Bukit Begunan

Bukit Begunan
Sarawak constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mong Dagang; GPS
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Constituency created	1987
First contested	1991
Last contested	2021

Bukit Begunan is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1991.

The state constituency was created in the 1987 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Banting, Kara, Melugu, Klauh, Bukit Balau.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Banting, Kara, Melugu, Klauh, Bukit Balau.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Begunan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sri Aman
13th	1991–1996	Daniel Tajem Miri	PBDS
14th	1996–2001	Mong Dagang	BN
15th	2001–2006
16th	2006–2011
17th	2011–2016
18th	2016–2018
18th	2018-2021		GPS
19th	2021-present		GPS

Election results

Sarawak state election, 2021: Bukit Begunan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	GPS	Mong Dagang	4,054	58.69	+58.69
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PSB	Norina Umoi Utot	2,652	38.40	+38.40
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PBDSB	Entusa Imam	115	1.66	+1.66
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PBK	Vinton Langang Sangga	86	1.25	+1.25
Total valid votes			6,907	100.00
Total rejected ballots			88
Unreturned ballots			26
Turnout			7,021	72.29
Registered electors			9,632
Majority			1,402
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|GPS]]		Swing		BN
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1718688/PUB687.pdf

Sarawak state election, 2016: Bukit Begunan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Mong Dagang	5,550	86.65	+ 18.61
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PKR	Jubri Atak	855	13.35	- 3.30
Total valid votes			6,405	100.00
Total rejected ballots			125
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			6,547	69.73
Registered electors			9,389
Majority			4,695
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette – Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly of the State of Sarawak [P.U. (B) 190/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-04-30. "Senarai Calon yang Disahkan Layak Bertanding Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri ke-11". Election Commission of Malaysia. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

Sarawak state election, 2011: Bukit Begunan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Mong Dagang	3,671	68.04	+ 8.28
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PKR	Jimmy Lim @ Jimmy Donald	898	16.65	+ 16.65
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Ivanhoe Anthony Belon	638	11.83	- 28.41
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Lias Julai	188	3.48
Total valid votes			5,395	100.00
Total rejected ballots			56
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			5,472	70.35
Registered electors			7,778
Majority			2,773
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette – Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes Sarawak [P.U. (B) 245/2011]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-30.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Sarawak state election, 2006: Bukit Begunan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Mong Dagang	3,083	59.76	- 6.44
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	SNAP	Daniel Tajem Miri	2,076	40.24	+ 40.24
Total valid votes			5,159	100.00
Total rejected ballots			85
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			5,249	68.66
Registered electors			7,644
Majority			1,007
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 2001: Bukit Begunan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Mong Dagang	4,669	66.20	+ 1.99
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	STAR	Marcus Kanyong	1,793	25.42	+ 25.42
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Wel @ Maxwell Rojis	474	6.72	+ 6.72
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Lawrence Ambu	117	1.66	+ 1.66
Total valid votes			7,053	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			7,173	63.22
Registered electors			11,346
Majority			2,876
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state by-election, 15–16 March 1997: Bukit Begunan
Upon election declared null and void
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Mong Dagang	5,640	84.62
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Jack Bujang	1,025	15.38
Total valid votes			6,665	100.00
Total rejected ballots			102
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,767	61.93
Registered electors			10,926
Majority			4,615
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Sarawak state election, 1996: Bukit Begunan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Mong Dagang	4,891	64.21	+ 17.78
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Donald Lawan	2,726	35.79	+ 35.79
Total valid votes			7,617	100.00
Total rejected ballots			98
Unreturned ballots			47
Turnout			7,762	71.04
Registered electors			10,926
Majority			2,165
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		PBDS

Sarawak state election, 1991: Bukit Begunan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PBDS	Daniel Tajem Miri	4,004	53.57
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Donald Lawan	3,470	46.43
Total valid votes			7,474	100.00
Total rejected ballots			92
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			7,589	74.01
Registered electors			10,254
Majority			534
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 2016-04-30.

^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

[1] "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

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