Renggam

Johor constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

Renggam was a federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

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.

History

It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chin Hon Ngian	24,529	60.32	3.23
	DAP	Yap Ah Ngau	16,138	39.68	3.23
Total valid votes			40,667	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,282
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			42,949	78.35
Registered electors			54,815
Majority			8,391	20.64	6.46
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Chin Hon Ngian	21,861	63.55	7.62
	DAP	Quek Swee Siang	12,537	36.45	7.62
Total valid votes			34,398	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			45,340
Majority			9,324	27.10	15.22
	BN hold		Swing

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