			55,350
Majority			5,476	12.08	Increase 8.94
PH gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 244/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018年08月01日. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 318/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018年08月01日.

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
BN	Subramaniam Sathasivam	20,037	51.57	Decrease 3.61
PKR	Chua Jui Meng	18,820	48.43	Increase 48.43
Total valid votes			38,857	100.00
Total rejected ballots			950
Unreturned ballots			88
Turnout			39,895	84.87	Increase 11.91
Registered electors			47,009
Majority			1,217	3.14	Decrease 7.22
BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 181/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016年05月14日. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 222/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016年05月14日.

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
BN	Subramaniam Sathasivam	15,921	55.18	Decrease 8.72
DAP	Pang Hok Liong	12,930	44.82	Increase 8.72
Total valid votes			28,851	100.00
Total rejected ballots			847
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			29,699	72.96	Increase 2.26
Registered electors			40,708
Majority			2,991	10.36	Decrease 17.44
BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
BN	Subramaniam Sathasivam	17,953	63.90	Increase 1.56
DAP	Pang Hok Liong	10,144	36.10	Decrease 1.56
Total valid votes			28,097	100.00
Total rejected ballots			876
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			28,974	70.70	Decrease 0.97
Registered electors			40,981
Majority			7,809	27.80	Increase 3.12
BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	26,350	62.34	Decrease 8.38
DAP	Tee Gey Yan	15,921	37.66	Increase 10.21
Total valid votes			42,271	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,188
Unreturned ballots			107
Turnout			43,566	71.67	Decrease 1.08
Registered electors			60,786
Majority			10,429	24.68	Decrease 18.59
BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	28,710	70.72	Increase 17.37
DAP	Yaakob Jantan	11,143	27.45	Decrease 19.20
Independent	Lim Wah Kin	741	1.83	Increase 1.83
Total valid votes			40,594	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,391
Unreturned ballots			46
Turnout			42,031	72.75	Decrease 0.93
Registered electors			57,774
Majority			17,567	43.27	Increase 36.57
BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	20,070	53.35	Decrease 5.78
DAP	Simon Tong Tiam Hock	17,549	46.65	Increase 8.23
Total valid votes			37,619	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,156
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			38,775	73.68	Decrease 0.06
Registered electors			52,628
Majority			2,521	6.70	Decrease 14.01
BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	18,644	59.13	Decrease 7.24
DAP	Chan Yiek Nung	12,115	38.42	Increase 6.95
PAS	Abdul Razak Daud	771	2.45	Increase 2.45
Total valid votes			31,530	100.00
Total rejected ballots			920
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			32,450	73.74	Decrease 5.84
Registered electors			44,007
Majority			6,529	20.71	Decrease 14.19
BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
BN	Subramaniam Sinniah	20,932	66.37	Decrease 15.85
DAP	Tan Tien Lim	9,925	31.47	Increase 31.47
Independent	Hee Moi @ Hooi Kai	683	2.17	Increase 2.17
Total valid votes			31,540	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,305
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			32,845	79.58	Decrease 1.63
Registered electors			41,273
Majority			11,007	34.90	Decrease 29.54
BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
BN	Lee San Choon	22,098	82.22	Increase 7.80
PAS	Abdul Hak Fadzil	4,780	17.78	Increase 17.78
Total valid votes			26,878	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,945
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			28,823	81.21	Decrease 0.07
Registered electors			35,493
Majority			17,318	64.44	Increase 15.60
BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
BN	Lee San Choon	17,369	74.42	Increase 74.42
DAP	Lee Ah Meng	5,971	25.58	Increase 23.58
Total valid votes			23,340	100.00
Total rejected ballots			958
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			24,298	81.28
Registered electors			29,896
Majority			11,398	48.84
BN hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1955

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Alliance	Sardon Jubir	11,072	81.90
NEGARA	Razali Abdul Manap	2,447	18.10
Total valid votes			13,519	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,519	79.45
Registered electors			17,016
Majority			6,438	63.80
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) The Straits Times.[6] [7]

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia . Retrieved 2018年08月12日.

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