Semerah

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

Semerah 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	Shariffah Dorah Syed Mohammed	25,596	86.39	0.32
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Abdullah Rahmat	4,034	13.61	0.32
Total valid votes			29,630	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,082
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			30,712	73.61
Registered electors			41,721
Majority			21,562	72.78	0.64
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shariffah Dorah Syed Mohammed	22,264	86.07	7.51
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohamed Kassim	3,602	13.93	13.93
Total valid votes			25,866	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			35,546
Majority			18,662	72.14	15.02
	BN hold		Swing

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