Benut (state constituency)

Benut

Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Hasni Mohammad BN
Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population ()2020	29,033
Electors (2022)	28,165
Area (km²)	248

Benut is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Benut constituency has a total of 15 polling districts.^[2]

Johor state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hasni Mohammad	10,896	63.08	7.65
	PN	Isa Ab Hamid	5,037	29.16	29.16
	PKR	Haniff Ghazali Hosman	1,200	6.95	6.95
	PEJUANG	Iskandar Noor Ibrahim	139	0.08	0.08
Total valid votes			17,272	100.00
Total rejected ballots			300
Unreturned ballots			106
Turnout			17,678	62.80	20.77
Registered electors			28,165
Majority			5,859	33.92	7.92
	BN hold		Swing
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Johor state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hasni Mohammad	9,480	55.43	12.68
	PH	Zulklifly Tasrep	5,033	29.43	29.43
	PAS	Firdaus Jaffar	2,590	15.14	16.75
Total valid votes			17,103	100.00
Total rejected ballots			358
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,461	83.57	3.04
Registered electors			20,894
Majority			4,447	26.00	10.22
	BN hold		Swing
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Johor state election, 2013: Benut

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hasni Mohammad	12,358	68.11	4.58
	PAS	Sarobo Ponoh	5,786	31.89	4.58
Total valid votes			18,590	100.00
Total rejected ballots			446
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,036	86.61	6.96
Registered electors			21,463
Majority			6,572	36.22	9.16
	BN hold		Swing
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