 Sarawak constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1968 |
| Constituency abolished | 1990 |
| First contested | 1969 |
| Last contested | 1986 |
Samarahan was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1971 to 1990.
The federal constituency was created in the 1968 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 1990 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Samarahan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | ||||
| 1969-1971 | Parliament was suspended[1][2] | |||
| 3rd | P124 | 1971-1973 | Abdul Taib Mahmud (عبدالطيب محمود) | BUMIPUTERA |
| 1973-1974 | BN (PBB) | |||
| 4th | P134 | 1974-1978 | ||
| 5th | 1978-1982 | |||
| 6th | 1982-1986 | |||
| 7th | P157 | 1986-1990 | ||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Kota Samarahan | ||||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1978 | 1978–1990 | 1990–1999 | 1999–2008 | 2008–2016 | 2016−present | |
| Samarahan | Muara Tuang | |||||
| Sebandi | ||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Taib Mahmud | 9,814 | 77.88 |  77.88 | |
| Independent | Wan Mohd Zain Mohdzar @ W Zain Mahmud | 2,788 | 22.12 | 22.12 | |
| Total valid votes | 12,602 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 176 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 12,778 | 76.88 | |||
| Registered electors | 16,620 | ||||
| Majority | 7,026 | 55.76 | |||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Abdul Taib Mahmud won uncontested. | ||||||
| BN | Abdul Taib Mahmud | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 13,847 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Taib Mahmud | 6,522 | 74.08 | 1.56 | |
| PAJAR | Razali Sapang | 2,282 | 25.92 | 25.92 | |
| Total valid votes | 8,804 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 12,475 | ||||
| Majority | 4,240 | 48.16 | |||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Taib Mahmud | 72.52 | 72.52 | ||
| SNAP | Wazir Mohamed Khan | 27.48 | 10.04 | ||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 13,588 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| BN gain from PPBB | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPBB | Abdul Taib Mahmud | 5,842 | 55.47 | |||
| SUPP | Wazir Mohamed Khan | 2,852 | 27.08 | |||
| SNAP | Abang Anwar Abang Junaidi | 1,837 | 17.44 | |||
| Total valid votes | 10,531 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 525 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 11,056 | 86.24 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,820 | |||||
| Majority | 2,990 | 28.39 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- ↑ Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- ↑ "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-05.
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