Semera (state constituency)

Semera
Sarawak constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1968
Constituency abolished	1996
First contested	1969
Last contested	1991

Semera was a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1996.

The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1996 after it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Semera
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
8th	1970-1973	Mohammed Puteh @ Lee Thiam Kee	BUMIPUTERA
8th	1973-1974		BN
9th	1974-1979
10th	1979-1983	Abang Ahmad Urai
11th	1983-1987	Wan Abdul Wahab Wan Sanusi
12th	1987-1991
13th	1991-1996
Constituency abolished, renamed to Sadong Jaya

Election results

Sarawak state election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Wan Wahap @ Wan Abdul Wahab Wan Sanusi	4,050	69.78
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PERMAS	Zamhari Zaini	1,710	29.46
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	NEGARA	Ibrahim Jeman	44	0.76
Total valid votes			5,804	100.00
Total rejected ballots			64
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			5,872	74.48
Registered electors			7,884
Majority			2,340
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Wan Wahap @ Wan Abdul Wahab Wan Sanusi		56.53
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PERMAS			43.47
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Wan Wahap @ Wan Abdul Wahab Wan Sanusi		45.86
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Abang Ahmad Urai		71.85
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAJAR			28.15
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Mohammed Puteh @ Lee Thiam Kee	3,337	64.32
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Wan Aikap Tuanku Esin	1,774	30.13
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS			5.55
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots			542
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			6,590
Majority			1,563
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		BUMIPUTERA

Sarawak state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BUMIPUTERA	Mohammed Puteh @ Lee Thiam Kee	3,092	64.03
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Wan Aikap Tuanku Esin	1,240	25.68
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SUPP	Salleh Zen	497	10.29
Total valid votes			4,829	100.00
Total rejected ballots			385
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,214	88.13
Registered electors			5,916
Majority			1,852
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.