Federal constituency in Johor, Malaysia
Malaysian electoral constituency
Mersing (P154) Johorconstituency Federal constituency Legislature Dewan Rakyat MP Constituency created 1984 First contested 1986 Last contested 2022 Demographics Population (2020)[ 1] 78,195 Electors (2022)[ 2] 66,275 Area (km²)[ 3] 2,875 Pop. density (per km²) 27.2
Mersing is a federal constituency inMersing District ,Johor ,Malaysia , that has been represented in theDewan Rakyat since 1986.
The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Ethnic breakdown of Mersing's electorate as of 2022
[ 4] Malay (83.0%)Chinese (13.9%)Other ethnicities (1.90%) Indian (1.30%)As of 2020, Mersing has a population of 78,195 people.[ 5]
Age breakdown of Mersing's electorate as of 2022
18-20 (5.47%) 21-29 (20.8%) 30-39 (27.6%) 40-49 (16.3%) 50-59 (11.4%) 60-69 (11.9%) 70-79 (5.00%) 80-89 (1.25%) above 90 (0.33%) Gender breakdown of Mersing's electorate as of 2022
Male (50.5%) Female (49.5%) According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Mersing constituency has a total of 44 polling districts.[ 6]
State constituency Polling districts Code Location Endau(N32) Padang Endau 154/32/01 SMK Ungku Husin Bandar Endau Utara 154/32/02 SK Bandar Endau Bandar Endau Selatan 154/32/03 SA Bandar Endau Kampung Hubong 154/32/04 SK Pusat Air Tawar SK Labong Kampung Hubong Barat 154/32/05 SJK (C) Kg Hubong Rancangan FELDA Endau 154/32/06 SK Lembaga Endau Triang 154/32/07 SK Teriang Penyabong 154/32/08 SK Penyabong Tanjong Resang 154/32/09 SK Tanjung Resang Ayer Papan 154/32/10 SK Air Papan Tanjong Genting 154/32/11 Balai Raya Kg. Tanjung Genting Mersing Kanan 154/32/12 SRA Bersepadu Mersing Jalan Endau 154/32/13 SMK Mersing Jalan Abdullah 154/32/14 SA Mersing Kanan Kampong Tengah 154/32/15 SK Mersing Kanan Sawah Dato' 154/32/16 SK Sawah Dato' Tenglu 154/32/17 SK Tenglu Tanah Abang 154/32/18 SK Tanah Abang Kampong Punan 154/32/19 SK Punan Kampong Peta 154/32/20 SK Peta Tenggaroh(N33) Bandar Utara 154/33/01 SA Bukit Timbalan Jalan Jamaluang 154/33/02 SMK Sri Mersing FELDA Nitar 2 154/33/03 SK LKTP Nitar 2 FELDA Nitar 1 154/33/04 SK LKTP Nitar 1 Pengkalan Batu 154/33/05 SA Pengkalan Batu Jalan Ismail 154/33/06 SJK (C) Pai Chee Pejabat Kerajaan 154/33/07 SK Bandar Mersing Pekan Mersing Kechil 154/33/08 SK Sri Mersing Sri Pantai 154/33/09 SK Seri Pantai Bandar Jamaluang Timor 154/33/10 Dewan Seberguna Kampung Baru Jemaluang Jamaluang Timor 154/33/11 SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 5 Jamaluang 154/33/12 SJK (C) Jemaluang RISDA Sungai Ambat 154/33/13 Balai Raya Kg. Baru Estet Koperasi Sg. Ambat FELDA Tenggaroh 5 154/33/14 SMK Tan Sri Abdul Kadir FELDA Tenggaroh 3 154/33/15 SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 3 FELDA Tenggaroh 6 154/33/16 SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 6 FELDA Tenggaroh 4 154/33/17 SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 4 FELDA Tenggaroh 2 154/33/18 SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 2 FELDA Tenggaroh 1 154/33/19 SK (FELDA) Tenggaroh 1 Pulau Sibu 154/33/20 Balai Raya Pulau Sibu Pulau Tinggi 154/33/21 SK Pulau Tinggi Pulau Besar 154/33/22 Balai Raya Pulau Besar Pulau Aur 154/33/23 Balai Raya Pulau Aur Pulau Pemanggil 154/33/24 SK Pulau Pemanggil
Representation history [ edit ] Parliamentary constituency State constituency 1954–59* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present Mersing Endau Tenggaroh
Current state assembly members [ edit ] Local governments & postcodes[ edit ] No. State Constituency Local Government N32 Endau Mersing District Council 86700 Kahang 86800, 86810 Mersing 86900 Endau N33 Tenggaroh
Malaysian general election, 1986 Party Candidate Votes % BN Abdul Ajib Ahmad 14,419 80.29 PAS Mokhtar Yahaya 3,540 19.71 Total valid votes 17,959 100.00 Total rejected ballots 1,106 Unreturned ballots 0 Turnout 19,065 67.41 Registered electors 28,281 Majority 10,879 60.58 This was a new constituency created.