Muar Selatan (federal constituency)

Muar Selatan

Johor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1955
Constituency abolished	1974
First contested	1955
Last contested	1969

Muar Selatan was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1955 to 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed.

Malaysian general by-election, 28 December 1963
Upon the death of incumbent, Suleiman Abdul Rahman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Awang Hassan	17,104	86.82	10.45
	PMIP	Hashim Israkal	2,597	13.18	0.23
Total valid votes			19,701	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			30,128
Majority			14,507	73.64	10.22
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Suleiman Abdul Rahman	14,795	76.37	8.79
	PMIP	Mohamed Tahir Daing Mengati	2,508	12.95	12.95
	National Party	Raja Hashim Mahmood	2,069	10.68	4.16
Total valid votes			19,372	100.00
Total rejected ballots			262
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,634	76.38	5.52
Registered electors			25,706
Majority			12,287	63.42	6.90
	Alliance hold		Swing