Serian (federal constituency)

Serian (P199)
Sarawak constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Richard Riot Jaem; GPS
Constituency created	1968
First contested	1969
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)	37,629

Serian is a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Serian's electorate as of 2018^[2]

Non-muslim bumiputera (81%)

Chinese (10%)

Muslim bumiputera (8%)

Other ethnicities (1%)

History

2008–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Bentang, Lanchang, Tebedu, Amo, Mengarat, Sedihan, Antayan, Triboh, Selabi, Pasar Serian, Sibauh, Mongkos, Kedup, Kakai, Serian Hulu.

2016–present:^[3] The constituency contains the polling districts of Bentang, Lanchang, Tebedu, Amo, Mengarat, Sibauh, Mongkos, Kedup, Antayan, Sedihan, Triboh, Selabi, Pasar Serian, Kakai, Serian Hulu.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Serian
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended^[4]^[5]
3rd	1971-1974	Rahun Debak	SNAP
4th	1974-1978	Richard Damping Laki	BN (SUPP)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Lainus Andrew Luwak	Independent
8th	1990-1995	Richard Riot Jaem	Independent
9th	1995-1999		BN (SUPP)
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018
	2018- present		GPS (SUPP)

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1969–1978	1978–1990	1990–1999	1999–2008	2008–2016	2016−present
Serian						Bukit Semuja
				Kedup
	Tarat
	Tebakang
			Tebedu

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	17,545	63.99	- 10.34
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Edward Andrew Luwak	7,640	27.86	+ 3.67
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Senior William Rade	2,234	8.15	+ 8.15
Total valid votes			27,419	100.00
Total rejected ballots			385
Unreturned ballots			76
Turnout			27,880	74.09
Registered electors			37,629
Majority			9,905	36.12
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 247/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 321/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	19,494	74.33	- 12.64
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Edward Andrew Luwak	6,343	24.19	+ 24.19
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	STAR	Johnny Bob Aput	390	1.49	+ 1.49
Total valid votes			26,227	100.00
Total rejected ballots			296
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			26,562	78.79
Registered electors			33,713
Majority			13,151	50.14
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 184/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-05. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 225/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-05.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	15,793	86.97	+ 10.37
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Belayong Jayang	2,366	13.03	+ 13.03
Total valid votes			18,159	100.00
Total rejected ballots			332
Unreturned ballots			25
Turnout			18,516	66.36
Registered electors			27,901
Majority			13,427	73.94
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	13,960	76.60	+ 4.83
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Henry Ginai Langgie	4,265	23.40	+ 23.40
Total valid votes			18,225	100.00
Total rejected ballots			372
Unreturned ballots			89
Turnout			18,686	59.13
Registered electors			31,601
Majority			9,695	53.20
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	12,491	71.77	11.51
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	STAR	Anthony Polycarp Munjan	4,040	23.21	+ 23.21
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Shamsuddin Abdullah @ Pok Ungkut	872	5.01	+ 5.01
Total valid votes			17,403	100.00
Total rejected ballots			451
Unreturned ballots			120
Turnout			17,974	59.76
Registered electors			30,076
Majority			8,451	48.56
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Richard Riot Jaem	12,116	60.26	+ 17.71
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Marcellus Munjan @ Eric Marcel Munjan	4,562	22.69	+ 22.69
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PBS	Michael Runin	1,753	8.72	+ 8.72
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Andrew Nyabe	959	4.77	+ 4.77
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Betram Sading Jihok	716	3.56	+ 3.56
Total valid votes			20,106	100.00
Total rejected ballots			468
Unreturned ballots			116
Turnout			20,690	65.40
Registered electors			31,636
Majority			7,554	37.57
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		BEBAS

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Richard Riot Jaem	10,349	57.45	+ 57.45
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	William Aham	7,664	42.55	- 3.57
Total valid votes			18,013	100.00
Total rejected ballots			503
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,516	66.93
Registered electors			27,664
Majority			2,685	14.90
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BEBAS

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Lainus Andrew Luwak	9,871	53.88
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Richard Damping Laki	8,451	46.12
Total valid votes			18,322	100.00
Total rejected ballots			653
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,975	65.29
Registered electors			29,063
Majority			1,420	7.76
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BEBAS]]		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Richard Damping Laki	8,419	52.40
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Nelson Kundai	5,555	34.57
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Venom Nyana Juram	1,360	8.46
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Tan Yam Hui	734	4.57
Total valid votes			16,068	100.00
Total rejected ballots			772
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			16,840	66.08
Registered electors			25,483
Majority			2,864
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Richard Damping Laki	7,050	60.65
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	UMAT	Nelson Kundai Ngareng	4,574	39.35
Total valid votes			11,624	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			22,052
Majority			2,476
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Richard Damping Laki	6,716	47.59
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Rahun Debak	6,503	46.08
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Bong Kim Yuh	892	6.32
Total valid votes			14,111	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			18,905
Majority			213
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		SNAP

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Rahun Debak	6,001	43.70
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SUPP	Peter Ng Eng Lim	3,993	29.08
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BUMIPUTERA	Dominic Andrew Dago Randan	3,737	27.22
Total valid votes			13,731	100.00
Total rejected ballots			835
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			14,566	89.04
Registered electors			16,359
Majority			2,008
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.

^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 45. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
^ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 502/2015]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
^ 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.

[1] "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. p. 45. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[2] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.

[3] "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 502/2015]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

[4] Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Retrieved 2016-05-05.

[5] "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-05.

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