Semerah (federal constituency)

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.

It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shariffah Dorah Syed Mohammed	25,596	86.39	0.32
	PAS	Abdullah Rahmat	4,034	13.61	0.32
Total valid votes			29,630	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,082
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			30,712	73.61	2.87
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
	PAS	Mohamed Kassim	3,602	13.93	13.93
Total valid votes			25,866	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,319
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			27,185	76.48	5.98
Registered electors			35,546
Majority			18,662	72.14	15.02
	BN hold		Swing